Question

Dear Rabbi, hello,
A.
I wanted to ask, from a halakhic standpoint, to what extent is a private individual obligated to advance the commandments that are incumbent upon the community, and what are the halakhic considerations?
I mean a person who generally fulfills his personal obligations.
For example—how much is one obligated to make efforts toward building the Temple, assuming he had a practical way to do something about it (personally, I am not aware of such an action)?
B.
Is the community obligated to strive for the restoration of prophecy? It does not seem to me to be one of the 613 commandments. Should we (should you) expect the return of prophecy without any special effort on our part?
When I say effort on our part, I do see possibilities. For example: studying philosophy (metaphysics, the Account of the Chariot, theology, and to a large extent also Kabbalah), increasing cleaving to God through prayer and solitary meditation and paths of piety, practicing and developing guided imagery and methods of reaching mystical experience and expression from the subconscious, and so on. I am speaking about prophecy through natural means—the prophecy of the philosophers of the Middle Ages, and Maimonides' levels of prophecy in the Guide for the Perplexed. And I believe that through "sharpening the senses," with broad and precise awareness, one can arrive at an accurate inspired message by intentional focus on the names of God, which cleanse consciousness of idolatry and direct it toward truth and uprightness.
P.S. I ask the Rabbi's forgiveness if anything I said in one of the responses about immersion of unmarried women came across as disrespectful. I respect the Rabbi and his sacred work very, very much. It seemed to me that on this site it is accepted to speak in rhetorical ways in order to sharpen a message. So I apologize if I overstepped the rules.