Caesar said to Rabbi Yehoshua son of Rabbi Chananya:

<<You say

<<that you are wise

<<very much;

<<tell

<<me

<<what

<<I will see

<<in my dream.

<<He said to him:

<<You will see

<<that will press into service

<<you

<<the Persians,

<<and they will enslave

<<you,

<<and they will make herd

<<you

<<unclean animals

<<with a staff

<<of gold.

<<He thought [about it]

<<all

<<the day,

<<and at night

<<he saw [it].

<<Shapur the King said to Shmuel:

<<You say

<<that you are wise

<<very much;

<<tell

<<me

<<what

<<I will see

<<in my dream.

<<He said to him:

<<You will see

<<that will come

<<the Romans

<<and capture

<<you,

<<and they will make grind

<<you

<<date pits

<<in a mill

<<of gold.

<<He thought [about it]

<<all

<<the day,

<<and at night

<<he saw [it].

Bar Hedya

<<an interpreter of

<<dreams

<<was.

<<One who

<<gave

<<him

<<a fee,

<<he would interpret

<<for him

<<favorably [lit. for the better];

<<and one who

<<did not

<<give

<<him

<<a fee,

<<he would interpret

<<for him

<<unfavorably [lit. for the worse].

<<Abaye

<<and Rava

<<saw

<<a dream.

<<Abaye

<<gave

<<him

<<a zuz,

<<and Rava

<<did not

<<give

<<him.

<<They said to him:

<<They read to us

<<in our dream:

<<“Your ox

<<slaughtered

<<before your eyes,

<<etc.”

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will be lost

<<your business,

<<and not

<<will it please

<<you

<<to eat

<<from the sadness

<<of your heart.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will profit

<<your business,

<<and not

<<will it please

<<you

<<to eat

<<from the joy

<<of your heart.

They said to him:

<<They read to us:

<<“Sons

<<and daughters

<<you will beget,

<<etc.”

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<According to its bad [sense].

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Your sons

<<and your daughters

<<will be many,

<<and will be married

<<your daughters

<<to outsiders [lit. to the world],

<<and they will seem

<<in your eyes [lit. face]

<<as if

<<they are going

<<into captivity.

They read to us:

<<“Your sons

<<and your daughters

<<will be given

<<to a people

<<other.”

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Your sons

<<and your daughters

<<will be many;

<<you

<<will say [to marry them]

<<to your relatives,

<<and she [your wife]

<<will say

<<to her relatives,

<<and she will compel

<<you,

<<and you will give

<<them

<<to her relatives,

<<which is

<<like a people

<<other.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Your wife

<<will die,

<<and will come

<<your sons

<<and daughters

<<into the hands of

<<a woman

<<other.

<<For Rava said in the name of Rabbi Yirmiya bar Abba in the name of Rav:

<<What is

<<that which is written:

<<“Your sons

<<and your daughters

<<will be given

<<to a people

<<other”?

<<This is

<<the wife of

<<the father.

They read to us

<<in our dream:

<<“Go,

<<eat

<<with joy

<<your bread.”

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will profit

<<your business,

<<and you will eat

<<and drink

<<and read

<<the verse

<<out of the joy

<<of your heart.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will be lost

<<your business;

<<you will slaughter

<<and not

<<eat,

<<and you will drink

<<and read [it]

<<to dispel

<<your fear.

They read to us:

<<“Seed

<<much

<<you will carry out

<<to the field.”

<<To Abaye

<<he said [it]

<<from its beginning;

<<to Rava

<<he said [it]

<<from its end.

They read to us:

<<“Olives

<<will be

<<to you

<<throughout

<<your borders,

<<etc.”

<<To Abaye

<<he said [it]

<<from its beginning;

<<to Rava

<<he said [it]

<<from its end.

They read to us:

<<“And will see

<<all

<<the peoples of

<<the earth,

<<etc.”

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will go out

<<for you

<<a name

<<that head of

<<the yeshiva

<<you are,

<<the fear of you

<<will fall

<<upon the world.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<The treasury

<<of the king

<<will be broken into,

<<and you will be caught

<<among thieves,

<<and will reason

<<the whole

<<world

<<a fortiori

<<from you.

<<The next day

<<was broken into

<<the treasury

<<of the king,

<<and they came

<<and seized

<<him,

<<Rava.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<lettuce

<<on

<<the mouth of

<<barrels.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will be doubled

<<your business

<<like lettuce.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will be bitter

<<your business

<<like

<<lettuce.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<meat

<<on

<<the mouth of

<<barrels.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will be sweet

<<your wine,

<<and will come

<<the whole

<<world

<<to buy

<<meat

<<and wine

<<from you.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will turn sour

<<your wine,

<<and will come

<<the whole

<<world

<<to buy

<<meat

<<to eat

<<with it.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<a barrel

<<that hung

<<on a palm tree.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will be raised high

<<your business

<<like a palm tree.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will be sweet

<<your business

<<like dates.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<a pomegranate

<<that sprouted

<<on the mouth of

<<barrels.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will abound

<<your business

<<like a pomegranate.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will turn sour

<<your business

<<like a pomegranate.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<a barrel

<<that fell

<<into a pit.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<Will be sought

<<your merchandise,

<<as they say:

<<“Fell

<<bread

<<into a pit

<<and not

<<was it found.”

