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Dreaming of Wine
הָרוֹאֶה גֶּפֶן טְעוּנָה בַּחֲלוֹם — אֵין אִשְׁתּוֹ מַפֶּלֶת נְפָלִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה״. שׂוֹרֵקָה — יְצַפֶּה לַמָּשִׁיחַ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אֹסְרִי לַגֶּפֶן עִירֹה וְלַשֹּׂרֵקָה בְּנִי אֲתֹנוֹ״.
One who sees a vine laden with grapes in a dream, it is an omen that his wife will not miscarry, as it is stated: “Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of your house” (Psalms 128:3). One who sees a planted vine branch in a dream should anticipate the Messiah, as it is stated: “Binding his foal unto the vine and his donkey’s colt unto the vine branch” (Genesis 49:11).
תָּנֵי תַּנָּא קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כׇּל מִינֵי מַשְׁקִין יָפִין לַחֲלוֹם חוּץ מִן הַיַּיִן, יֵשׁ שׁוֹתֵהוּ וְטוֹב לוֹ, וְיֵשׁ שׁוֹתֵהוּ וְרַע לוֹ. יֵשׁ שׁוֹתֵהוּ וְטוֹב לוֹ — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וְיַיִן יְשַׂמַּח לְבַב אֱנוֹשׁ״, וְיֵשׁ שׁוֹתֵהוּ וְרַע לוֹ — שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״תְּנוּ שֵׁכָר לְאוֹבֵד וְיַיִן לְמָרֵי נָפֶשׁ״.
The tanna who recited mishnayot before Rabbi Yoḥanan taught: One who sees any kind of drink in a dream it is a good omen, except for wine, as there is one who drinks it in a dream and it is a good omen for him, and there is one who drinks it in a dream and it is a bad omen for him. The Gemara elaborates: There is one who drinks wine and it is a good omen for him, as it is stated: “And wine that makes glad the heart of man” (Psalms 104:15), and there is one who drinks it in a dream and it is a bad omen for him, as it is stated: “Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto the bitter in soul” (Proverbs 31:6).
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן לְתַנָּא: תְּנִי: תַּלְמִיד חָכָם לְעוֹלָם טוֹב לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְלַחֲמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָכְתִּי״.
Rabbi Yoḥanan said to the tanna: You should teach that for a Torah scholar, a dream of wine is always a good omen, as it is stated: “Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine which I have mingled” (Proverbs 9:5).