Parashat Vayeishev 5783
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A D’var Torah for Parashat Vayeishev
By Rabbi Greg Schindler (’09)
Dedicated to the memory of my dear wife Barucha Esther bat Daniel v’Rachel (z”l)
Dream On
Dream on/ Dream on / Dream on
Dream until your dreams come true
– Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
Did you ever have a dream that came true?
The Talmud tells us that a dream is one-sixtieth of prophecy. (Berakhot 57b) But the trouble with dreams is, they require interpretation.
Rav Hisda said, “A dream not interpreted is like a letter not read.” (Berakhot 55a) Dream interpretation is made especially difficult by the “red herrings” in dreams: “Just as it is impossible for the grain to grow without straw, so it is impossible to dream without idle matters.” (ibid.)
Moreover, the Sages claim that the actualization of a dream depends on its interpretation: “Rabbi Bena’a Read More >
