Things dreamt have no practical importance/ things dreamt neither add nor detract

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Things dreamt have no practical importance/ things dreamt neither add nor detract

Things dreamt have no practical importance/ things dreamt neither add nor detract

There is no significance to be attributed to the things a person saw in a dream, and a dream is not sufficient to determine what a person should do.

("Rabbi Yochanan said: Everything depends on the interpretation... Rabbi Avahu said: 'Things dreamt neither add nor detract'" - Bereishit Rabba (Vilna), Parashat Mikeitz, section 89; and also: "When a person tells me that he dreamed a bad dream, I say to him, do not fear and do not be afraid, because things dreamt neither add nor detract, and all is vanity and futility" - Pele Yoetz, letter Chet, Dream.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּבְרֵי חֲלוֹמוֹת לֹא מַעֲלִים וְלֹא מוֹרִידִים

Definition (Hebrew)

אֵין לְיַחַס כָּל מַשְׁמָעוּת לַדְּבָרִים שֶׁרָאָה אָדָם בַּחֲלוֹם וְאֵין בַּחֲלוֹם כְּדֵי לִקְבֹּעַ לָאָדָם מָה לַעֲשׂוֹת.

("אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן הַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַפִּתְרוֹן...אָמַר רַבִּי אָבָהוּ דִּבְרֵי חֲלוֹמוֹת לֹא מַעֲלִין וְלֹא מוֹרִידִין"-בְּרֵאשִׁית רַבָּה (וִילְנָא) פָּרָשַׁת מִקֵּץ פָּרָשָׁה פָּט, וְכֵן:"כְּשֶׁאָדָם אוֹמֵר לִי שֶׁחָלַם חֲלוֹם רַע, אֲנִי אוֹמֵר לוֹ, אַל תִּירָא וְאַל תִּפְחַד, כִּי דִּבְרֵי חֲלוֹמוֹת לֹא מַעֲלִין וְלֹא מוֹרִידִין, וְהַכֹּל הֶבֶל וּרְעוּת רוּחַ"- פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת ח', חֲלוֹם)

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