## Berakhot Daf 55b

###### Berakhot 55b:1
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וְהַהִיא שַׁעְתָּא אִמֵּיהּ לָא הֲוָת.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
and eleven stars bowed down to me” (Genesis 37:9), **and at that time his mother was no longer** alive. According to the interpretation of the dream, the moon symbolizes Joseph’s mother. Even this dream that was ultimately fulfilled contained an element that was not fulfilled.


###### Berakhot 55b:2
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אָמַר רַבִּי לֵוִי: לְעוֹלָם יְצַפֶּה אָדָם לַחֲלוֹם טוֹב עַד עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם שָׁנָה. מְנָלַן? — מִיּוֹסֵף, דִּכְתִיב: ״אֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵף בֶּן שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וְגוֹ׳״, וּכְתִיב: ״וְיוֹסֵף בֶּן שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה בְּעׇמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי פַּרְעֹה וְגוֹ׳״. מִן שַׁבְסְרֵי עַד תְּלָתִין כַּמָּה הָוֵי? — תְּלָת סְרֵי, וְשַׁב דְּשִׂבְעָא וְתַרְתֵּי דְּכַפְנָא — הָא עֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
From the same source, **Rabbi Levi said: One should always anticipate** fulfillment of a **good dream up to twenty-two years** after the dream. **From where do we** derive this? **From Joseph, as it is written** in the story of Joseph’s dream: **“These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old,** was feeding the flock with his brethren” (Genesis 37:2); **and it is written: “And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh** King of Egypt” (Genesis 41:46). **From seventeen to thirty how many** years **are they? Thirteen; and** add **seven years of plenty and two of famine;** the total is **twenty-two** and only then was the dream fulfilled when his brothers came and bowed down to him.


###### Berakhot 55b:3
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אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: לְאָדָם טוֹב אֵין מַרְאִין לוֹ חֲלוֹם טוֹב, וּלְאָדָם רַע אֵין מַרְאִין לוֹ חֲלוֹם רַע.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rav Huna said: A good person is not shown a good dream and a wicked person is not shown a bad dream;** rather, a good person is punished for his relatively few transgressions with bad dreams and a wicked person is rewarded for his relatively few merits with good dreams.


###### Berakhot 55b:4
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תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: כׇּל שְׁנוֹתָיו שֶׁל דָּוִד לֹא רָאָה חֲלוֹם טוֹב, וְכׇל שְׁנוֹתָיו שֶׁל אֲחִיתוֹפֶל לֹא רָאָה חֲלוֹם רַע.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**That was also taught** in a *baraita*: **All of** King **David’s life he never saw a good dream, and all of Ahitophel’s life he never saw a bad dream.**


###### Berakhot 55b:5
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וְהָכְתִיב: ״לֹא תְאֻנֶּה אֵלֶיךָ רָעָה״. וְאָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא אָמַר רַב יִרְמְיָה בַּר אַבָּא: שֶׁלֹּא יַבְהִילוּךָ לֹא חֲלוֹמוֹת רָעִים וְלֹא הִרְהוּרִים רָעִים. ״וְנֶגַע לֹא יִקְרַב בְּאׇהֳלֶךָ״ — שֶׁלֹּא תִּמְצָא אִשְׁתְּךָ סְפֵק נִדָּה בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁאַתָּה בָּא מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ. אֶלָּא אִיהוּ לָא חָזֵי לֵיהּ, אַחֲרִינֵי חָזוּ לֵיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara raises a difficulty: **Is it not written: “No evil shall befall you,** neither shall any plague come near your tent” (Psalms 91:10)? **And Rav Ḥisda said** that **Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said** in explanation of that verse: This means **that you will be frightened neither by bad dreams nor by evil thoughts. Neither shall any plague come near your tent,** means **that you will never find your wife** with the **uncertain** status of a **menstruating woman when you return from a journey.** This proves that it is impossible that a righteous person will experience bad dreams throughout his life. **Rather,** one might say that **he does not see** bad dreams; **others see** bad dreams about him.


