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Something has changed: Rashi begins his commentary on the portion by teaching us that: “Each time that God spoke to, or said something to Moshe, He began by calling to him, in a loving manner, just as the angels are described by Isaiah as calling to each other before singing their praises of God.”

Something has changed: We recall that in the final moments before the Revelation the verse (Exodus 19:19) says: “Moshe would speak and God would respond to him with a voice.”

At Sinai, before Revelation, Moshe spoke first.
In the Tabernacle, it was God, Who lovingly called out to Moshe.
Something changed.
Why?

There is an interesting Zohar (Vaeira 25b) that says, “The “Dibbur” – God’s Word –was in exile, so to speak, together with Israel. When Israel was redeemed, the Dibbur was freed as well.”

This concept reflects the Zohar’s (Volume 1 4b-5a) understanding of the difference between Torah Sh’bichtav and Torah Sh’Baal Peh – The Written and Oral Laws.

“I will place My words in your mouth in order to plant the heavens and lay the foundations of the earth,” (Isaiah 51:16) The Written Law is Machashava – The Highest Thought – expressed in words. The Oral Law is formed from words that are transformed into Machashava – The Highest Thought.
The Oral Law is the manifestation of the Freedom of Dibbur – Speech: it is the power of speech to be transformed into Torah, into the Highest Thought.

The Written Law can only begin in Machashava – God’s Infinite Thought. He then called to Moshe to make the Thought accessible as Dibbur – or, words.

However, God wanted Moshe to first understand the power of Dibbur – to appreciate the Freedom of Speech, therefore, in the final moments before the Revelation, it was Moshe who spoke, and God transformed the words into Machashava.
And there’s more.

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