Parsha Pearls

אָרְקִּיַו אֶל מֹשֶה... [Vayikra 1:1]
א' דויקרא זעירא - “the Aleph in the word ויקרא is small...” [Baal HaTurim]

Interestingly, the actual name of this letter (אלף) has the same root as the word “teaching” (אלוף) and “a great one” (אלוף). Perhaps the message of this small Aleph is that every teaching that Moshe received - no matter how small it was - was great in his eyes. The Torah is teaching us that we should try to follow in Moshe’s footsteps and cherish everything that we learn in Torah.