חלק ב — תורה 8

5. And via the revelation of the glory [of God] comes the spread of prophecy. This is because prophecy stems from the root souls of Israel. These are the seventy souls, as in B’shivim Nefesh Yordu Avotekha (“With seventy souls did your fathers go down”) (Deuteronomy 10:22)—the first letters of which spell NaVYE. And the root of the souls is glory, as in “Let my soul not enter their plot, let my glory not be included in their assembly” (Genesis 49:6). Therefore, the revelation of the glory, the root of the souls, brings to the spread of prophecy.

This is the concept of: Prophecy rests only upon someone who is wise, strong and wealthy (Nedarim 38a). All these qualities relate to glory, from which prophecy is drawn. Wise, as in “The wise will inherit glory” (Proverbs 3:35). Strong, as in “Who is this king of glory? God, the mighty and strong” (Psalms 24:8). Wealthy, as in “and from what belonged to our father he achieved this glory” (Genesis 31:1).

And this is: Woe is to Me, for I have destroyed My House, I have burned My Sanctuary, and I have exiled My children among the nations of the world (Berakhot 3a). “I have destroyed My House” alludes to flawed prayer, as it is written, “for My House will be a house of prayer” (Isaiah 56:7). “I have burned My Sanctuary” alludes to flawed glory, the concept of “in His Sanctuary, all declare: ‘Glory!’” (Psalms 29:9). “And I have exiled My children” alludes to the elimination of prophecy which stems from the souls of the Children of Israel, the concept of “With seventy souls did your fathers go down to Egypt.” For the exile of the Children of Israel signifies the elimination of the prophecy that stems from their souls, as mentioned above.