## Berakhot Daf 56b

###### Berakhot 56b:1
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שִׁירָאֵי דְּמַלְכָּא! כְּפִיתוּ תְּרֵין אַרְזֵי בְּחַבְלָא, אֲסוּר חַד כְּרָעֵיהּ לְחַד אַרְזָא וְחַד כְּרָעֵיהּ לְחַד אַרְזָא, וּשְׁרוֹ לְחַבְלָא עַד דְּאִצְטְלִיק רֵישֵׁיהּ. אֲזַל כׇּל חַד וְחַד וְקָם אַדּוּכְתֵּיהּ וְאִצְטְלִיק וּנְפַל בִּתְרֵין.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**the king’s silk** garments. **They tied two cedar** trees together **with a rope, and tied one of his legs to one cedar and one of his legs to** the other **cedar, and they released the rope until his head split open. Each** tree **went** back **and stood in its place and** bar Haddaya **split and fell** completely split **in two.**


###### Berakhot 56b:2
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שָׁאַל בֶּן דָּמָא בֶּן אֲחוֹתוֹ שֶׁל רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אֶת רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: רָאִיתִי שְׁנֵי לְחָיַי שֶׁנָּשְׁרוּ. אָמַר: שְׁנֵי גְּדוּדֵי רוֹמִי יָעֲצוּ עָלֶיךָ רָעָה, וּמֵתוּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara relates a story with regard to a Sage who interpreted dreams, Rabbi Yishmael. **Ben Dama, son of Rabbi Yishmael’s sister, asked** his uncle, **Rabbi Yishmael: I saw** in a dream that **my two cheeks fell off.** What does my dream mean? Rabbi Yishmael **said to him: Two Roman battalions spoke ill of you, and they died.** Cheeks symbolize a mouth that speaks evil.


###### Berakhot 56b:3
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ בַּר קַפָּרָא לְרַבִּי: רָאִיתִי חוֹטְמִי שֶׁנָּשַׁר. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲרוֹן אַף נִסְתַּלֵּק מִמְּךָ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: רָאִיתִי שְׁנֵי יָדַי שֶׁנֶּחְתְּכוּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לֹא תִּצְטָרֵךְ לְמַעֲשֵׂה יָדֶיךָ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: רָאִיתִי שְׁתֵּי רַגְלַי שֶׁנִּקְטְעוּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עַל סוּס אַתָּה רוֹכֵב. חֲזַאי דְּאָמְרִי לִי בַּאֲדָר מָיְתַתְּ וְנִיסָן לָא חָזֵית. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּאַדְרוּתָא מָיְתַתְּ וְלָא אָתֵית לִידֵי נִסָּיוֹן.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
Similarly, the Gemara relates: **Bar Kappara said to Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi: **I saw** in a dream that **my nose fell off.** What does my dream mean? **He said to him:** This is an allusion that **anger [*ḥaron af*]** that had been directed against you **has been removed from you.** Bar Kappara **said to him: I saw** in a dream that **my two hands were cut off.** Rabbi **said to him:** This dream means that **you will not require the labor of your hands,** as you will be rich and you will have considerable means without effort. Bar Kappara **said to him: I saw my two legs were cut off.** Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi **said: You are riding a horse.** He said to him: **I saw that** they were saying **to me** that **in** the month of **Adar I will die** and **I will not see Nisan. He said to him: You will die in glory [*adruta*] and you will not be brought to temptation [*nissayon*].**


