And at that

<<time

<<his mother

<<was not

<<[alive].

Rabbi Levi said:

<<Always

<<should await

<<a person

<<a dream

<<that is good,

<<up to

<<twenty

<<and two

<<years.

<<From where do we know?

<<From Yosef,

<<as it is written:

<<“These are

<<the generations of

<<Yaakov:

<<Yosef,

<<being [lit. son of]

<<seven-

<<teen

<<years [old],

<<etc.,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And Yosef

<<was the age of

<<thirty

<<years

<<when he stood

<<before

<<Pharaoh,

<<etc.”

<<From

<<seventeen

<<until

<<thirty,

<<how much

<<is it?

<<Three-

<<teen;

<<and seven

<<of plenty

<<and two

<<of famine —

<<behold,

<<twenty

<<and two.

Rav Huna said:

<<To a person

<<who is good

<<they do not

<<show

<<him

<<a dream

<<that is good,

<<and to a person

<<who is bad

<<they do not

<<show

<<him

<<a dream

<<that is bad.

It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<All

<<the years

<<of

<<David

<<not

<<did he see

<<a dream

<<that is good,

<<and all

<<the years

<<of

<<Achitofel

<<not

<<did he see

<<a dream

<<that is bad.

But isn't it written:

<<“Not

<<shall befall

<<you

<<evil,”

<<And Rav Chisda said in the name of Rav Yirmiya bar Abba:

<<that

<<shall not frighten you

<<neither

<<dreams

<<that are bad

<<nor

<<thoughts

<<that are bad.

<<“And a plague

<<shall not

<<come near

<<your tent” —

<<so that you not

<<find

<<your wife

<<in doubt [whether she is]

<<a niddah

<<at the time

<<that you

<<come

<<from

<<the road.

<<Rather,

<<he

<<does not

<<see

<<it [himself];

<<others

<<see

<<it for him.

And if

<<not

<<does see

<<he [himself],

<<a virtue

<<is it?

<<But didn't Rabbi Zeira say:

<<Anyone

<<who sleeps

<<seven

<<days

<<without

<<a dream

<<is called

<<“evil,”

<<as it is stated:

<<“And satisfied

<<he shall sleep;

<<not

<<shall he be visited [by]

<<evil.”

<<Do not

<<read

<<“satisfied [savea]”

<<but

<<“seven [sheva].”

<<Rather,

<<this

<<is what it says:

<<that he sees

<<and does not

<<know

<<what

<<he saw.

Rav Huna bar Ami said in the name of Rabbi Pedas in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<One who sees

<<a dream

<<and his soul

<<is distressed

<<should go

<<and interpret it

<<before

<<three.

<<“Interpret it”?!

<<But didn't Rav Chisda say:

<<A dream

<<that is not

<<interpreted

<<is like a letter

<<that is not

<<read?

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<he should improve it [yetivenu]

<<before

<<three.

<<Let him bring

<<three

<<and say

<<to them:

<<“A dream

<<that is good

<<I saw.”

<<And let say

<<to him

<<those [three]:

<<“Good

<<it is,

<<and good

<<may it be;

<<may the Merciful One

<<make it

<<into good.

<<Seven

<<times

<<may they decree

<<upon you

<<from

<<Heaven

<<that it be

<<good,

<<and it will be

<<good.”

<<And let them say

<<three

<<reversals,

<<and three

<<redemptions,

<<and three

<<[verses of] peace.

Three

<<reversals:

<<“You have turned

<<my mourning

<<into dancing

<<for me;

<<You have loosened

<<my sackcloth

<<and girded me

<<with joy.”

<<“Then

<<shall rejoice

<<the maiden

<<in the dance,

<<and young men

<<and old

<<together;

<<and I will turn

<<their mourning

<<into gladness,

<<etc.”

<<“And not

<<was willing

<<Hashem

<<your God

<<to listen

<<to

<<Bilam,

<<and He turned,

<<etc.”

Three

<<redemptions,

<<as it is written:

<<“He has redeemed

<<in peace

<<my soul

<<from the battle

<<against me,

<<etc.”

<<“And the redeemed of

<<Hashem

<<shall return,

<<etc.”

