, 1870-05-28
nBEAug AND THEIR MTEH-
PRETAT1OE.
Nyyu God WNTA.

tn hoId mon tbs modern IWaelitish mind ~
~ inf.Il{hle e1poeitor Of the Divine Law and
thouch a large and infuentiai BODY Of Jews go
80 ~ as utterly to re5sst -, ~ ;ts taitions
teaching reverence eina 10 gaees M M nuine Of Cd
world wisdom, whence the student, Who 1as
ratience to clesr away tho ove11yln8 ruooaan
uf ceutuzies, uay bring TO light !sro put tAn,
t1stic treasures Of RAbbinicA thoo9nt ana
learning. Dreams md them n.e[ hsae 1his,
while Il claims to date from SINH, received N
reality ITS earliest shape among the nysne
ssres Of BABYLON. Apart from III cons1deTs-
tion Of tie philosophy Of dreams, the In-
mudicM system has two points IN lts fasof
which must largely hep TO e6msna eht u ill., =,
EARLIEST mode Of dealing with = vary intricate
and perple1ing subject that has come down to
ns and the .econd. that it bases its interpTe-
tation Of "mght visions enhre!y- Tor y, A.
most entirely-ou scriptural authonty- Inc
use that it makes Of the sacred writings may
lar upon reye1ant minds Is kn 1ncouth piece
Of superstition. in keeping With nAny = dark
uuee Of Israel's history. Still, the fact that
iiy9ne agency is 20 thoroughly realized in the
thnuchts which come into mans mind upon
his bed dan. Il. 29), will so long way to-
wards re1eeming the code Of Interpretation
from the censure OF less worthy eystems.
Three things. according to the 1alnud, re-
eauec @ them to remain finn: u 4 good Ring.
(2) A good year. (9 4 good dream. This
last is founded on 1sa. xviii. 16, $50 wilt
thou recover me- and make nc to I've, which
in the Hebrew Eune, "1hou hast mAde me
dream. thou hast made me- Ive;" as II Reza-
hah's restoration to health were in some un-
recorded way connected with dream Con-
eistently with this explanation, the eAme au-
4 thority sets down sleep and dreams among ai1
abings which conduce to the recovery Of tha
slck. ..-..
Then, again, five things are enumerated,
part Of something. Thus:
i. Fire is the si1fieth part OF hell.
I. Honey is the stxtieth part OF mama
asleep Is the Hixtieth part Of death.
IA dream la the sixt1eth part Of prophecy.
It is afterwards explained thst dream ia
intended to be warning from GOD, and On
this suppoation its importance is not ut Ill
oter1ated, when It is declared that dream
without Interpretation is like letter that IA
unread, and that man who passes seven
nights without one ID to be written down as
wicked" II the spirita are senaibly Affected
by dream-whether it be favorable Of the re-
COME to pass. It is Hscouragfng. however, TO
be told that bad dream IL much more likely
to turn out true than = good one though
so1no comfort may be Gathefed Hom the n
sursnce that, however bad dream may be, it
| will never be fulfilled in an its completeness.
| In this case, as in most other OF our earthly
I Ills, anticipation is worse than reality. "As it
I in unpoaaibls," s2yR the TAlmud, "for wheat
to grow without st1Aw, 50 it il imposaible for 4
/ dream to spring up without nonsense" Many
| persons will be inclined to endorse this stste
| ment after 4 fashion never contemplated By
| our ytnerable authority, and may fancy thai
the grains Of sound meaning contained in theil
dreams are hardly worth the trouble Of Hfinf
from bushels Of eenseaess rubbish. The "non
aenSe" spoken OF - the necessary accom-
paninent Of dreams refers, in al probability
| 10 those accidental surroundings which are not
viewed ~ having any real or Special apphca'
| ton.
Provision il made for case when nn&n't
l mind is greatly troubled by dream, the in
l pot. Of which he cannot understand He is te
| betake himself to three leading men in biz
| synagogue (the Rabbi and two assistante
| where they are to be had) and is to beg them
to interpret T vh.t ,h be has seen; Ry "! OF a
Thou hast seen good DREAM" whether il
| really be favorable one or not; this done,
they must recite three verses out Of the Bible
il which occurs the word turned" implying
that any evil which may be lurking IN the
dream will now be turned to good. The
111, II, 'fThou hast turned for me my mourn.