###### Berakhot 56b:4
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא מִינָא לְרַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: רָאִיתִי שֶׁאֲנִי מַשְׁקֶה שֶׁמֶן לְזֵיתִים. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בָּא עַל אִמּוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דִּקְטִיף לִי כּוֹכְבָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל גְּנַבְתְּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דִּבְלַעְתֵּיהּ לְכוֹכְבָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בַּר יִשְׂרָאֵל זַבֵּנְתֵּיהּ וַאֲכַלְתְּ לִדְמֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי עֵינַי דְּנָשְׁקָן אַהֲדָדֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בָּא עַל אֲחוֹתוֹ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דִּנְשַׁקִי סֵיהֲרָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בָּא עַל אֵשֶׁת יִשְׂרָאֵל. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דְּדָרֵיכְנָא בְּטוּנָא דְּאָסָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בָּא עַל נַעֲרָה הַמְאוֹרָסָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי טוּנָא מֵעִילַּאי וְהוּא מִתַּתַּאי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מִשְׁכָּבְךָ הָפוּךְ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי עוֹרְבֵי דְּהָדְרִי לְפוּרְיֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִשְׁתְּךָ זָנְתָה מֵאֲנָשִׁים הַרְבֵּה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי יוֹנֵי דְּהָדְרִי לְפוּרְיֵיהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: נָשִׁים הַרְבֵּה טִמֵּאתָ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דְּנָקֵיטְנָא תְּרֵי יוֹנֵי וּפָרְחָן. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: תַּרְתֵּי נְשֵׁי נְסַבְתְּ וּפְטַרְתִּינּוּן בְּלָא גֵּט.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara relates a different case of dream interpretation: **A certain heretic said to Rabbi Yishmael: I saw** in my dream **that I was irrigating olives with** olive **oil.** What is the interpretation of my dream? **He said to him:** It is a sign that **you had relations with your mother,** as oil comes from the olive, and he is returning the oil to the olives. That heretic **said to Rabbi Yishmael: I saw that I was plucking a star. He said to him: You kidnapped an Israelite man,** as Israel is likened to the stars. The heretic **said to him: I saw that I swallowed a star. He said to him: You sold the Israelite man** whom you kidnapped **and spent the money** that you received from the sale. The heretic **said to him: I saw my eyes kissing one another. He said to him: You had relations with your sister,** as siblings are like two eyes. The heretic **said to him: I saw myself kissing the moon. He said to him: You slept with an Israelite woman,** who is likened to the moon. **He said to him: I saw that I was treading in the shade of a myrtle tree. He said to him: You slept with a betrothed young woman,** as it was customary to make a canopy of myrtle for the betrothal. **He said to him: I saw that the shade was above me, and** the tree **was below me. He said to him: Your bed is upside-down,** your relations with the betrothed woman were unnatural. **He said to him: I saw ravens circling my bed. He said to him: Your wife committed adultery with many men. He said to him: I saw doves circling around my bed. He said to him: You defiled many women. He said to him: I saw that I was holding two doves and** they **were flying. He said to him: You married two women and dismissed them** from your house **without a divorce.**


###### Berakhot 56b:5
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דְּקָלֵיפְנָא בֵּיעֵי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: שָׁכְבֵי קָא מְשַׁלְּחַתְּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כּוּלְּהוּ אִיתַנְהוּ בִּי, בַּר מֵהָא דְּלֵיתֵיהּ. אַדְּהָכִי וְהָכִי אָתְיָא הַאי אִיתְּתָא וְאָמְרָה לֵיהּ: הַאי גְּלִימָא דְּמִכַּסַּתְּ — דְּגַבְרָא פְּלוֹנִי הוּא, דְּמִית וְאַשְׁלַחְתֵּיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**He said to him: I saw myself peeling eggs. He said to him: You stripped dead people,** because an egg is eaten at the meal of comfort after burying the dead. The same heretic **said to him: Everything** you have interpreted **is true, with the exception of this one,** the last interpretation, **which is not true. Meanwhile, this woman came and said to him: This cloak that you are wearing** belongs **to such-and-such a man, who died and whom you stripped** of his clothing.


###### Berakhot 56b:6
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: חֲזַאי דְּאָמְרִי לִי: שְׁבַק לָךְ אֲבוּךְ נִכְסֵי בְּקַפּוֹדְקְיָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִית לָךְ נִכְסֵי בְּקַפּוֹדְקְיָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ לָאו. אֲזַל אֲבוּךְ לְקַפּוֹדְקְיָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָאו. אִם כֵּן: קַפָּא כְּשׁוּרָא, דֵּיקָא עַשְׂרָה. זִיל חֲזִי קַפָּא דְּרֵישׁ עַשְׂרָה שֶׁהִיא מְלֵאָה זוּזֵי. אֲזַל אַשְׁכַּח שֶׁהִיא מְלֵאָה זוּזֵי.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**He said to** Rabbi Yishmael: **I saw that they said to me** in a dream: **Your father left you property in Cappadocia.** Rabbi Yishmael **said to him: Do you have property in Cappadocia?** The heretic **said to him: No. Did your father** ever **go to Cappadocia?** The heretic **said to him: No.** Rabbi Yishmael **said to him: If so,** it must be understood as follows: ***Kappa*** in Greek means **beam; *deka*** means **ten. Go look at the tenth beam** in your house and you will find **that it is full of coins. He went and found that it was full of coins.**


