In your opinion, how reliable is the dream?
There is a whole issue in halacha about the reliability of dreams. There are rabbis, Rashba, Rajachovi, and more and more. There are those who only accept ‘excommunication’ in a dream, there are also ‘tzedakah’ and more.
Either way, it seems that everyone perceives that dreams are some kind of objective dimension (in one form or another). How can this be understood today? It seems to me that you believe that dreams do not have any real dimension. Do you have a creative (rational) interpretation of these poskim or the issue in the Gemara or do you believe that this is a mistake, but that halakha is halakha and should not be deviated from?
Maybe I wrote things in an incomprehensible way, but I would love for you to expand on that.
I wrote about this in my article on Parashat Makatz, Mida Tova 567.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BwJAdMjYRm7IY0xlc1dmYTMweVE
Thank you, I do see explanations and interpretations of the Gemara here. But, the question of rationality has not been resolved.
That is, whatever the explanation of the Gemara, it is clear that there is some level of credibility to the dream (even in the opinion of the Maimonides that you wrote). And this is hidden in light of today's perception, isn't it?
I don't know what the perception is today. If you have a dream and find yourself in reality with something real in it (like with the second tithe), that's an indication that it's real, right?
Okay, let's say. And what about excommunication in a dream? Do you think it's likely that there's a divine message here?
You can't categorically rule out anything, of course. But I think you'll agree that it's unlikely, and probably for a while it was likely, right?
I don't know. Maybe there's a message here. I didn't understand the second question.
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