###### Berakhot 55b:6
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וְכִי לָא חֲזָא אִיהוּ, מְעַלְּיוּתָא הוּא? וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי זְעֵירָא: כׇּל הַלָּן שִׁבְעָה יָמִים בְּלֹא חֲלוֹם — נִקְרָא ״רַע״. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְשָׂבֵעַ יָלִין בַּל יִפָּקֶד רָע״. אַל תִּקְרֵי ״שָׂבֵעַ״ אֶלָּא ״שֶׁבַע״. — אֶלָּא, הָכִי קָאָמַר: דַּחֲזָא וְלָא יָדַע מַאי חֲזָא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara asks: **And when he does not see** a dream, **is** that **a virtue? Didn’t Rabbi Zeira say: Anyone who sleeps seven days without a dream is called evil,** as it indicates that God does not wish to appear to him even in that indirect manner. Allusion to this is, **as it is stated: “And he that has it shall lie satisfied [*vesave’a*], he shall not be visited with evil”** (Proverbs 19:23). The Sages said: **Do not read** it as **satisfied [*vesave’a*], rather** read it as **seven [*vesheva*],** which is an allusion to the fact that one who sleeps seven times and does not experience a dream is considered evil. **Rather,** one must say that David saw dreams **and the** *baraita* **says as follows:** David certainly **saw** dreams, **but he did not understand what he saw.**


###### Berakhot 55b:7
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אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בַּר אַמֵּי אָמַר רַבִּי פְּדָת אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הָרוֹאֶה חֲלוֹם וְנַפְשׁוֹ עֲגוּמָה, יֵלֵךְ וְיִפְתְּרֶנּוּ בִּפְנֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה. ״יִפְתְּרֶנּוּ״?! וְהָאָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא חֶלְמָא דְּלָא מְפַשַּׁר כְּאִגַּרְתָּא דְּלָא מִקַּרְיָא? אֶלָּא אֵימָא: יְטִיבֶנּוּ בִּפְנֵי שְׁלֹשָׁה. לַיְתֵי תְּלָתָא וְלֵימָא לְהוּ: ״חֶלְמָא טָבָא חֲזַאי״. וְלֵימְרוּ לֵיהּ הָנָךְ: ״טָבָא הוּא וְטָבָא לֶיהֱוֵי, רַחֲמָנָא לְשַׁוְּיֵיהּ לְטָב. שְׁבַע זִימְנִין לִגְזְרוּ עֲלָךְ מִן שְׁמַיָּא דְּלֶהֱוֵי טָבָא, וְיֶהֱוֵי טָבָא״. וְלֵימְרוּ שָׁלֹשׁ הֲפוּכוֹת, וְשָׁלֹשׁ פְּדוּיוֹת, וְשָׁלֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמוֹת.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rav Huna bar Ami said** that **Rabbi Pedat said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who sees a dream** from which **his soul is distraught, should go and** have **it interpreted before three.** The Gemara is surprised by this: **Interpreted? Didn’t Rav Ḥisda say: A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read?** If one is concerned about a dream, why would he actively promote its fulfillment? **Rather, say** as follows: **He should better it before three.** He should **bring three** people **and say to them: I saw a good dream. And they** should **say to him: It is good, and let it be good,** may **God make it good.** May **they decree upon you from heaven seven times that it will be good, and it will be good.** Afterwards **they recite three** verses of **transformation** from bad to good, **three** verses of **redemption, and three** verses which mention **peace.**


###### Berakhot 55b:8
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שָׁלֹשׁ הֲפוּכוֹת — ״הָפַכְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי לְמָחוֹל לִי פִּתַּחְתָּ שַׂקִּי וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי שִׂמְחָה״, ״אָז תִּשְׂמַח בְּתוּלָה בְּמָחוֹל וּבַחֻרִים וּזְקֵנִים יַחְדָּו וְהָפַכְתִּי אֶבְלָם לְשָׂשׂוֹן וְגוֹ׳״, ״וְלֹא אָבָה ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶל בִּלְעָם וַיַּהֲפֹךְ וְגוֹ׳״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara elaborates: **Three transformations:**
**“You transformed my mourning into dancing;**
**You loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness”** (Psalms 30:12);
**“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together;**
**for I will transform their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow”** (Jeremiah 31:12);
and: **“Nevertheless the Lord your God would not hearken unto Balaam;**
**but the Lord your God transformed the curse into a blessing unto you”** (Deuteronomy 23:6).


