It seems to me that it is an error to believe that anyone “possesses” Ruach Hakodesh. Ruach Hakodesh is a gift bestowed by the Master of the Universe to whomever, whenever and for whatever reason He so chooses. To state that So and So “has” Ruach Hakodesh implies that that individual is sort of a navi. Something that no longer exists. Everyone of us, whatever our matzav, prays three times a day, six days a week for the Eibishter to share with us His Deiah, Binah, v’Haskel (a pretty good working definition of Ruach Hakodesh). If Ruach Hakodesh is only available to special people, the nusach hatefilla ought to be something like,”make us worthy of receiving… etc. Sometimes, G-d answers those tefilos. Perhaps the better one is at davening, the more likely HaShem is to grant the gift, but it’s never a sure thing and there is an occasional wild card in the form of someone who doesn’t appear to merit such a gift. May the Rebono shel Olam answer our tefilos and grant the gift to us all?
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