| tu1n their mourning into joy;" Deut. XIII,
S, .':The Lord thy God turned tho curae into
a blessing into thee" Then they must re,
| peat three verses in Which occurs the word
redeemed p. XIV e. Redeem Israel
| God, out Of ali his troubles" Ps. ", 1s
| scul in peace from the battle that was against
me- lisa. XIV, 10, "And tho ransomed
| (Ieb. redeemed y Of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with songs and everlasting
| JOY upon their heads" After this they must
say three yerrcs in which occurs the word
"peaec." These are Sam. XIV. 6, "Peace
be both to thee, and peace be to thine house,
Iii. lB, Ponce, peace DO unto thee, and peace
he to thine helpers, for thy God helpeth Thee !
lisa. wi. 10, Peace, peace to hin that is fat
on, and to him that il near, saith tho Lord =
But should a man have seen dream which
he cannot accurately remember but which
coming evil, 4 course is provided for the relief
OF ilis anxiety. he is directed to 60 to the
synagogue and stand before the priest At the
moment when Lis hands are spread out te
bless, and say az follows: "sovereign Of the
Universe, am thine, and my dreams are thine
have dreamed dream, but know not what il
portcnds May it be acceptable in thy pres
ence, Lord my God, aud the God Of my II
thers, that all my dreams concerning myself
end concerning al Israel. may be for good
I NlGLQGI ! nave QlGA1ucH CONCERNING lily 69u
CT whether have dreamed concerning others,
| or whether others have dreamed concerning
me. il they be good, strengthen and fortify
| them, that they may be accomplished in me,
as wero the dreams Of the righteous Joseph.
II they require cure, heal them, - thou didst
MezeAiah; KING Of Judah, from his sickness
Miriam, the prophecies, from her leptosy, and
Naauian from his leprosy, as the bitter waters
OF Marah by our lawgiver Noses, and those oi
Jericho By the hands OF Elisha, And as thou
l vast pleased totuIn thecurse Of Balaam, the eou
| OF Beer, from curse into blessing, so be
pleased to convert all my dreams concerning
me, and al Itracl, to good end. o gaasd
i mo! Let me DO acceptable to thee, and grant
me life. Amen.'
The priests blessing is used only at tht
Passover, Pentecost, New Year, Day Of Atone
mcut, and Tabernaclcs, 60 that the anxious
dreamer must wait for one OF these occasions
before his mind can bo set at rest. No bless
ing il given On any Sabbath duriro the year
and should one Of the FIVE above-mentione.
days happen to fal On Sabbath, the benedlo
ton Is invariably omitted. In many con8re
gations it ia neglected altogether, This arise
partly from the fact that the Rabbi is no
necessarily q descendant Of Aaron &
Cohen), and partly from the fear that il th,
blessing were allowed, some disreputabl,
member Of the congregation, who may never
theless DO able to claim Anronic lineage, nigh
insist upon bearing his part in the function
The consequence is that it is very rare to see
troubled dreamer standing up publicly in tht
face Of the congregation, though in continen
tai eynagogues, and specially IN Poland 8ni
Galicia. the spectacle is common enough.
While all dreams arise from the Imagination
are held to como true. l. A dream Of th,
morning. 2. A dream which somebody c1st
dreams about you. 8. A dream that has boe1
repeated, i. e., has occurred twice or oftener
Though no direct Scriptural authority is claim
cd for this statement, it is delivered with al
the force Of immemorial tradition.
Having laid down these general rules on the
draw up code of moro special Interpretation.
Thus, for example, If . man secs well in {
dream, it is a sign Of good fortune. This il
i founded on Gen. XVI, 10, land Isaacs ser
wants digged in tho valley, and found there .
well Of springing water" .,
If man sees an ass in his dream, ho sns!
! hsye good hope for salvation, for It is writ
thee, he is just. and having salvation; 1owly
and riding upon an ass."
Il he sees white grapes. whether they are il
season or not, the omen is good but Bhoule
black grapes appear to him, the dream Is bad
unless the fruit should chance to be in seaso0
when it is favorable.
II he sees pals or jars for carrying water
vision is shown to none but those Who fen,
| God With al their might
"A bird and HyeE are s1so good dreams, and
signify peace and prosperity.
The OF haa aix different modes Of iuterure-
tation peculiar to himself. Thus, ii = mar
| dreams a. that he is eating his flesh, it is 4
sure sign that he will become rich; i2) that
the OK has gored him, he will have Sons who
vii contand with one another about the Law :;
(3) That the OF has bitten him, pain will come
(4) that the OK has kicked him, he will under
take along journey; % that be ia riding onths
OF, be will become great; 81 that the o. 1ifles
on him, he will die. A white horse, whether
or da1k-colored horse is only good 80 long "a