DREAMERS

Parshas Hashavua   וישב THE THREE DREAMS According to the חזקוני and other Rishonim, יוסף had 3* dreams. The ברטנורא writes יוסף's first dream was about 10 candles not able to extinguish the 1 candle. (מגילה ט"ז ע"ב) The תורה doesn't mention details of this dream because it didn't come true. The brothers did manage to harm יוסף. ובזה מיושב למה כתיב ויוסיפו--על חלומותיו* לשון רבים אחרי חלום אחד  --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NULLIFYING BAD DREAMS The תורת חיים (Bava Kama 55a) writes, "ברכת כהנים is a form of נבואה (prophecy). The כהנים are repeating the words Hashem tells them to say, while the שכינה is hovering over them. The ברכת כהנים has 60 אותיות.(Alphabets) The Gemoro says that dreams are a 1/60 of נבואה. Someone with a bad dream (1/60 נבואה) can nullify  it with the 60 אותיות of the נבואה of ברכת כהנים.   -----------------------------------------             DREAMING ALLOWED In the '40s, while the Nazis were murdering  Yidden in Europe, Rav. Y.I.Herzog zt"l was in Bnei Brak and met with the Ponovezher Rov zt"l. The Ponovezher Rov pointed to a  hill and told him he plans to build a Yeshiva for a few hundred בחורים on top of that hill. Rav Herzog responded with just one word "חלומות" (dreams- wishful thinking). The Ponovezher Rov answered back " חלומען מעג מען - שלאפן טאר מען ניט  " One may dream, but one may not sleep ." -----------------------------------------------------------------------                    DON'T TELL YOUR WIFE The (ספר חסידים (תמ"ז  writes, "if one dreamt a good dream (בשורה טובה), not to tell it to his wife. She might tell others, and then the dream won't come true".