“…it is a law for all generations – also in the time of exile – that “it is among the foundations of the religion to know that Hashem expresses prophecy through people” that always (in all the generations) it is possible to have the phenomenon of revelation of prophecy below [in this world], up to the level of prophecy which is similar to the prophecy of Moshe, [of whom it is written] “a prophet82 I will appoint for them from among their brothers like you”83 – the completeness of the concept of prophecy, as explained in the Rambam at length84.
According to this we may say the reason why the Rambam writes at length84 regarding the manner of Moshe’s prophecy. Seemingly: what happened, happened85 – what relevance does it have in a book ‘solely of laws’ for the Jewish people in all the generations? And if this is pertinent [only] to the time after the coming of Moshiach when “Moshe is with them”86, indeed we will see it for ourselves and there is no necessity to say a law about this now?!”
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