ok, here’s a short dvar torah that i remember from preschool 😉 (so yeah, it’s not the most sophisticated and i hope it’s accurate)
The passuk in vayikra starts out “vayikra el moshe” – that Hashem called to Moshe. Why is the word “vayikra” written with a small aleph?
Moshe was aware of his own greatness. He knew he was the greatest novi ever and yet it didn’t get to his head. Moshe realized it was all a gift from Hashem and instead, he felt greater responsibility.
When Hashem was telling Moshe what to write, Moshe wanted to leave out the aleph because he felt it made him seem too important – that Hashem was talking to HIM. So as a sort of comprimised he made a smaller aleph – which shows his small ego.
hope that’s accurate. never really trust a six year-old’s memory.