“Would that we had one like the prophet Moses who would ascend to heaven and fetch it for us and make us hear the commandments that we might do them.” Neither is the Law beyond the Great Sea that one may say: “Would that we had one like the prophet Jonah who would descend into the depths of the Great Sea and bring it up for us and make us hear the commandments that we might do them.” ’ The point of the Hebrew is that the law has been given once and for all. There is no need for a prophet to ascend