###### Berakhot 55b:9
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שָׁלֹשׁ פְּדוּיוֹת, דִּכְתִיב: ״פָּדָה בְשָׁלוֹם נַפְשִׁי מִקְּרׇב לִי וְגוֹ׳״, ״וּפְדוּיֵי ה׳ יְשֻׁבוּן וְגוֹ׳״, ״וַיֹּאמֶר הָעָם אֶל שָׁאוּל הֲיוֹנָתָן יָמוּת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַיְשׁוּעָה וְגוֹ׳״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**And three redemptions, as it is written:**
**“He has redeemed my soul in peace so that none came near me;** for they were many that strove with me” (Psalms 55:19);
**“The redeemed of the Lord shall return,** and come with singing unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:10);
and: **“The people said to Saul: Shall Jonathan die, who has wrought this great salvation** in Israel?
So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not” (I Samuel 14:45).


###### Berakhot 55b:10
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שָׁלֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמוֹת, דִּכְתִיב: ״בּוֹרֵא נִיב שְׂפָתָיִם שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם לָרָחוֹק וְלַקָּרוֹב אָמַר ה׳ וּרְפָאתִיו״, ״וְרוּחַ לָבְשָׁה אֶת עֲמָשַׂי וְגוֹ׳״, ״וַאֲמַרְתֶּם כֹּה לֶחָי וְאַתָּה שָׁלוֹם וּבֵיתְךָ שָׁלוֹם וְגוֹ׳״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**And three** mentions of **peace, as it is written:**
**“Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, says the Lord that creates the expression of the lips; and I will heal him”** (Isaiah 57:19); 
**“Then the spirit clothed Amasai,** who was chief of the captains: Yours are we, David, and on your side, you son of Yishai;
**peace, peace be unto you, and peace be to your helpers”** (I Chronicles 12:19);
and: **“Thus you shall say: All hail and peace be both unto you,**
**and peace be to your house,** and peace be unto all that you have” (I Samuel 25:6).


###### Berakhot 55b:11
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אַמֵּימָר וּמָר זוּטְרָא וְרַב אָשֵׁי הֲווֹ יָתְבִי בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי. אָמְרִי: כֹּל חַד וְחַד מִינַּן לֵימָא מִלְּתָא דְּלָא שְׁמִיעַ לֵיהּ לְחַבְרֵיהּ. פְּתַח חַד מִינַּיְיהוּ וַאֲמַר: הַאי מַאן דַּחֲזָא חֶלְמָא וְלָא יָדַע מַאי חֲזָא, לִיקוּם קַמֵּי כָּהֲנֵי בְּעִידָּנָא דְּפָרְסִי יְדַיְיהוּ וְלֵימָא הָכִי: ״רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אֲנִי שֶׁלָּךְ וַחֲלוֹמוֹתַי שֶׁלָּךְ, חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה הוּא. בֵּין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי אֲנִי לְעַצְמִי וּבֵין שֶׁחָלְמוּ לִי חֲבֵירַי וּבֵין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי עַל אֲחֵרִים, אִם טוֹבִים הֵם — חַזְּקֵם וְאַמְּצֵם כַּחֲלוֹמוֹתָיו שֶׁל יוֹסֵף. וְאִם צְרִיכִים רְפוּאָה — רְפָאֵם כְּמֵי מָרָה עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ, וּכְמִרְיָם מִצָּרַעְתָּהּ, וּכְחִזְקִיָּה מֵחׇלְיוֹ, וּכְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ עַל יְדֵי אֱלִישָׁע. וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁהָפַכְתָּ קִלְלַת בִּלְעָם הָרָשָׁע לִבְרָכָה, כֵּן הֲפוֹךְ כׇּל חֲלוֹמוֹתַי עָלַי לְטוֹבָה״. וּמְסַיֵּים בַּהֲדֵי כָּהֲנֵי דְּעָנֵי צִבּוּרָא ״אָמֵן״. וְאִי לָא, לֵימָא הָכִי: ״אַדִּיר בַּמָּרוֹם, שׁוֹכֵן בִּגְבוּרָה, אַתָּה שָׁלוֹם וְשִׁמְךָ שָׁלוֹם. יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁתָּשִׂים עָלֵינוּ שָׁלוֹם״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara relates: **Ameimar and Mar Zutra and Rav Ashi were sitting together. They said: Let each and every one of us say something that the other has not heard. One of them began and said: One who saw a dream and does not know what he saw should stand before the priests when they lift their hands** during the Priestly Blessing **and say the following:** 
**Master of the Universe, I am Yours and my dreams are Yours,**
**I dreamed a dream and I do not know what it is.**
**Whether I have dreamed of myself, whether my friends have dreamed of me or whether I have dreamed of others,**
**if** the dreams **are good, strengthen them and reinforce them like the dreams of Joseph.**
**And if** the dreams **require healing,**
**heal them like the** bitter **waters of Mara by Moses our teacher, and like Miriam from her leprosy,**
**and like Hezekiah from his illness, and like the** bitter **waters of Jericho by Elisha.**
**And just as You transformed the curse of Balaam the wicked into a blessing,**
**so transform all of my dreams for me for the best.**
**And** he should **complete** his prayer **together with the priests so the congregation responds amen** both to the blessing of the priests and to his individual request. **And if** he is **not** able to recite this entire formula, **he should say:**
**Majestic One on high, Who dwells in power,**
**You are peace and Your name is peace.**
**May it be Your will that You bestow upon us peace.**


