Vayeishev 40:16 · unit 1

Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 40:16

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּ֥רְא שַׂר־הָאֹפִ֖ים כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב פָּתָ֑ר וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף אַף־אֲנִי֙ בַּחֲלוֹמִ֔י וְהִנֵּ֗ה שְׁלֹשָׁ֛ה סַלֵּ֥י חֹרִ֖י עַל־רֹאשִֽׁי׃

When the chief baker saw how favorably he had interpreted, he said to Joseph, “In my dream, similarly, there were three openwork basketsbopenwork baskets In contrast to others “baskets with white bread” or “white baskets”; meaning of Heb. ḥori uncertain. on my head.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Berachos 55b.

Sefaria — Berachos 55b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי טוֹב פָּתָר — מִנָּא יָדַע? אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: מְלַמֵּד שֶׁכׇּל אֶחָד הֶרְאוּהוּ חֲלוֹמוֹ וּפִתְרוֹן חֲלוֹמוֹ שֶׁל חֲבֵרוֹ.

English: “For he had interpreted well” — from where did he know? R’ Elazar said: this teaches that each one was shown his own dream and the interpretation of his fellow’s dream.

On the daf / in context: The baker knows Yosef interpreted well because he had already seen the butler’s outcome in his own vision.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Knowledge of a good interpretation is explained by shared dream-revelation.

What Is Learned

Each prisoner was shown both dreams; that is how the baker could judge that Yosef had interpreted well.