Derasha on Bo 11:7 — Torah Temimah note 1

Parashas Bo · Shemos 11:7 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן אֲשֶׁר֙ יַפְלֶ֣ה יְהֹוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין מִצְרַ֖יִם וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah on Shemos 11:7, note 1 points to Berachos 56b (one who sees a dog in a dream).

Sefaria — Exodus 11:7
Sefaria — Torah Temimah on Exodus 11:7
Sefaria — Berachos 56b
E-Daf — Berachos 56b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Berachos 56b
הָרוֹאֶה כֶּלֶב בַּחֲלוֹם, יַשְׁכִּים וְיֹאמַר ״וּלְכֹל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֶחֱרַץ כֶּלֶב לְשֹׁנוֹ״, קוֹדֶם שֶׁיִּקְדְּמֶנּוּ פָּסוּק אַחֵר — ״וְהַכְּלָבִים עַזֵּי נֶפֶשׁ״.

English: One who sees a dog in a dream should rise early and say: “But against any of the children of Israel, a dog shall not whet its tongue,” before another verse preempts him: “And the dogs are greedy.”

Type of Learning

Application of the passuk as a positive dream-resolution verse, because dreams follow the interpretation of the mouth.

What Is Learned

This passuk is recited after seeing a dog in a dream so that the favorable wording will shape the dream’s outcome, rather than a harsh verse about dogs.