###### Berakhot 56b:7
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אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: הָרוֹאֶה בְּאֵר בַּחֲלוֹם — רוֹאֶה שָׁלוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵי יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים״. רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: מָצָא תּוֹרָה — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כִּי מֹצְאִי מָצָא חַיִּים״, וּכְתִיב הָכָא: ״בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים״. רָבָא אָמַר: חַיִּים מַמָּשׁ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara continues dealing with interpretations of the details of dreams: **Rabbi Ḥanina said: One who sees a well in a dream sees peace, as it is said: “And Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living water”** (Genesis 26:19), and ultimately there was peace. **Rabbi Natan says:** One who sees a well in his dream it is a symbol that **he has found Torah,** as the well symbolizes Torah. **As it is stated** with regard to the Torah: **“For whoever finds me finds life”** (Proverbs 8:35), **and it is written here: “A well of living water,”** and we see that a well is linked to Torah as both are associated with life. **Rava said:** The well in the dream symbolizes **actual life.**


###### Berakhot 56b:8
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אָמַר רַבִּי חָנָן שָׁלֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמוֹת הֵן: נָהָר, צִפּוֹר, וּקְדֵרָה. נָהָר — דִּכְתִיב: ״הִנְנִי נֹטֶה אֵלֶיהָ כְּנָהָר שָׁלוֹם״. צִפּוֹר — דִּכְתִיב: ״כְּצִפֳּרִים עָפוֹת כֵּן יָגֵן ה׳ צְבָאוֹת וְגוֹ׳״. קְדֵרָה — דִּכְתִיב: ״ה׳ תִּשְׁפֹּת שָׁלוֹם לָנוּ״. אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: וּבִקְדֵרָה שֶׁאֵין בָּהּ בָּשָׂר שָׁנִינוּ. ״וּפָרְשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בַּסִּיר וּכְבָשָׂר בְּתוֹךְ קַלָּחַת״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**Rabbi Ḥanan said: There are three** items seen in dreams that are indications of **peace: A river, a bird and a pot.** The Gemara elaborates: **A river, as it is written: “I will extend peace to her like a river”** (Isaiah 66:12); **a bird, as it is written: “As birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem”** (Isaiah 31:5); and **a pot, as it is written: “Lord, You will establish [*tishpot*] peace for us”** (Isaiah 26:12). Peace is likened to a pot which is placed [*shafat*] on the fire. **And Rabbi Ḥanina said: We learned** that a pot in a dream is a sign of peace **with regard to a pot that does not have meat in it,** as a pot that has meat in it symbolizes calamity, as it is stated: **“Yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron”** (Micah 3:3).


###### Berakhot 56b:9
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אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי: הָרוֹאֶה נָהָר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר: ״הִנְנִי נֹטֶה אֵלֶיהָ כְּנָהָר שָׁלוֹם״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״כִּי יָבֹא כַנָּהָר צָר״. הָרוֹאֶה צִפּוֹר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״כְּצִפֳּרִים עָפוֹת כֵּן יָגֵן וְגוֹ׳״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן קִנָּהּ וְגוֹ׳״. הָרוֹאֶה קְדֵרָה בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר: ״ה׳ תִּשְׁפֹּת שָׁלוֹם לָנוּ״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״שְׁפֹת הַסִּיר שְׁפֹת״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
Since rivers, birds, and pots have ambiguous connotations, it is recommended that someone who sees them in a dream recite a verse that interprets the dream positively. **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:** One who sees something in a dream that may be interpreted ambiguously should quickly recite an appropriate verse suggestive of a positive interpretation. For example, **one who sees a river in a dream** should **rise early** and **recite: “I will extend peace to her like a river,” before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“For distress will come in like a river”** (Isaiah 59:19). **One who sees a bird in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “As birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem,” before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“As a bird that wanders from her nest,** so is a man that wanders from his place” (Proverbs 27:8). **One who sees a pot in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “Lord, You will establish peace for us,” before a different verse,** which concludes with a wrathful prophecy, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“Set on the pot, set it on”** (Ezekiel 24:3).


