The 70th Unlisted Soul and the Jews in Exile

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

(ליקוטי שיחות כרך, עמ' 218)