, 1870-05-29
DREAMS AND THEIR INTER
PRETATION,

X
Its hold upon the modern 1Haeltiah mind as
an infalliLlo expositor Of the Divine Law and
though large and influential BODY Of Jew 70
10 far - utterfy to reject it's authoritative
teaching, revesence enough for its traditions
stn survives to make its pages mino Of old
patience To c1ear away the oyerlying Fubbiah
Of centuries, may bring to light rars but fan
sastr treasures Of HAhhinicAl thought and
learning. Dreams and their Interpretation
could hardly fail 70 find place In book which,
while it claims to date from sinai, received ii
reality ita earliest shape among the mystic
sages Of Babylon. Apart from I'll considera-
ton Of the philosophy Of dreams, the Tai
mudicM system has two points il it's tavur
which must largels help to commend il to
thoughtful minds: The first is, that il is the
earliest mode Of dealing with i very intricate
us and the second, that it bases its interpse-
&ation Of "night viaions" entirelY-or a.
most entirely-ou sc1iptural authority. The
use that it makes Of the sacred writings may
tsx upon Eeverent minds ss an uncouth piece
Of superstition. in keeping with many dark
divine agencyy is 70 thoroughly realized in the
thoughts which come into mans mind upon
his bed (Dan. Il. e9), will SO long way to-
wards releeming the code Of Interpretation
from the censure OF less worthy SYSTEMS.
Three things. according to the Talmud, re-
c.r1so tha, =, ra,,,,in t;-,a .oat az may
131 f-ood vear fa1 1 ro11 d-eesrI' 'e19s. I1
last ia fonut3eJ m r., rfyv;i; ~ Ico III
thou rccoyer me. hnii make mo To 1;rc seh;ai;
10 the Hebrew runs, "Thou hast made me
dream, thou hast made me lives" as il Hezo-
recorded way connected With a tare.Tu ao can. ~.
ejstentjv with this crnfan,t;on A. as-,a ~ ".
fbority sets dovn sIcan ani dre.ms .n,o,,, s ~,
tbincH which coni1r,co 10 the racova- ~ ~
ncks ~ -@'0 No~''eA' VI e'Ae
Then. arain. Bye .h;nra ,,a arrnar.tsa
ra1t OF somethinr. Tins.
I. FIye d he sIxiieth nart nj be,t
2 Honey Is the sl1tie,h part Of manna.
g. The Sabbath Il tie giIuetn part Of the Joy OF
the future world:
~ b Rs nsf o. dass n1ohee
;,,tan5ad q ~. ~ Ta.us a. aap.a,neo . .nat aeam
sossn VIZ W 70 ;asnang ;ss !.om uod, anu On
tp ens suppos.hon - oubo5.anGe u not ~ AZ
.a o...;a W. y 10 J.; anso SIe Inat aleau
ea W,noa' i Ihst =, 1zs ,e.ses 'aas .
anea, az 49, aaaa ~ mnu H." tassss ns'en
hat9, g srnns y % ~ s.ft - te @
I. I: " ~ ~ wv
seiee-is ~ nei1 - " saen sAst W. sase.S
eoue ~ Rsss ~ ~ - % ese ssnS, uums'G1, a sf ~
oe tola Luz. toa uIea1n is nucu nofs @ uheY
10 tu1n ent Ilue thAn 9ooa one; lnougn
anr,nre that hnwsvar Rad a 1ra.r., ,n,v I,e il
WI neveF BE- fulfilled n al i.s eompieteness:
u y; TINS cast. ~ N most othef o. our caItniY
nls, antlc1Pauon u worse tnan feauty. "Aa It
= mpos1nie, says tne lainad, "in1 wheat
70 gloW without straw: 80 Il ls impossible ior
cream 70 eHIms u2 %atnout % nonsense; Msny
uent Alter fashion never contemplated by
oar venerable authority, md may fancy thst
tne grams 81 sonno msanin6 eontnneu N tnen
dreams are ha1ny worth tho trouble Of saftlng
from bushels OF sehseieas fahhlsh- Ihe non
sense Spoken OF as the necessary accom- st
lanlment oi dreams dream refers, IN al probability,
to thoae accidental surroundings ~hicl, are not
viewed ae having ANY real Or SPECIAL apphcs-
tIon. ..--.-. ..-.......
trotlsaon is made tor case when MANA
mind is gEe*Ay troubled bg dfeAm the In
betake himself to three leading men IN his
synagogue (the RabM and two assistsnts
where they are to be had), and is to beg them
TO interpret what he has seen. b Why Of al
laying his alarm they arc Immediately to say,
"1hou hast seen good DREAM whether it
they must rccite three verses out Of the Bible
in which occuzs tho word "tuzned," Implying
that any evil which may be lurking il tho
dream win now be turned to good. Tho
yertes appointed for tho occasion are Ps.