###### Berakhot 56b:10
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הָרוֹאֶה עֲנָבִים בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״כַּעֲנָבִים בַּמִּדְבָּר״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״עֲנָבֵמוֹ עִנְּבֵי רוֹשׁ״. הָרוֹאֶה הַר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר — ״מַה נָּאווּ עַל הֶהָרִים רַגְלֵי מְבַשֵּׂר״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״עַל הֶהָרִים אֶשָּׂא בְכִי וָנֶהִי״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
Similarly, **one who sees grapes in a dream** should **rise early and recite:** “I found Israel **like grapes in the wilderness”** (Hosea 9:10), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“Their grapes are grapes of gall,** their clusters are bitter” (Deuteronomy 32:32). **One who sees a mountain in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger** of good tidings, that announces peace, the harbinger of good tidings, that announces salvation” (Isaiah 52:7), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing”** (Jeremiah 9:9).


###### Berakhot 56b:11
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הָרוֹאֶה שׁוֹפָר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״תִּקְעוּ שׁוֹפָר בַּגִּבְעָה״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees a *shofar* in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great *shofar* shall be sounded;** and they shall come that were lost in the land of Assyria, and they that were dispersed in the land of Egypt” (Isaiah 27:13), **before a different verse,** in which the *shofar* is a symbol of war, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“Blow you the horn [*shofar*] in Giva”** (Hosea 5:8).


###### Berakhot 56b:12
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הָרוֹאֶה כֶּלֶב בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶחֱרַץ כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ״. הָרוֹאֶה אֲרִי בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״אַרְיֵה שָׁאָג מִי לֹא יִירָא״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״עָלָה אַרְיֵה מִסֻּבְּכוֹ״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees a dog in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue”** (Exodus 11:7), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“Yea, the dogs are greedy”** (Isaiah 56:11). **One who sees a lion in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “The lion has roared, who will not fear?** The Lord God has spoken, who can but prophesy?” (Amos 3:8), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“A lion is gone up from his thicket,** and a destroyer of nations is set out, gone forth from his place” (Jeremiah 4:7).


###### Berakhot 56b:13
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הָרוֹאֶה תִּגְלַחַת בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״וַיְגַלַּח וַיְחַלֵּף שִׂמְלֹתָיו״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״כִּי אִם גֻּלַּחְתִּי וְסָר מִמֶּנִּי כֹחִי״. הָרוֹאֶה בְּאֵר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״כְּהָקִיר בַּיִר מֵימֶיהָ״. הָרוֹאֶה קָנֶה בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״קָנֶה רָצוּץ לֹא יִשְׁבּוֹר״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״הִנֵּה בָטַחְתָּ לְּךָ עַל מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees a shave in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “And he shaved himself, and changed his raiment”** (Genesis 41:14), which was said with regard to Joseph when he left prison and rose to greatness, **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak”** (Judges 16:17). **One who sees a well in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “A well of living waters”** (Song of Songs 4:15), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“As a cistern wells with her waters,** so it wells in its wickedness” (Jeremiah 6:7). **One who sees a reed in a dream** should **rise early and recite: “A bruised reed shall he not break”** (Isaiah 42:3), in praise of the Messiah, **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“Now, behold, you trust upon the staff of this bruised reed”** (II Kings 18:21), which is a disparaging depiction of Egypt.


