And He called to Moses, and God spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying:
(1) ויקרא אל משה AND [THE LORD] CALLED UNTO MOSES — It is a way of expressing affection, the mode used by the ministering angels when addressing each other, as it is said (Isaiah 6:3) “And one called unto another [and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts]”. To the prophets of the nations of the world, however, God revealed himself in a manner which Scripture describes by an expression ordinarily used for denoting events of a casual character and of uncleanness, as it is said, (Numbers 23:4) “and God happened to meet (ויקר) Balaam.”
(ד) וַיִּקָּ֥ר אֱלֹקִ֖ים אֶל־בִּלְעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֶת־שִׁבְעַ֤ת הַֽמִּזְבְּחֹת֙ עָרַ֔כְתִּי וָאַ֛עַל פָּ֥ר וָאַ֖יִל בַּמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃
(יז) זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (יח) אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כׇּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחֲרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹקִֽים׃
(2) ויקרא אל משה AND HE CALLED UNTO MOSES — This implies that the Voice went on and reached his (Moses’s) ears only but all the other Israelites did not hear it).
One might think that for the pauses between the chapters there was also such a call! No, this only applies to speech.
So what purpose do these pauses serve? To give Moses an interval for reflection between one division and another and between one subject and another — something which is all the more necessary for an ordinary man receiving instruction from an ordinary man.
The objet petit a is at the heart of this tragedy. It is that lost “part” of jouissance we sacrificed on the alter of language and that which we unconsciously seek out our entire lives. It is also a false promise of an ontological completeness we can never achieve. The objet petit a is the impossible object, the unattainable it. As long as the subject “is”, it remains a lack. All it can do is chase that “part” of itself that is no part at all. The subject is a lack that pursues a reified lack. (from The Dangerous Maybe.)
(ב) המדרגה הראשונה. תחילת מדרגות הנבואה - שילוה לאיש עזר אלוקים שיניעהו ויזרזהו למעשה טוב גדול כהצלת קהל ישובים מקהל רעים או הציל חשוב וגדול או השפיע טוב על אנשים רבים וימצא מעצמו לזה מניע ומביא לעשות - וזאת תקרא 'רוח ה'' והאיש אשר ילוה אליו זה הענין יאמר עליו ש"צלחה עליו רוח ה'" או "לבשה אותו רוח ה'" או "נחה עליו רוח ה'" או "היה ה' עמו" וכיוצא באלו השמות. וזאת היא מדרגת 'שופטי ישראל' כולם אשר נאמר בהם על הכלל "וכי הקים ה' להם שופטים והיה ה' עם השופט והושיעם. וזו היא גם כן מדרגת 'משיחי ישראל' החשובים כולם.
וכיוצא ב'רוח ה'' זאת לא הביאה אחד מאלו לדבר בדבר אבל תכלית זה הכח - להעיר זה המחוזק לפועל אחד ולא לאי זה פועל שיזדמן אלא לעזור עשוק - אם אחד גדול או קהל או למה שמביא לזה. וכמו שאין כל מי שרואה חלום אמיתי - נביא כן אין כל מי שילוה אליו עזר לדבר אחד - אי זה דבר שנזדמן כקנות ממון או הגיע לענין מיוחד בו - יאמר עליו שהתחברה אליו 'רוח ה'' או 'ה' עמו' ושהוא עשה מה שעשה ב'רוח הקודש'. ואמנם נאמר זה המי שעשה טוב גדול מאד או מה שמביא אליו כ'הצלחת יוסף בבית המצרי' אשר היתה סיבה ראשונה לענינים גדולים התחדשו אחר כן - כמו שהתבאר:
The first degree of prophecy consists in the divine assistance which is given to a person, and induces and encourages him or her to do something good and grand, e.g., to deliver a congregation of good people from the hands of evildoers; to save one noble person, or to bring happiness to a large number of people; he finds in himself the cause that moves and urges him to this deed. This degree of divine influence is called "the spirit of the Lord"; and of the person who is under that influence we say that the spirit of the Lord came upon him, clothed him, or rested upon him, or the Lord was with him, and the like. All the judges of Israel possessed this degree...
This faculty was always possessed by Moses from the time he had attained the age of manhood: it moved him to slay the Egyptian, and to prevent evil from the two men that quarrelled; it was so strong that, after he had fled from Egypt out of fear, and arrived in Midian, a trembling stranger, he could not restrain himself from interfering when he saw wrong being done; he could not bear it...
This faculty did not cause any of the above-named persons to speak on a certain subject, for it only aims at encouraging the person who possesses it to action; it does not encourage him to do everything, but only to help either a distinguished man or a whole congregation when oppressed, or to do something that leads to that end. just as not all who have a true dream are prophets, so it cannot be said of every one who is assisted in a certain undertaking, as in the acquisition of property, or of some other personal advantage, that the spirit of the Lord came upon him, or that the Lord was with him, or that he performed his actions by the holy spirit. We only apply such phrases to those who have accomplished something very good and grand, or something that leads to that end.