Question:
Lately (for the past year), I have changed my lifestyle and started to distance myself from the society I live in. Because I realized that the society I live in is completely idolatrous and perverted. And things started to happen when I began to change these thoughts. That night, I saw a group of about 10 Jews in my dream. They were wearing black clothes and were Hasidic. There was a round table in the middle, and it was also black. I was telling them something passionately, and they were listening to me very attentively. After this dream, I started to feel an uncontrollable urge to read. My interest in Jewish sources increased intensely out of nowhere, without any external influence, and then I began reading the Torah. The more I read the Torah, the more I realized how filthy and idolatrous the society I lived in was. As I kept reading, I felt as if I was being enlightened.
That night, I had another dream. There was a large Jewish community behind me, and I was walking in front of them. We were walking together, passing through narrow corridors and large arched columned gates. There was a very joyful atmosphere, and from somewhere a loud melody or hymn was being sung. We were walking toward that voice. At the end, I saw a rabbi holding a huge flag, and I saw that he was the one singing the hymn. That was the end of the dream.
After that, I continued reading the Torah during the day, with commentaries from Rashi, Ibn Ezra, and Ramban. These kinds of dreams kept continuing, and there were big changes happening inside me that I couldn’t understand. Normally I never gave much importance to dreams, but the dream I had this time was completely different.
I was inside a synagogue, and it was specifically the “Neve Shalom” synagogue. When I entered, there was a Star of David made of glass above, and it was shining in many colors from the sunlight. The colors were extremely beautiful and dazzling. And strangely, there was a large full moon above the Star of David. These dreams started to come one after another.
And five days ago, I saw a new dream. I saw myself as the assistant of a Rabbi. We were on the top floor of a tower, like Galata Tower. That whole floor belonged to us. There was a large library with thousands of books, but none of them interested me. Among them was a Torah covered in leather with a golden Star of David on it. That was the only one that attracted me, and I was looking at it. On that floor, there was the rabbi, myself as his assistant, and someone else who was assisting me, and we were sitting in a room together. I was wondering, “Will my family think badly of me?” But then I felt that I should be proud instead.
I can no longer make sense of these dreams. Why do you think this is happening to me? And what would your advice be for a 24-year-old young man living among an idolatrous community like mine?
Your thoughts are truly valuable to me.
Answer:
Hello,
From the context of your question, I am assuming that you are not Jewish. In general, we don’t give much credence to dreams, as nowadays most dreams are the fruit of one’s thoughts during the day. You are interested in Torah, etc., and it is very possible that this is the sources of your dreams. However, we can’t know.
Being that you feel connected to Torah, it would be very advisable for you to start keeping the seven Noahide laws, as these laws are incumbent on all people, even non- Jews to keep.
One other point, as you seem to be a person interested in knowing the truth. Essentially there are restriction as to what a non-Jew is permitted to study from the Torah, as the Torah is not meant for non-Jews to study. You may study the seven Noahide laws, and the scriptures in a very simple fashion, without commentaries, except if there is a verse that is not understood, and you need the commentary in order to explain it’s simple meaning.
Have a good day.