<<“And said

<<the people

<<to

<<Shaul:

<<Shall Yonasan

<<die,

<<who

<<has wrought

<<the salvation,

<<etc.”

Three

<<[verses of] peace,

<<as it is written:

<<“Who creates

<<the speech of

<<the lips:

<<Peace,

<<peace

<<to the far

<<and to the near,

<<says

<<Hashem,

<<and I will heal him.”

<<“And a spirit

<<clothed

<<Amasai,

<<etc.”

<<“And you shall say:

<<Thus

<<to the living:

<<And you

<<be at peace,

<<and your house

<<be at peace,

<<etc.”

Ameimar

<<and Mar Zutra

<<and Rav Ashi

<<were

<<sitting

<<together.

<<They said:

<<Every

<<one

<<and one

<<of us

<<should say

<<a teaching

<<that not

<<has heard

<<it

<<his fellow.

<<Opened

<<one

<<of them

<<and said:

<<One who

<<sees

<<a dream

<<and does not

<<know

<<what

<<he saw

<<should stand

<<before

<<the Kohanim

<<at the time

<<that they spread

<<their hands,

<<and say

<<thus:

<<“Master of the world,

<<I

<<am Yours,

<<and my dreams

<<are Yours.

<<A dream

<<I have dreamed,

<<and I do not

<<know

<<what

<<it is.

<<Whether

<<that I dreamed

<<I

<<about myself,

<<or

<<that dreamed

<<about me

<<my fellows,

<<or

<<that I dreamed

<<about

<<others —

<<if

<<good

<<they are,

<<strengthen them

<<and fortify them

<<like the dreams

<<of

<<Yosef.

<<And if

<<they need

<<healing,

<<heal them

<<like the waters of

<<Marah

<<by the hand of

<<Moshe

<<our teacher,

<<and like Miriam

<<from her tzaraas,

<<and like Chizkiyahu

<<from his illness,

<<and like the waters of

<<Yericho

<<by the hand of

<<Elisha.

<<And just as

<<You turned

<<the curse of

<<Bilam

<<the wicked

<<into a blessing,

<<so

<<turn

<<all

<<my dreams

<<for me

<<to good.”

<<And he concludes

<<together with

<<the Kohanim,

<<so that answers

<<the congregation

<<“Amen.”

<<And if not,

<<let him say

<<thus:

<<“Mighty One

<<on high,

<<who dwells

<<in power,

<<You

<<are peace,

<<and Your name

<<is peace.

<<May it be the will

<<before You

<<that You place

<<upon us

<<peace.”

Opened

<<the other

<<and said:

<<One who

<<enters

<<a city

<<and fears

<<the eye

<<that is evil

<<should take

<<the thumb

<<of the hand

<<of his right

<<in the hand

<<of his left,

<<and the thumb

<<of the hand

<<of his left

<<in the hand

<<of his right,

<<and say

<<thus:

<<I,

<<so-and-so

<<son of

<<so-and-so,

<<from the seed

<<of Yosef

<<do I come,

<<that not

<<has power

<<over it

<<the eye

<<that is evil,

<<as it is stated:

<<“A son of

<<fruitfulness [porat]

<<is Yosef,

<<a son of

<<fruitfulness

<<by [alei]

<<the spring [ayin],

<<etc.”

<<Do not

<<read

<<“by [alei]

<<the spring,”

<<but

<<“rising above [olei]

<<the eye.”

<<Rabbi Yosei son of Rabbi Chanina

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“And may they multiply like fish [veyidgu]

<<abundantly

<<in the midst of

<<the land.”

<<Just as

<<the fish

<<that are in the sea —

<<water

<<covers

<<them,

<<and there is no

<<eye

<<that is evil

<<that has power

<<over them,

<<so too

<<the seed

<<of

<<Yosef —

<<there is no

<<eye

<<that is evil

<<that has power

<<over them.

<<And if

<<he fears

<<the eye

<<that is evil

<<of his own,

<<let him look

<<at the wing

<<of his nostril,

<<the left one.

Opened

<<the other

<<and said:

<<One who

<<becomes ill —

<<the first day

<<he should not

<<reveal [it],

<<so that

<<will not

<<be damaged

<<his fortune;

<<from then on

<<he should reveal [it].

