RAV KOOK ON PARSHAS MIKETZ PART 1

translated and abridged by Rabbi Chanan Morrison Parshat Miketz The Sages made a remarkable claim regarding dreams and their interpretation: "Dreams are fulfilled according to the interpretation" (Berachot 55b). The interpreter has a key function in the realization of a dream. His analysis can determine how the dream will come to pass! The Talmud substantiated this statement with the words of the chief wine-butler: "Just as he interpreted, so (my dream) came to be" (Gen. 41:13). Do dreams foretell the future? Does the interpreter really have the power to determine the meaning of a dream, and alter the future accordingly?