Dreams
Question
I was dreaming and in my dream my tooth came out what does this mean in the gemara
Answer
Shalom!
Thank you for your question.
The Talmud indeed deals with such a case. We are told that the sage Rava once had a dream that his teeth were falling out. The next morning he want Bar Hedya who was known for interesting dreams. Bar Hedya told him that his dream was a sign that his sons and daughters would die, lose his appetite as a result of this, therefore not use or need his teeth.
The Talmudic passage just quoted is part of a much larger passage in which the sages Abaya and Rava were frequently dreaming similar dreams. Each one would go to Bar Hedya to interpret the dream.
Bar Hedya would always issue favorable interpretations to Abaye’s dreams but to Rava he would always issue negative interpretations. All interpretations always came true!
They were the same dreams! Different interpretations? Why the difference?
It is explained that Abaya would always pay Bar Hedya for his services while Rava did not. Bar Hedya was inclined favorably to those who would pay him but bore a grudge to those who didn’t, hence the conflicting interpretations!
We are told that the way a dream is interpreted will indeed have an effect on the outcome. If one (anyone) interprets a dream as being bad, it will be bad. If one interprets a dream for good, it will come out good!
However, dreams nowadays don't have any meaning anyway, although it is advisable to give some tsedakah.
Source
Berachot 56a