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<Will be ruined

<<your merchandise,

<<and you will throw

<<it

<<into a pit.

They said to him:

<<We saw

<<a young [lit. son of]

<<donkey

<<that stood

<<by our heads

<<and brayed.

<<To Abaye

<<he said:

<<A king

<<you will be,

<<and will stand

<<an interpreter [amora]

<<over you.

<<To Rava

<<he said:

<<“The firstborn of

<<a donkey”

<<is erased

<<from your tefillin.

<<He said to him:

<<I myself

<<have seen [it]

<<for myself,

<<and it is there.

<<He said to him:

<<The vav

<<of “the firstborn of

<<a donkey”

<<certainly

<<is erased

<<from your tefillin.

In the end

<<went

<<Rava

<<alone

<<to him.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<the door

<<that is outer

<<that fell.

<<He said to him:

<<Your wife

<<will die.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<my molars

<<and my teeth

<<that fell out.

<<He said to him:

<<Your sons

<<and your daughters

<<will die.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<two

<<doves

<<that were flying.

<<He said to him:

<<Two

<<wives

<<you will divorce.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<two

<<heads of

<<turnip.

<<He said to him:

<<Two

<<blows [of a club]

<<you will swallow [i.e., take].

<<Went

<<Rava

<<that

<<day

<<and sat

<<in the study hall

<<the entire

<<day.

<<He found

<<those

<<two

<<blind men [lit. abundant in light]

<<who were

<<quarreling

<<with each other.

<<Went

<<Rava

<<to separate them,

<<and they struck

<<Rava

<<two [blows].

<<When they raised [their staffs]

<<to strike him

<<another,

<<he said:

<<It is enough for me;

<<two

<<I saw.

In the end

<<came

<<Rava

<<and gave

<<him

<<a fee.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<a wall

<<that fell.

<<He said to him:

<<Property

<<without

<<borders

<<you will acquire.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<the mansion

<<of Abaye

<<that fell,

<<and covered me

<<its dust.

<<He said to him:

<<Abaye

<<will die,

<<and his yeshiva

<<will come

<<to you.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<the mansion

<<of mine

<<that fell,

<<and came

<<the whole

<<world

<<[and] took

<<brick

<<by brick.

<<He said to him:

<<Your teachings

<<will be scattered

<<throughout the world.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that split open

<<my head

<<and fell out

<<my brain.

<<He said to him:

<<Stuffing

<<from

<<the pillow

<<will come out.

<<He said to him:

<<They read to me

<<the Hallel

<<of Egypt

<<in a dream.

<<He said to him:

<<Miracles

<<will be performed

<<for you.

He [Bar Hedya] was

<<going

<<with him

<<on a boat.

<<He said:

<<With

<<a man

<<for whom are performed

<<for him

<<miracles —

<<why do I need [this]?

<<As

<<he was

<<climbing up,

<<fell

<<a book

<<from him.

<<Found it

<<Rava

<<and saw

<<that was

<<written

<<in it:

<<“All

<<the dreams

<<go

<<after

<<the mouth.”

<<He said:

<<Wicked one!

<<On you

<<it depended,

<<and you pained me

<<all

<<this [much]!

<<All of them

<<I forgive

<<you,

<<except

<<for the daughter

<<of Rav Chisda.

<<May it be

<<[His] will

<<that will be handed over

<<that

<<man

<<into the hands of

<<a kingdom

<<that do not

<<have mercy

<<on him.

He said:

<<What

<<shall I do?

<<We have learned by tradition

<<that the curse of

<<a Sage,

<<even

<<for nothing,

<<it

<<comes [true];

<<and all the more so

<<Rava,

<<for with justice

<<he cursed [me].

<<He said:

<<I will arise

<<and go into exile,

<<for said

<<the Master:

<<Exile

<<atones for

<<sin.

He arose

<<and exiled himself

<<to the house of

<<the Romans.

<<He went

<<and sat

<<at the entrance

<<of the head of

<<the wardrobe [turzina]

<<of the king.

<<The head of

<<the wardrobe

<<saw

<<a dream.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<a dream

<<that entered

<<a needle

<<into my finger.

<<He said to him:

<<Give

<<me

<<a zuz.

<<And not

<<did he give

<<[it to] him;

<<not

<<did he say

<<to him

<<anything at all.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that fell

<<a worm

<<on two

<<of my fingers.

<<He said to him:

<<Give

<<me

<<a zuz.

<<And not

<<did he give

<<him,

<<and not

<<did he say [anything]

<<to him.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that fell

<<a worm

<<on all

<<my hand.

<<He said to him:

<<Has fallen

<<a worm

<<on all

<<the silk garments.

<<Heard [of it]

<<the house of

<<the king,

<<and they brought

<<the head of

<<the wardrobe;

<<they were executing

<<him.

<<He said to them:

<<I —

<<why?

<<Bring

<<this one

<<who

<<knew

<<and did not

<<say [it].

<<They brought

<<Bar Hedya;

<<they said to him:

<<Because of

<<a zuz

<<of yours

<<were ruined