###### Berakhot 56b:14
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: הָרוֹאֶה קָנֶה בַּחֲלוֹם — יְצַפֶּה לְחׇכְמָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״קְנֵה חָכְמָה״. קָנִים — יְצַפֶּה לְבִינָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּבְכׇל קִנְיָנְךָ קְנֵה בִינָה״. אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: קָרָא, קוּרָא, קִירָא, קַנְיָא — כּוּלְּהוּ מְעַלּוּ לְחֶלְמָא. תַּנְיָא: אֵין מַרְאִין דִּלּוּעִין אֶלָּא לְמִי שֶׁהוּא יְרֵא שָׁמַיִם בְּכָל כֹּחוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**The Sages teach: One who sees a reed [*kaneh*] in a dream should expect wisdom, as it is stated: “Get [*kene*] wisdom”** (Proverbs 4:7). One who sees several **reeds [*kanim*] should expect understanding, as it said: “Yea, with all your acquisitions [*kinyanekha*] acquire understanding”** (Proverbs 4:7). **Rabbi Zeira said: Pumpkin [*kara*], heart of palm [*kura*], wax [*kira*], and reed [*kanya*], are all advantageous when one dreams** about them. **It was taught** in a *baraita*: **A pumpkin is only shown** in a dream **to one who fears Heaven with all his might,** because pumpkins **[*delu’im*]** are interpreted as an acronym for *dalu einai lamarom*, “My eyes were raised on high” (Isaiah 38:14).


###### Berakhot 56b:15
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הָרוֹאֶה שׁוֹר בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״בְּכוֹר שׁוֹרוֹ הָדָר לוֹ״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״כִּי יִגַּח שׁוֹר אֶת אִישׁ״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees an ox in a dream,** should **rise early and recite: “His firstling bullock, majesty is his”** (Deuteronomy 33:17), **before a different verse,** with a negative connotation, **can precede it** in becoming reality: **“And if an ox gore a man”** (Exodus 21:28).


###### Berakhot 56b:16
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: חֲמִשָּׁה דְּבָרִים נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּשׁוֹר. הָאוֹכֵל מִבְּשָׂרוֹ — מִתְעַשֵּׁר. נְגָחוֹ — הָוְיִין לֵיהּ בָּנִים שֶׁמְנַגְּחִים בַּתּוֹרָה. נְשָׁכוֹ — יִסּוּרִין בָּאִים עָלָיו. בְּעָטוֹ — דֶּרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה נִזְדַּמְּנָה לוֹ. רְכָבוֹ — עוֹלֶה לִגְדוּלָּה.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: **Five matters are said** about dreams with regard to **the ox.** One who dreams that **he ate from its flesh will become wealthy.** One who dreams that it **gored him will have sons** who are Torah scholars, **who gore** each other **in** an attempt to better understand **Torah.** One who dreams that **it bit him, suffering is coming to him.** One who dreams that **it kicked him will be required to travel a great distance in the future.** One who dreams that **he was riding it,** it is a sign that he will **rise to greatness.**


###### Berakhot 56b:17
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וְהָתַנְיָא רְכָבוֹ — מֵת! לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא דְּרָכֵיב הוּא לְתוֹרָא. הָא, דְּרָכֵיב תּוֹרָא לְדִידֵיהּ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara challenges: **Wasn’t it taught** in a *baraita* that one who dreams that **he was riding it,** it is a sign that he will **die?** The Gemara responds: This is **not difficult. This,** which taught that he will rise to greatness, refers to a case where he saw **that he was riding the ox, while this,** which taught that it is a sign of his imminent death, refers to a case where he saw **that the ox was riding him.**


