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June 8, 2022 79 mins

As long as we have been dreaming, we have been wondering what they could mean. Today we dive into dream divination, interpretation, and dream work with incredible guest, Rabbi Jill Hammer, PHD. Co-founder of the Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute and the Director of Spiritual Education at the Academy for Jewish Religion, her most recent books are Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreams and Return to the Place: The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah. You may also know her from her book with Taya Shere: The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women’s Spiritual Leadership.

Sources:

Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of DreamStudies in Jewish Dream Interpretation

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream
  2. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/dreams
  3. https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5311-dreams
  4. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/dreams-dream-interpretation/
  5. Rabbi Geoffrey W. Dennis’ Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism,
  6. HAMORI, ESTHER J. “The Prophet and the Necromancer: Women’s Divination for Kings.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 132, no. 4, 2013, pp. 827–43. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/42912469. Accessed 24 May 2022.
  7. Daniel and the “Prophetization” of Dream Divination
  8. Sefaria
  9. https://www.sefaria.org/Genesis.32.14?ven=Torah_Yesharah,_translated_and_edited_by_Chas._Kahane._New_York,_1963&vhe=Miqra_according_to_the_Masorah&lang=en&with=Radak&lang2=en
  10. “All the Dreams Follow the Mouth”: Dreamers and Interpreters in Rabbinic Literature Haim Weiss
  11. Jewish magic & superstition
  12. The Jewish Dream Book: the Key to Opening the Inner Meaning of Your Dreams. Vanessa L. Ochs, with Elizabeth Ochs

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