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Dreams are spoken about at length in both Jewish scriptures and the relating commentaries.

On the one hand, the Talmud states that dreams are one-sixtieth of prophecy (Brachot 57b). Yet at the same time the Talmud writes that no dreams are without nonsense (ibid., 55a), and that the interpretation of a dream depends on the explanation given by the interpreter (55b). As the Talmud makes clear, any dream can have either a good or a bad interpretation, and it is at the mercy of the one who interprets it.

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God appearing in dreams?

Is it possible that God appears to people in dreams these days? Can a person who spoke to Hashem in a dream consider this as a real dialog with God or should we instead consider it as pure work of our subconscious and imagination? Is there anything…
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Judaism and dreams

What's the significance of dreams according to Judaism? I've noticed that I sometimes have very weird and disgusting dreams that I'm truly ashamed of dreaming - unholy things.
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Do the interpretations given in the Gemara (Berachos 57) for seeing various things in a dream also apply if someone dreams that he is dreaming them?

The Gemara in Berachos (57a) brings many different dreams and explains their interpretations. Do these interpretations apply also if someone dreams that he is asleep and is dreaming those dreams or only if the dreams present themselves as if they…
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