the silk garments

<<of the king!

<<They tied together

<<two

<<cedars

<<with a rope;

<<they tied

<<one

<<of his legs

<<to one

<<cedar

<<and one

<<of his legs

<<to the other

<<cedar,

<<and released

<<the rope,

<<until

<<was split

<<his head.

<<Went

<<each

<<one

<<and one

<<and stood

<<in its place,

<<and he was split

<<and fell

<<in two.

Asked

<<Ben Dama,

<<the son of

<<the sister

<<of

<<Rabbi Yishmael,

<<Rabbi Yishmael:

<<I saw

<<my two

<<cheeks

<<that fell off.

<<He said:

<<Two

<<legions of

<<Rome

<<plotted

<<against you

<<evil,

<<and they died.

Bar Kappara said to Rebbi:

<<I saw

<<my nose

<<that fell off.

<<He said to him:

<<Burning

<<anger [lit. nose]

<<has departed

<<from you.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<my two

<<hands

<<that were cut off.

<<He said to him:

<<Not

<<will you need

<<the work of

<<your hands.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<my two

<<legs

<<that were cut off.

<<He said to him:

<<On

<<a horse

<<you

<<will ride.

<<I saw

<<that they said

<<to me:

<<In Adar

<<you will die,

<<and Nisan

<<not

<<will you see.

<<He said to him:

<<In glory [adruta]

<<you will die,

<<and not

<<will you come

<<to

<<temptation [nisayon].

Said to him

<<a certain

<<heretic

<<to Rabbi Yishmael:

<<I saw

<<that I

<<was watering

<<oil

<<to olives.

<<He said to him:

<<He came

<<upon

<<his mother.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I plucked

<<for myself

<<a star.

<<He said to him:

<<A son of

<<Israel

<<you have kidnapped [lit. stolen].

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I swallowed

<<the star.

<<He said to him:

<<A son of

<<Israel

<<you sold

<<and you consumed

<<his price.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<my eyes

<<that kissed

<<each other.

<<He said to him:

<<He came

<<upon

<<his sister.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I kissed

<<the moon.

<<He said to him:

<<He came

<<upon

<<the wife of

<<an Israelite.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I trod

<<in the shade

<<of a myrtle.

<<He said to him:

<<He came

<<upon

<<a young woman

<<who was betrothed.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<the shade

<<above me

<<and it [the myrtle]

<<below me.

<<He said to him:

<<Your lying

<<is reversed.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<ravens

<<that were circling

<<around the bed.

<<He said to him:

<<Your wife

<<has strayed

<<with men

<<many.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<doves

<<that were circling

<<around the bed.

<<He said to him:

<<Women

<<many

<<you have defiled.

<<He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I held

<<two

<<doves

<<and they flew [away].

<<He said to him:

<<Two

<<wives

<<you married

<<and sent them away

<<without

<<a get.

He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that I peeled

<<eggs.

<<He said to him:

<<The dead

<<you have been stripping.

<<He said to him:

<<All of them

<<are [true]

<<in me,

<<except

<<for this one,

<<which is not [so].

<<Meanwhile,

<<came

<<this

<<woman

<<and said

<<to him:

<<This

<<cloak

<<that you are wearing

<<of a man

<<so-and-so

<<it is,

<<who died,

<<and you stripped him.

He said to him:

<<I saw

<<that they said

<<to me:

<<Left

<<for you

<<your father

<<property

<<in Cappadocia.

<<He said to him:

<<Is there

<<for you

<<property

<<in Cappadocia?

<<He said to him:

<<No.

<<Did go

<<your father

<<to Cappadocia?

<<He said to him:

<<No.

<<If so:

<<kappa [is]

<<a beam,

<<deka [is]

<<ten.

<<Go

<<see

<<the beam

<<at the head of

<<ten,

<<that it

<<is full of

<<coins.

<<He went

<<[and] found

<<that it

<<was full of

<<coins.

Rabbi Chanina said:

<<One who sees

<<a well

<<in a dream

<<sees

<<peace,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And dug

<<the servants of

<<Yitzchak

<<in the valley

<<and found

<<there

<<a well of

<<water

<<living.”

<<Rabbi Nasan

<<says:

<<He has found

<<Torah,

<<as it is stated:

<<“For

<<whoever finds Me

<<finds

<<life,”

<<and it is written

<<here:

<<“A well of

<<water

<<living [lit. of life].”

<<Rava

<<said:

<<Life

<<literally.

Rabbi Chanan said:

<<Three

<<[omens of] peace

<<are there:

<<a river,

<<a bird,

<<and a pot.

<<A river —

<<as it is written:

<<“Behold, I

<<extend

<<to her

<<like a river

<<peace.”

<<A bird —

<<as it is written:

<<“Like birds

<<flying,

<<so

<<will protect

<<Hashem

<<of hosts,

<<etc.”

<<A pot —

<<as it is written:

<<“Hashem,

<<You will set [tishpos]

<<peace

<<for us.”

<<Rabbi Chanina said:

<<And of a pot

<<that has no

<<in it

<<meat

<<we learned [this],

<<“And they chop [them]

<<as

<<in a pot,

<<and like meat

<<within

<<a cauldron.”

Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said:

<<One who sees

<<a river

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“Behold, I

<<extend

<<to her

<<like a river

<<peace,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“For

<<will come

<<like a river

<<distress.”

<<One who sees

<<a bird

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“Like birds

<<flying,

<<so

<<will protect,

<<etc.,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Like a bird

<<that wanders

<<from

<<its nest,

<<etc.”