###### Berakhot 55b:12
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פְּתַח אִידַּךְ וַאֲמַר: הַאי מַאן דְּעָיֵיל לְמָתָא וְדָחֵיל מֵעֵינָא בִּישָׁא, לִנְקוֹט זִקְפָּא דִּידָא דְיַמִּינֵיהּ בִּידָא דִשְׂמָאלֵיהּ וְזִקְפָּא דִּידָא דִשְׂמָאלֵיהּ בִּידָא דְיַמִּינֵיהּ, וְלֵימָא הָכִי: אֲנָא פְּלוֹנִי בַּר פְּלוֹנִי מִזַּרְעָא דְיוֹסֵף קָאָתֵינָא, דְּלָא שָׁלְטָא בֵּיהּ עֵינָא בִישָׁא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״בֵּן פֹּרָת יוֹסֵף בֵּן פֹּרָת עֲלֵי עָיִן וְגוֹ׳״, אַל תִּקְרֵי ״עֲלֵי עָיִן״, אֶלָּא ״עוֹלֵי עָיִן״. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא אָמַר, מֵהָכָא: ״וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ״ — מָה דָּגִים שֶׁבַּיָּם מַיִם מְכַסִּים עֲלֵיהֶם וְאֵין עַיִן רָעָה שׁוֹלֶטֶת בָּהֶם, אַף זַרְעוֹ שֶׁל יוֹסֵף אֵין עַיִן רָעָה שׁוֹלֶטֶת בָּהֶם. וְאִי דָּחֵיל מֵעֵינָא בִּישָׁא דִּילֵיהּ, לִיחְזֵי אַטְרְפָא דִּנְחִירֵיהּ דִּשְׂמָאלֵיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Another began and said: One who enters a city and fears the evil eye** should **hold the thumb [*zekafa*] of his right hand in his left hand and the thumb of his left hand in his right hand and recite the following: I, so-and-so son of so-and-so, come from the descendants of Joseph,** over whom **the evil eye has no dominion, as it is stated: “Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain [*alei ayin*];** its branches run over the wall” (Genesis 49:22). **Do not read** it as ***alei ayin*; but rather,** read it as ***olei ayin*, who rise above the eye** and the evil eye has no dominion over him. **Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, said:** Derive it **from here,** from what is stated in Jacob’s blessing of Joseph’s sons: **“And let them grow like fish into a multitude in the midst of the earth”** (Genesis 48:16): **Just as fish in the sea are covered by water and the evil eye has no dominion over them** as they cannot be seen, **so too the offspring of Joseph, the evil eye has no dominion over them. And if he is concerned about his own evil eye,** lest it damage others, he should **look at the side of his left nostril.**


###### Berakhot 55b:13
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פְּתַח אִידַּךְ וַאֲמַר: הַאי מַאן דַּחֲלִישׁ, יוֹמָא קַמָּא לָא לְגַלֵּי, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלָא לִתָּרַע מַזָּלֵיהּ, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ לְגַלֵּי. כִּי הָא דְּרָבָא, כִּי הֲוָה חֲלִישׁ, יוֹמָא קַמָּא לָא מְגַלֵּי מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ אָמַר לֵיהּ לְשַׁמָּעֵיהּ: פּוֹק אַכְרֵיז: ״רָבָא חֲלַשׁ״. מַאן דְּרָחֵים לִי — לִבְעֵי עֲלַי רַחֲמֵי, וּמַאן דְּסָנֵי לִי — לִחְדֵּי לִי. וּכְתִיב: ״בִּנְפֹל אוֹיִבְךָ אַל תִּשְׂמָח וּבִכָּשְׁלוֹ אַל יָגֵל לִבֶּךָ פֶּן יִרְאֶה ה׳ וְרַע בְּעֵינָיו וְהֵשִׁיב מֵעָלָיו אַפּוֹ״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Another began and said: One who is sick should not reveal** it **on the first day** of his illness **so that his luck should not suffer; from there on** he may **reveal** it. **Like that which Rava** does **when he falls ill; on the first day he does not reveal it, from there on he says to his servant: Go out and announce: Rava is sick. Those who love me will pray** that God have **mercy on me and those who hate me will rejoice** over **my** distress. **And it is written: “Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles; lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him”** (Proverbs 24:17–18). The joy of my enemy over my distress will also assist my healing.


###### Berakhot 55b:14
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שְׁמוּאֵל כִּי הֲוָה חָזֵי חֶלְמָא בִּישָׁא אָמַר: ״וַחֲלֹמוֹת הַשָּׁוְא יְדַבֵּרוּ״. כִּי הֲוָה חָזֵי חֶלְמָא טָבָא אָמַר: וְכִי הַחֲלוֹמוֹת הַשָּׁוְא יְדַבֵּרוּ? וְהָכְתִיב ״בַּחֲלוֹם אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ״!

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara relates: **Shmuel, when he would see a bad dream,** would **say: “And the dreams speak falsely”** (Zechariah 10:2). **When he would see a good dream,** he would **say: And do dreams speak falsely? Isn’t it written: “I speak with him in a dream”** (Numbers 12:6)?


###### Berakhot 55b:15
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רָבָא רָמֵי: כְּתִיב ״בַּחֲלוֹם אֲדַבֶּר בּוֹ״, וּכְתִיב: ״וַחֲלֹמוֹת הַשָּׁוְא יְדַבֵּרוּ״! לָא קַשְׁיָא: כָּאן עַל יְדֵי מַלְאָךְ, כָּאן עַל יְדֵי שֵׁד.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rava raised a contradiction** between these verses: On the one hand, **it is written: “I speak with him in a dream”; and** on the other hand, **it is written: “And the dreams speak falsely.”** The Gemara resolves this contradiction: This is **not difficult** because there are two types of dreams. **Here,** the verse, “I speak with him in a dream,” refers to dreams that come **by means of an angel; here,** the verse, “And the dreams speak falsely,” refers to dreams that come **by means of a demon.**


###### Berakhot 55b:16
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אָמַר רַבִּי בִּיזְנָא בַּר זַבְדָּא אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אָמַר רַבִּי פַּנְדָּא אָמַר רַב נַחוּם אָמַר רַבִּי בִּירִים מִשּׁוּם זָקֵן אֶחָד, וּמַנּוּ — רַבִּי בְּנָאָה: עֶשְׂרִים וְאַרְבָּעָה פּוֹתְרֵי חֲלוֹמוֹת הָיוּ בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, פַּעַם אַחַת חָלַמְתִּי חֲלוֹם וְהָלַכְתִּי אֵצֶל כּוּלָּם, וּמַה שֶּׁפָּתַר לִי זֶה לֹא פָּתַר לִי זֶה, וְכוּלָּם נִתְקַיְּימוּ בִּי. לְקַיֵּים מַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כׇּל הַחֲלוֹמוֹת הוֹלְכִים אַחַר הַפֶּה״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
In a long chain of those transmitting this statement, it is said that **Rabbi Bizna bar Zavda said** that **Rabbi Akiva said** that **Rabbi Panda said** that **Rav Naḥum said** that **Rabbi Birayim said in the name of one elder, and who is he, Rabbi Bena’a: There were twenty-four interpreters of dreams in Jerusalem. One time, I dreamed a dream and went to each of them** to interpret it. **What one interpreted for me the other did not interpret for me, and,** nevertheless, **all of** the interpretations **were realized in me, to fulfill that which is stated: All dreams follow the mouth** of the interpreter.


