Brachos 57 -More Interpretations of Dreams, 60th of Death, and Hell, Brachos on distraction of Bavel - a podcast by Eran Netkin

1. Visions of tefillah in dreams
The Gemara lists dream visions that include elements of tefillah, along with their meaning:
• One who responds "מברך רבה שמיה יהא אמן "in a dream is assured of being destined for Olam Haba.
• One who recites Krias Shema in a dream is fit to have the Shechinah dwell upon him, except that his
generation doesn’t merit having it happen.
• One who dreams of laying tefillin should anticipate growing in greatness.
2. Waking up with a passuk
R’ Yochanan says that if one wakes up and a verse “fell into his mouth,” i.e. immediately came to mind,
this is a type of minor prophecy.
3. One sixtieth
Five things are considered a sixtieth of something else:
1. Fire is a sixtieth part of Gehinnom.
2. Honey is a sixtieth part of the manna.
3. Shabbos is a sixtieth part of Olam Haba.
4. Sleep is a sixtieth part of death.
5. A dream is a sixtieth part of prophecy.
Siman – Pinocchio’s nose
Pinochio’s nose began to grow when he claimed he was saying Krias Shema in his dream and then
woke up with a passuk in his mouth, until he was reminded wood burns in fire which is a sixtieth part
of Gehinnom.
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