Commentary for Sanhedrin 33:15
בשלמא למ"ד הנך תרתי היינו דכתיב מי יתן אלא למ"ד משה מת מינח הוה ניחא ליה לא סיימוה קמיה
— But here<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Speaking of the elders, Num. XI, 25. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> it is written, And they prophesied,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (imperfect with waw conversive = perfect). ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
Tosafot on Sanhedrin
"and they will cease on their own" -- the interpretation is that their prophecy will cease, because the Shechinah does not descend in the midst of sadness, but rather in the midst of joy.
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Rashi on Sanhedrin
From the mouth of the interpreter: So that when foreign-speaking witnesses came to testify before them, they did not have to contend with the doubters among them that this was hearsay.
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