A person is shown only the thoughts of his heart

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A person is shown only the thoughts of his heart

A person is shown only the thoughts of his heart

In his dreams, a person sees only the thoughts and feelings hidden in his heart.

("Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: A person is shown only the thoughts of his heart, as it is said (Daniel 2): 'You, O king, your thoughts came upon your bed.' - Berakhot 55b. Also: 'The thoughts of his heart—what he contemplates during the day.' - Rashi, Berakhot 55b. Also: 'Indeed, a beautiful dream. But a person sees in a dream the thoughts of his heart. The things he heard during the day strengthened in his heart and he saw a night vision.' - Y. Burla, Longings, 46. Also: 'If he sees a bad dream, let him attribute it to his thoughts, as the Gemara says: A person is shown only the thoughts of his heart.' - Agnon, These and Those, Rabbi Katriel the Cantor, 343. Also: 'A person is shown at night only what he contemplates during the day.' - H. Bar, To the Place the Wind Goes, 83)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין מַרְאִים לוֹ לָאָדָם אֶלָּא מֵהִרְהוּרֵי לִבּוֹ

Definition (Hebrew)

בַּחֲלוֹמוֹתָיו הָאָדָם רוֹאֶה אַךְ וְרַק אֶת הַמַּחֲשָׁבוֹת וְהָרְגָשׁוֹת הַצְּפוּנִים בְּלִבּוֹ.

("אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן: אֵין מראין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא מֵהִרְהוּרִי לִבּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דָּנִיֵּאל ב'): אַנְתְּ מלכא רעיונך עַל מִשְׁכָּבְךָ סלקו (אַתָּה הַמֶּלֶךְ, בהיותך עַל מִשְׁכָּבְךָ עָלוּ מַחְשְׁבוֹתֶיךָ)"- בְּרָכוֹת נה ע"ב, וְכֵן: "הרהורי לִבּוֹ- מָה שֶׁהוּא מהרהר בְּיוֹם"- רָשִׁ"י מַסֶּכֶת בְּרָכוֹת נה ע"ב, וְכֵן: "אָכֵן, חֲלוֹם נָאֶה. אֲבָל אָדָם רוֹאֶה בַּחֲלוֹם מֵהִרְהוּרִי לִבּוֹ. הַדְּבָרִים שֶׁשָּׁמַע בְּיוֹם חזקו בְּלִבּוֹ וּרְאֵה חזיון לַיְלָה"- י. בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 46, וְכֵן: "שֶׁאִם יִרְאֶה חֲלוֹם רַע יתלה בהרהוריו, כעניין שאמרו בַּגְּמָרָא אֵין מראין לוֹ לְאָדָם אֶלָּא מֵהִרְהוּרִי לִבּוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וְאֵלּוּ, רַבִּי כתריאל שָׁלִיחַ צבור, 343, וְכֵן: "אֵין מַרְאִים לוֹ לְאָדָם בַּלַּיְלָה אֶלָּא מָה שֶׁהוּא מהרהר בּוֹ בְּיוֹם"- ח. בְּאֵר/ אֶל מָקוֹם שהרוח הוֹלֵךְ, 83)

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