###### Berakhot 56b:18
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הָרוֹאֶה חֲמוֹר בַּחֲלוֹם — יְצַפֶּה לִישׁוּעָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״הִנֵּה מַלְכֵּךְ יָבוֹא לָךְ צַדִּיק וְנוֹשָׁע הוּא עָנִי וְרֹכֵב עַל חֲמוֹר״. הָרוֹאֶה חָתוּל בַּחֲלוֹם — בְּאַתְרָא דְּקָרוּ לֵיהּ ״שׁוּנָּרָא״ — נַעֲשֵׂית לוֹ שִׁירָה נָאָה. ״שִׁינָּרָא״ — נַעֲשֶׂה לוֹ שִׁינּוּי רַע. הָרוֹאֶה עֲנָבִים בַּחֲלוֹם, לְבָנוֹת, בֵּין בִּזְמַנָּן, וּבֵין שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּן — יָפוֹת. שְׁחוֹרוֹת בִּזְמַנָּן — יָפוֹת. שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּן — רָעוֹת. הָרוֹאֶה סוּס לָבָן בַּחֲלוֹם, בֵּין בְּנַחַת, בֵּין בְּרָדוּף — יָפֶה לוֹ. אָדוֹם, בְּנַחַת — יָפֶה, בְּרָדוּף — קָשֶׁה.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees a donkey in a dream should anticipate salvation, as it is said: “Behold, your king comes unto you; he is triumphant, and victorious, lowly, and riding upon a donkey”** (Zechariah 9:9). **One who sees a cat in a dream in a place where** in Aramaic **they call it *shunra*, a nice song [*shira na’a*] will be composed for him.** If he sees a cat in a place where they call cats ***shinra*, it is a sign that he will undergo a change for the worse [*shinui ra*]. One who sees grapes in a dream** and they were **white** or light colored, regardless of **whether** it was **in their season or not in their season, it is a good** sign. One who sees **black** grapes **in their season, it is a good** omen. However, one who sees black grapes when it was **not in their season, it is a bad** omen. **One who sees a white horse in a dream,** regardless of **whether** the horse was **walking or running, it is a good** omen **for him.** One who sees a **red** horse **walking, it is a good** omen; **running, it is a bad** omen.


###### Berakhot 56b:19
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הָרוֹאֶה יִשְׁמָעֵאל בַּחֲלוֹם — תְּפִלָּתוֹ נִשְׁמַעַת. וְדַוְקָא יִשְׁמָעֵאל בֶּן אַבְרָהָם, אֲבָל טַיָּיעָא בְּעָלְמָא — לָא. הָרוֹאֶה גָּמָל בַּחֲלוֹם — מִיתָה נִקְנְסָה לוֹ מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהִצִּילוּהוּ מִמֶּנָּה. אָמַר רַבִּי חָמָא בְּרַבִּי חֲנִינָא: מַאי קְרָאָה — ״וְאָנֹכִי אֵרֵד עִמְּךָ מִצְרַיְמָה וְאָנֹכִי אַעַלְךָ גַם עָלֹה״. רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק אָמַר: מֵהָכָא: ״גַּם ה׳ הֶעֱבִיר חַטָּאתְךָ לֹא תָמוּת״.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara says: **One who sees Ishmael in a dream,** it is an omen that **his prayer** will be **heard,** just as Ishmael’s prayer was heard. The Gemara notes: This refers **specifically** to where one saw **Ishmael, son of Abraham,** but **not** if one saw **a random Arab. One who sees a camel [*gamal*] in a dream,** it is an omen that **death was decreed upon him from heaven but he was spared. Rabbi Ḥama, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, said: What verse** alludes to this? **“I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again [*gam alo*]” (**Genesis 46:4**),** the acronym for which is *gamal*. **Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said:** The source for this is **from here,** another verse: **“The Lord also [*gam*] has put away your sin; you shall not die”** (II Samuel 12:13).


###### Berakhot 56b:20
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הָרוֹאֶה פִּינְחָס בַּחֲלוֹם — פֶּלֶא נַעֲשָׂה לוֹ. הָרוֹאֶה פִּיל בַּחֲלוֹם — פְּלָאוֹת נַעֲשׂוּ לוֹ. פִּילִים — פִּלְאֵי פְּלָאוֹת נַעֲשׂוּ לוֹ.

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
**One who sees Pinehas in a dream,** it is an omen **that a miracle will be performed on his behalf,** just as miracles were performed for Pinehas. **One who sees an elephant [*pil*] in a dream** it is an omen that **miracles [*pelaot*] will be performed for him.** One who sees multiple **elephants** in a dream, **miracles upon miracles will be performed for him.**


###### Berakhot 56b:21
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וְהָתַנְיָא כׇּל מִינֵי חַיּוֹת יָפִין לַחֲלוֹם, חוּץ מִן הַפִּיל וּמִן הַקּוֹף! לָא קַשְׁיָא,

**Tractate Berakot by A. Cohen, Cambridge University Press, 1921:**
The Gemara asks: **Was it not taught** in a *baraita*: **All species of animals are good** omens **in a dream, with the exception of an elephant and a monkey?** The Gemara answers: This is **not difficult.**