D'var Torah: Bereshit - Kehillat Israel
D'var Torah: Bereshit - Kehillat Israel D'vrei Torah from KI Members —Moses ben Nachman Gerondi: Nachmanides, Commentary on Genesis . 1 Yod He Waw He. The rabbis declare the unreality of all entities seen in dreams, because they are located within the body and the space therein is confined. 2 The dreamer, on account of the shortness of the time involved, cannot go out of the body and see the dream objects. Nor does he, when awakened, find himself in the places seen in the dream. 3 Bereishit, on rational grounds, declares the non—existence of the chariots etc. perceived in dreams. Therefore the wise say that the unreality established by reason is proclaimed by the Torah. 4 The different objects seen in the confined space of dreams are unreal on account of their being perceived. For the same reason i.e. on account of their being perceived, the objects seen in the waking state are also unreal. The same condition i.e. the state of being perceived exists in both w