phet is connected to the earth. It was professed with the promise of Abraham to be bonded to the land and the image of the burning bush that was connected to the earth. The story of Kayin is the story of such a relationship:G-d refused Kayin’s offering, and Kayin killed his brother, Hebel. Even so, the Torah shows us that Kayin was still able to speak with G-d. By definition, this communication was a prophetic experience. Yet, Kayin’s punishment, for killing his brother, was to be banished off the land, meaning he would loose his natural holistic connection with the earth. With this, the Torah says, Kayin is banished from before G-d’s Face. We thus see that the two are integrally connected. When Kayin lost his union with the earth, he lost union with G-d. What was the first thing that Kayin did after this? He started a family and built for them a city. The city was the symbol of the archetypal removal from the earth. Here they would depend on each other instead of G-d. When the ultimate city of Babel was finished, creation was in jeopardy. G-d had to personally intervene and topple the Tower of Babel and disperse the people.The prophet acts as a vehicle so G-d does not have to personally intervene. They are G-d’ s Merkevah, chariot (Bar Tzadok)....
