DREAMS DREAMS

THE LAST TWO TORAH PORTIONS CENTER ON THE PROPHETIC NATURE OF DREAMS.
THE TALMUD BEROCHOS STATES THAT WE DREAM ABOUT MATTERS THAT WE THINK ABOUT DURING THE DAY. IN THAT CASE WHY WOULD WE ATTRIBUTE PROPHETIC STATUS TO MATTERS OF WHICH OUR MIND HAS BEEN OCCUPIED WITH?
WE MIGHT ANSWER THAT IF WE DREAM ABOUT MATTERS THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT , THEN THIS INDICATES POSSIBLE PROPHECIES.
PHARAOH DREAMS ABOUT FAT COWS BEING SWALLOWED BY BY EMACIATED COWS . THEN HE DREAMS ABOUT FULL EARS OF GRAIN BEING SWALLOWED BY EMPTY EARS.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. NOR DID HE THINK ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
THE ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THIS WHOLE MATTER IS WHY WOULD HE BELIEVE JOSEPH'S INTERPRETATION AND RIGHT THERE AND THEN APPOINT HIM TO THE HIGHEST POSITION IN THE LAND?
PHARAOH HIMSELF WAS PSYCHIC. HE SENSED THE POWERS OF PEOPLE . HE TESTED
JOSEPH'S ABILITIES TO SOLVE TRUTHS BY DELIBERATELY CONCEALING INFORMATION FROM HIM. WHEN JOSEPH NOT ONLY SHOWED THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PENETRATE PHARAOH'S DECEIT WITHOUT EMBARRASSING PHARAOH, HE RECOGNIZED A MAN OF GREAT PERSONAL STRENGTHS UNLIKE ANY MAN HE HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED. HE ALSO KNEW THAT JOESPH WOULD BE FAITHFUL AS JOSEPH DID NOT DIVULGE ANY OF PHARAOH'S MACHINATIONS . WITH A STRAIGHT FACE HE ANSWERED THE MIGHTY KING RESPECTFULLY.
THIS WAS A MAN OF CONVICTION , STRENGTH AND INTELLIGENCE AS WELL AS HIGHLY ETHICAL AS WELL AS LOYAL. THIS COMBINATION DID NOT EXIST AMONGST HIS ADVISERS . SINCE THE MATTERS JOSEPH REVEALED WERE OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN AND NOT A SECOND SHOULD BE WASTED,PHARAOH HIRED JOSEPH ON THE SPOT. IN THIS WAY HE WAS ASSURED OF EGYPT'S SUCCESS IN A VERY TUMULTUOUS TIME. THE HIRING OF JOSEPH CATAPULTED EGYPT INTO AN EVEN GREATER FORCE AND EMPIRE THAN EVER BEFORE.