1sx, ii. ttJbou hast turned for nc nv uousn-
inn INTO dancing:" Jer. x11i IS. II vii
tuIp the;r uaourpinc into {oy;h Deut. xiii.
s Tie Lord thv 1;otf turned tha rurse intn
a blessing into thee," Theu they uaust re.
nrat threo yerrea in which occnrs tho won,
a EM n',t ot Il, i;s trons,cs !, o. It ' IL
y fie istI A. doi,r.-oa ITJah ,oaoonoads 1,H ,
son, ;,, ossee Sro,n The t.tt1a thas ~
~" " IL ~ a., ~ ~ "-. -s,Sn.s, "a
tMob .roisa1a5',, - ,ho 4n- 'ug ab,ii ro,,,rr
snS .o,e ~ w., ~ We a.ssu ~ sa
~: W. sASn eA .ass N.Y. Maa1
~ .ossn" Thssn nS,sss ~ HeGn n. oa saG n Molo
,,a Sat', IN thns ,n5 ~ nes.o ~ ho ~ :,,;no ,onso
~ 49, w ~ 1 liass " ~ .l.s :.
ano = PeaSG e ~ " uhto ~ lnat auou tast lrn5on
~. -, reaee, peace 10 aa1o ,hee, ana pesee
pe 20 thlne ne helpers, for ny uod helpeth thee !.
lsa- IVY. Nv; feace' peace 10 MN mat - "a! !,
VI, nnu " iatA tnat - neat, h1ta .uo Losu. T.,
nut Enoam n.ah naso esen o1faM Mh!c, ,
.:S ne Sannot a aGSnfa!e!y ~: rememoe!, nnt Whci
coming esl, course y PROVIDED for the rel.ei
OF Ms anx'e.s; ; no y atrectea 70 60 70 -.
synagogue anu stana before Tue ps7est at ~
moment wheh ias , hahoa are spread ont q
| p!efs. ana say ~ ;onowa; Sosere!sn OF tht
aSa dreame n fsa b1t bnow ,,ot f1 wa, in9
nottenasr 1as II pe aeceniaole u ny prees
ehee, Lord my you. and the Gou OF my =
| tna1T, a tnat - ~ aiEan1s eohct1nns useeti
W1a.Is We ~ 5i st mas ~ aot 1'i, Sooui
'aIha, Mne1 1so I,so uea coneeG ; m1so,, tn,
oI naeuel naSe ofsameu cohcei1'lnS oInels
~, tne ~ sua' .nen 14sd ;oin - a.
.ne.ni III ~, Igy ay " aeEphtpnane1 ~ Y
r. .hos reo,1ire cnrs. hasi the,n a. tbon % a,;;ie
HegeIfah, F1np ~ ndah. frnm his e;r1rncss
Srir;,m tba nra,I,atass s,,1, ba- IL, io,rnsv 80
T-ot, r., ioITns .o H. H.. ~
~; N1st, ~ ~ .nn .ep;os ~ ING onIeI & massa
Tni T. ~ y ~ ~ as E1o. alu taosI ~
at ~ ~ u1nts ~ =. Eeuar u - ~
~ Tanr % 1rn,n = c,,rsc ;ntn " = y biess;nT az =
~ uio.sod r. ennEert III my dro,ma , co9rer,;n ~ :
me- an, an Isr.c1' to a aon.] end q unsr
me-, ~ Tot ~ r,e ho ,ccont,5so ~ thaa and yrs1
~ 6fa annen ~f>N ~ N%1-0' NAN~~ s>~e
~ The rt;cst:s blessing In used ou,y at Ii
| p,sxorar I,antsrost Eev Yc.r n.v m Atom,
mont an;, TsbernacIes. so tL.t t6e anxior
Ir,aner must wait for oue OF these occasion
beforc his mind can be set ut rast, No bles
inr il given on anr Sabbath during the sea
and shouid one of he i've aEoye-meutiont
days happen to fall on Sabbath, the benedi
J ton is Invariably omitted. In many congr
! cations it is neglected altogether. This Aria
: partly from tho fact that tho Rabbi il u
} necessarily 3 descendant of Aaron
, ! Coben), and partly from tho fear that il Il
| blessing were allowed, some disrcputab
! member OF the congregation, who may nave
. theless be able to claim Aarouic lineage, mig
l insist upon bearing his part 10 the funcuo
:. The consequence il that it il very rare TO SOC
q troubled d1eamer standing up publicly in Il
Q face OF the congregation, though in consine
I | tai synagoEues, and specially in Poland 81
q | GaGcia. The spectacle il common enough.
:, While all dreAms arise from the imagiuati
Of the heart (D2n. H., ao), three kinda Of thu
9 arc held to come tue. l.. dream Of I
h morning. 2. A dream which somebody .el
\. dreams about you. 3. a dream that has be
repeated, i. e., has occurred twico or often
Though no direct scr5ptura1 authority is elsi
ed for this statement, it Is delivered with
the force OF immemotial tradition.
Having laid down these general rules on
sul1ect al dreams, the Talnnud proceeds
draw up code Of more special interpretati,
Tins. for example, if . nan eesa well il
drcam' Il ia a sign OF good fortune. This
T.,1,1Sd m Gov o1vr; Ia -. And Is.ac'. I
| ,..t. .1;,r.1 l., tha Tat1ar ap3 found thar