Moses then described the experience of receiving the Torah on Mount Sinai.
Eternal Revelation
אֶת הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה דִּבֶּר ה' . . . קוֹל גָּדוֹל וְלֹא יָסָף וגו':
(דברים ה:יט)
[Moses told the Jewish people], “G‑d spoke these words . . . with a great voice, not pausing [at all].”
Deuteronomy 5:19
One meaning of the expression “not pausing” is that the voice of G‑d at Mount Sinai continued – and continues – to be revealed in the prophecies and teachings of the prophets and sages of each generation. The fact that these prophecies and teachings were not explicitly articulated when the Torah was first given is simply because the world and the Jewish people did not yet require them. They were nonetheless implicit in the original revelation of the Torah.1
Today is the saddest day on the calendar: "Both the first and second Holy Temples which stood in Jerusalem were destroyed on Av 9".
According to my knowledge and understanding it seems that today's reading has a contradiction:
(1) "One meaning of the expression “not pausing” is that the voice of G‑d at Mount Sinai continued – and continues – to be revealed in the prophecies and teachings of the prophets and sages of each generation."
(2) "The Talmud explains that with the death of the latter prophets Chagai, Zechariah and Malachi at the very beginning of the Second Temple era, “the spirit of prophecy departed.” Why Are There No More Prophets? by Yehuda Shurpin, took it from Talmud, Yoma 9b, Sanhedrin 11a, Sotah 48b.
I am not the one to doubt Wisnefsky or Shurpin, but if they are both correct, it will take me a long time to combine the two assertions. I am aware that contradictions are not uncommon in Judaism. So... I have a lot to think about.
Good question. In the article Why Are There No More Prophets? under the sub-section "Did Prophecy Really End?" It explains that in truth, prophesy never really ceased. Furthermore, even without that, it actually states that it continues "to be revealed in the prophecies and teachings of the prophets and sages of each generation." So even if you don't have bonafide prophets (but again see the article), you would still have the sages throughout the generations.
First of all I thank you Rabbi Shurpin for the clarification. You are right. Not as an excuse but to delve into the processes of my intellect I want to share the following: One of the versions of the "Catholic creed" emphasizes that: God spoke through the prophets. That idea took root deep in my mind. The comment I made when I read Why are there no more Prophets? and the answers I received I no longer remembered. I only stayed with the idea that the prophecy had departed from the people of Israel. Chabad search yielded at first his writing. I took what matched my previous idea and recklessly made my comment. I can't throw overboard everything that's latent in my head.