Reish Lakish said: “Wisdom departs from a wise person who becomes angry; prophecy departs from a prophet who becomes angry.” We see that a wise man loses his wisdom with Moshe Rabbeinu, as it says (Bamidbar 31), “And Moshe became angry with the officers in charge of the troops.” The verse then states, “And Elazar the kohen told the people of the army coming to war, ‘This is the law of the Torah that Hashem commanded Moshe.’” Obviously, Moshe forgot the halachah. We see that a prophet loses his prophecy from Elisha, as it says, (Melachim II, 3), “If not for the presence of Yehoshafat the king
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