The text is ambiguous. Who “called” to Moshe? Ostensibly, Hashem called to Moshe. Why does the Torah not simply write, “Hashem called to Moshe”? – Furthermore, what is the meaning of this “kriah,” calling? Throughout the parsha, the term which is regularly used is “va’yidaber Hashem el Moshe,” “and Hashem spoke to Moshe.” Why is this pasuk different? Horav Moshe Sternbuch, Shlita, explains that whenever Hashem spoke to Moshe, prior to the actual “dialogue” Moshe become spiritually elevated, totally devoid of his own physical essence and limitations. This enabled him to hear Hashem’s word. The “calling” with which our parsha…
