In his Iggeret Teiman (letter to the Jews of Yemen) Rabbi Moses Maimonides writes that “as a preparatory step for Moshiach’s coming... prophecy will return to Israel.”

In his Iggeret Teiman (letter to the Jews of Yemen) Rabbi Moses Maimonides writes that “as a preparatory step for Moshiach’s coming... prophecy will return to Israel.” To prepare us to be able to receive the revelations of the Era of the Redemption, we must experience through prophecy, a foretaste of the “advice” that will be communicated in that era. It is therefore important for later generations to know that it is “one of the fundamentals of our faith to know that G-d sends His prophecies through people.” Always, in all generations, the revelation of prophecy is possible.

(From a talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe)