And as the Commandment of the Torah mentioned above82: “a prophet I will appoint for them from among their brothers, like you and I will put My words in his mouth and he will speak to them all that I will command them,” “to him you shall listen and as [explained in] the above-mentioned ruling of the Rambam, that if one has the virtues and attributes of perfection which a prophet must have, and he shows signs and wonders –aswesaw and see in the continuation of the ful llment of the blessings of the leader of our generation – behold “we do not believe in him because of the signs alone, rather due to the commandment that Moshe commanded in the Torah, that if he gives a sign, you shall listen to him'”. This [sign] is when “he shall say things which are destined to be in the world and his words shall be proven correct”112 (as has been seen…”
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