ויקרא
Vayiqra (ויקרא – and He called) Leviticus from chapter 1, verse 1 to chapter 5, verse 26. G-d calls Moses and teaches him the prescriptions concerning the offerings.
The alphabet has 27 letters (22 letters and 5 finals). The alef1 is the first letter, the one that allows the other 26 to occur. In a commentary2, Grand Rabbi Joseph Haim Sitruk zl invites children from an early age to begin the study of Torah, with the book of Leviticus (vayikra). In all the Torah scrolls, the א (alef) of vayikra is small in order to show that to be the starting point of transmission, it is incumbent on cultivating humility.
The Chief Rabbi of France Joseph Haïm Sitruk zl created, in 1990, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the Center Alef, an Orthodox community center.
On March 14, 2021, the first stone of the new premises was laid.
1 The letter alef is composed of 2 Yods and a vav (ייו=10+10+6=26=א) and corresponds to the numerical value of the divine Name.
2 March 6, 2014 at the Alef Center