<<Like

<<that

<<of Rava:

<<when

<<he was

<<ill,

<<the first day

<<not

<<did he reveal [it];

<<from then on

<<he said to

<<his attendant:

<<Go out

<<and announce:

<<“Rava

<<is ill.”

<<Whoever

<<loves

<<me —

<<let him request

<<for me

<<mercy;

<<and whoever

<<hates

<<me —

<<let him rejoice

<<over me.

<<And it is written:

<<“When falls

<<your enemy,

<<do not

<<rejoice,

<<and when he stumbles

<<let not

<<be glad

<<your heart,

<<lest

<<see [it]

<<Hashem

<<and it be evil

<<in His eyes,

<<and He turn away

<<from him

<<His anger.”

Shmuel,

<<when

<<he would

<<see

<<a dream

<<that was bad,

<<would say:

<<“And dreams

<<of falsehood

<<speak.”

<<When

<<he would

<<see

<<a dream

<<that was good,

<<he would say:

<<And do

<<dreams

<<of falsehood

<<speak?

<<But isn't it written:

<<“In a dream

<<I speak

<<with him”!

Rava

<<raised a contradiction:

<<It is written:

<<“In a dream

<<I speak

<<with him,”

<<and it is written:

<<“And dreams

<<of falsehood

<<speak”!

<<It is not difficult:

<<here

<<through

<<an angel;

<<here

<<through

<<a demon.

Rabbi Bizna bar Zavda said in the name of Rabbi Akiva in the name of Rabbi Panda in the name of Rav Nachum in the name of Rabbi Birim,

<<in the name of a certain elder —

<<and who is he?

<<Rabbi Bena'ah:

<<Twenty

<<and four

<<interpreters of

<<dreams

<<there were

<<in Yerushalayim.

<<One time

<<I dreamed

<<a dream

<<and I went

<<to

<<all of them,

<<and what

<<interpreted

<<for me

<<this one,

<<not

<<did interpret

<<for me

<<that one;

<<and all of them

<<were fulfilled

<<in me,

<<to fulfill

<<that which

<<is stated:

<<“All

<<the dreams

<<go

<<after

<<the mouth.”

Is it so that

<<“All

<<the dreams

<<go

<<after

<<the mouth”

<<a verse

<<is it?

<<Yes,

<<and as Rabbi Elazar [taught].

<<For Rabbi Elazar said:

<<From where

<<that all

<<the dreams

<<go

<<after

<<the mouth?

<<As it is stated:

<<“And it was,

<<as

<<he interpreted

<<for us,

<<so

<<it was.”

<<Rava said:

<<And that is

<<when he interprets

<<for him

<<similar to

<<his dream,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Each man

<<according to his dream

<<he interpreted.”

“And saw

<<the chief of

<<the bakers” —

<<from where

<<did he know?

<<Rabbi Elazar said:

<<It teaches

<<that each

<<one

<<and one

<<was shown

<<his own dream

<<and the interpretation of

<<the dream

<<of

<<his fellow.

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<[If] he rose early

<<and fell

<<for him

<<a verse

<<into

<<his mouth —

<<behold,

<<this is

<<a prophecy

<<that is minor.

And Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<Three

<<dreams

<<are fulfilled:

<<a dream

<<of

<<the morning,

<<and a dream

<<that dreamed

<<about him

<<his fellow,

<<and a dream

<<that was interpreted

<<within

<<a dream.

<<And some say:

<<also

<<a dream

<<that is repeated,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And for

<<the repeating of

<<the dream,

<<etc.”

Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan:

<<They do not

<<show

<<him,

<<a person,

<<[anything] except

<<from the thoughts of

<<his heart,

<<as it is stated:

<<“You,

<<O king,

<<your thoughts

<<upon

<<your bed

<<came up.”

<<And if you wish, say

<<from here:

<<“And the thoughts of

<<your heart

<<you may know.”

<<Rava said:

<<Know [that this is so],

<<for not

<<do they show

<<him,

<<a person,

<<neither

<<a palm tree

<<of gold

<<nor

<<an elephant

<<that enters

<<into the eye of

<<a needle.