<<One who sees

<<a pot

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“Hashem,

<<You will set

<<peace

<<for us,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Set on

<<the pot,

<<set it on.”

One who sees

<<grapes

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“Like grapes

<<in the wilderness,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Their grapes

<<are grapes of

<<gall.”

<<One who sees

<<a mountain

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“How

<<beautiful

<<upon

<<the mountains

<<are the feet of

<<the herald,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Over

<<the mountains

<<I will raise

<<weeping

<<and wailing.”

One who sees

<<a shofar

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“And it shall be

<<on the day

<<that

<<will be blown

<<on a shofar

<<great,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Blow

<<the shofar

<<in Givah.”

One who sees

<<a dog

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“But against all

<<the children of

<<Israel

<<not

<<shall sharpen

<<a dog

<<its tongue,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“And the dogs

<<are greedy [lit. strong]

<<of soul.”

<<One who sees

<<a lion

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“A lion

<<has roared;

<<who

<<not

<<will fear?”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Has gone up

<<a lion

<<from his thicket.”

One who sees

<<shaving

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“And he shaved

<<and changed

<<his clothes,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“If

<<indeed

<<I am shaven,

<<then will depart

<<from me

<<my strength.”

<<One who sees

<<a well

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“A well of

<<water

<<living,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“As casts forth

<<a well

<<its waters.”

<<One who sees

<<a reed

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“A reed

<<that is bruised

<<not

<<will He break,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“Behold,

<<you have trusted,

<<for yourself,

<<upon

<<the staff of

<<the reed

<<that is bruised.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<One who sees

<<a reed [kaneh]

<<in a dream

<<should hope

<<for wisdom,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Acquire [kenei]

<<wisdom.”

<<Reeds —

<<he should hope

<<for understanding,

<<as it is stated:

<<“And with all

<<your acquisitions

<<acquire

<<understanding.”

<<Rabbi Zeira said:

<<A gourd [kara],

<<heart of palm [kura],

<<wax [kira],

<<a reed [kanya] —

<<all of them

<<are good

<<for a dream.

<<It is taught:

<<They do not

<<show

<<gourds

<<except

<<to one

<<who

<<fears

<<Heaven

<<with all

<<his strength.

One who sees

<<an ox

<<in a dream

<<should rise early

<<and say:

<<“His firstborn

<<ox —

<<majesty

<<is his,”

<<before

<<precedes him

<<a verse

<<other:

<<“If

<<gores

<<an ox

<<a man.”

The Rabbis taught:

<<Five

<<things

<<were said

<<about an ox:

<<One who eats

<<of its meat

<<will become wealthy.

<<It gored him —

<<there will be

<<for him

<<sons

<<who gore [each other]

<<in Torah.

<<It bit him —

<<sufferings

<<are coming

<<upon him.

<<It kicked him —

<<a road

<<that is distant

<<is designated

<<for him.

<<He rode it —

<<he will rise

<<to greatness.

But isn't it taught:

<<He rode it —

<<he dies!

<<It is not difficult:

<<this

<<is where rides

<<he

<<on the ox;

<<this

<<is where rides

<<the ox

<<on him.

One who sees

<<a donkey

<<in a dream

<<should hope

<<for salvation,

<<as it is stated:

<<“Behold,

<<your king

<<will come

<<to you;

<<righteous

<<and saved

<<is he,

<<humble

<<and riding

<<upon

<<a donkey.”

<<One who sees

<<a cat

<<in a dream:

<<in a place

<<where they call

<<it

<<“shunra,”

<<is made

<<for him

<<a song

<<that is beautiful [shira na'ah];

<<“shinra,”

<<is made

<<for him

<<a change

<<that is bad [shinui ra].

<<One who sees

<<grapes

<<in a dream:

<<white ones,

<<whether

<<in their season

<<or

<<not

<<in their season,

<<are good;

<<black ones

<<in their season

<<are good,

<<not

<<in their season

<<are bad.

<<One who sees

<<a horse

<<that is white

<<in a dream,

<<whether

<<walking gently

<<or

<<galloping,

<<is good

<<for him;

<<a red one,

<<walking gently

<<is good,

<<galloping

<<is harsh.

One who sees

<<Yishmael

<<in a dream —

<<his prayer

<<is heard.

<<And specifically

<<Yishmael

<<son of

<<Avraham,

<<but

<<an Arab

<<merely,

<<not.

<<One who sees

<<a camel [gamal]

<<in a dream —

<<death

<<was decreed

<<for him

<<from

<<Heaven,

<<and they saved him

<<from it.

<<Rabbi Chama son of Rabbi Chanina said:

<<What

<<is the verse?

<<“I

<<will go down

<<with you

<<to Egypt,

<<and I

<<will bring you up

<<also [gam]

<<bringing up [alo].”

<<Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak

<<said:

<<From here:

<<“Also [gam]

<<Hashem

<<has removed

<<your sin;

<<not

<<will you die.”

One who sees

<<Pinchas

<<in a dream —

<<a wonder

<<is done

<<for him.

<<One who sees

<<an elephant [pil]

<<in a dream —

<<wonders [pela'os]

<<are done

<<for him;

<<elephants —

<<wonders

<<of wonders

<<are done

<<for him.

But isn't it taught:

<<All

<<kinds of

<<animals

<<are good

<<for a dream,

<<except

<<for

<<the elephant

<<and for

<<the monkey!

<<It is not difficult: