The 70th Unlisted Soul and the Jews in Exile

ANSWER: The 70th (unlisted) soul completed the count and contributed to the Jews’ ability to cope with the darkness, and to accomplish the purpose of this exile (birur & bitul) in preparation to Matan Torah.

HaShem

• Medrash
• Hidden secrets of Torah
• Jews are connected to G-d; they exist above the pains of Galus
• Complete Bitul

Yaacov

• Torah commentators
• Connected to Text but not the Pshat
• Inherited from Yaacov, Jews above Galus yet related to the world
• Bitul but with a connection to the world

Yocheved

• Rashi
• פשוטו של מקרא
• As a new-born and as a renewed nursing mother; “plain” faith overcomes Galus
• Bitul within the world itself

(לקוטי שיחות כרך א, עמ' 218)