from Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh (inner.org):
In the Torah portions read during the month of Kislev, we find most of the dreams mentioned in the Torah. Throughout the five books of the Torah, we find ten explicit dreams (dreamed by seven “dreamers”) all in the Book of Genesis. The first dream of Avimelech, King of Gerar, appears in the Torah portion of Vayeira, read in the month of Cheshvan. The other nine dreams appear in the Torah portions of Vayeitzei, Vayeishev, and Mikeitz, all read during the month of Kislev. According to the well-known Torah principle that one should “live with the times” (namely, with the weekly Torah portion), the topic of dreams would be a proper meditative subject during the month of Kislev. During this “month of dreams” one should strive to examine and clarify in one’s soul the topic of “the dream,” to plumb the depths of its roots in the soul, and to solve its riddle in a good and proper fashion.
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