###### Berakhot 55b:17
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אַטּוּ ״כׇּל הַחֲלוֹמוֹת הוֹלְכִים אַחַר הַפֶּה״ קְרָא הוּא? אִין — וְכִדְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מִנַּיִן שֶׁכָּל הַחֲלוֹמוֹת הוֹלְכִין אַחַר הַפֶּה? — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר פָּתַר לָנוּ כֵּן הָיָה״. אָמַר רָבָא: וְהוּא דִּמְפַשַּׁר לֵיהּ מֵעֵין חֶלְמֵיהּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״אִישׁ כַּחֲלֹמוֹ פָּתָר״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara asks: **Is that to say that all dreams follow the mouth is a verse** cited as corroboration? The Gemara responds: **Yes, and in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Elazar, as Rabbi Elazar said: From where** is it derived **that all dreams follow the mouth** of the interpreter? **As it is stated** in the story of the dreams of Pharaoh’s two ministers. The butler said to Pharaoh: **“And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was”** (Genesis 41:13). **Rava said,** one must attach a caveat to this: **This is only** in a case where **it is interpreted for him** in a manner **akin to the dream,** where the interpretation is relevant to the dream, **as it is stated** in the story of Joseph’s interpretation of the dreams of Pharaoh’s two ministers: **“Each man according to his dream he did interpret”** (Genesis 41:12).


###### Berakhot 55b:18
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״וַיַּרְא שַׂר הָאֹפִים״, מְנָא יְדַע? אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד הֶרְאוּהוּ חֲלוֹמוֹ וּפִתְרוֹן חֲלוֹמוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵירוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
With regard to Joseph’s interpretation of these dreams, the Gemara asks, it is written: **“The baker saw** that the interpretation was good” (Genesis 40:16); **from where did** the baker **know** that the interpretation was good? **Rabbi Elazar said:** This **teaches that each** of them **was shown his dream and the interpretation of the other’s dream.** That is how he knew that it was the correct interpretation.


###### Berakhot 55b:19
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אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הִשְׁכִּים וְנָפַל לוֹ פָּסוּק לְתוֹךְ פִּיו, הֲרֵי זוֹ נְבוּאָה קְטַנָּה.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
With regard to the veracity of dreams, **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who awakened** in the morning **and a** specific **verse happens into his mouth, it is a minor prophecy** and an indication that the content of the verse will be fulfilled.


###### Berakhot 55b:20
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וְאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, שְׁלֹשָׁה חֲלוֹמוֹת מִתְקַיְּימִין: חֲלוֹם שֶׁל שַׁחֲרִית, וַחֲלוֹם שֶׁחָלַם לוֹ חֲבֵירוֹ, וַחֲלוֹם שֶׁנִּפְתַּר בְּתוֹךְ חֲלוֹם. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמֵר: אַף חֲלוֹם שֶׁנִּשְׁנָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְעַל הִשָּׁנוֹת הַחֲלוֹם וְגוֹ׳״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan also said: Three dreams are fulfilled: A dream of the morning, a dream that one’s fellow dreamed about him, and a dream that is interpreted within a dream. And some say that a dream that is repeated** several times is also fulfilled, **as it is stated: “And for that the dream was doubled** unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass” (Genesis 41:32).


###### Berakhot 55b:21
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אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן: אֵין מַרְאִין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא מֵהִרְהוּרֵי לִבּוֹ. שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אַנְתְּ מַלְכָּא רַעְיוֹנָךְ עַל מִשְׁכְּבָךְ סְלִקוּ״. וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא מֵהָכָא: ״וְרַעְיוֹנֵי לִבְבָךְ תִּנְדַּע״. אָמַר רָבָא: תִּדַּע, דְּלָא מַחֲווּ לֵיהּ לְאִינִשׁ לָא דִּקְלָא דְּדַהֲבָא וְלָא פִּילָא דְּעָיֵיל בְּקוֹפָא דְמַחְטָא.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani said** that **Rabbi Yonatan said: A person is shown** in his dream **only the thoughts of his heart** when he was awake, as evidenced by what Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, **as it is stated: “As for you, O king, your thoughts came upon your bed,** what should come to pass hereafter” (Daniel 2:29). **And if you wish, say** instead that it is derived **from here,** a related verse: **“And that you may know the thoughts of your** heart” (Daniel 2:30). How will you know the thoughts of your heart? By their being revealed to you in a dream. **Rava said: Know** that this is the case, **for one is neither shown a golden palm tree nor an elephant** going through **the eye of a needle** in a dream. In other words, dreams only contain images that enter a person’s mind.