Kislev: The Month of Dreams

Our perspective of a situation can actually change our reality.

By Yehoshua Leib Ha Kohen


It is empowering to recognize that it is up to us to determine our experiences. We may not be able to change facts or situations, but we can absolutely change how we view them. We determine if we want to see something as a punishment or a challenge, an annoyance or an opportunity.


We are in the month of Kislev, the month of dreams. All the dreams in the Torah are read in the Torah portions during this month. There is a lot of discussion in Jewish thought as to the meaning of our dreams and how much weight we should give to them. And one of the interpretations is that it is up to us to interpret our dreams and spin them in a positive way.


We are taught that hakol holech acharei hapeh, that everything follows the mouth. This means that what we say creates reality. This is one of the important ways in which we “…are created in His Image.” We can create something by calling forth. If you think positively, you will speak positively and if you speak positively you are more likely to act positively and through these actions, bring HaShem’s Light into the world. This is our job as all points’ maintainers and ‘tikkunists’ (cosmic repairmen) of the ‘Olam’ world (all worlds.)


So let’s ensure especially in this month of dreams, that we have an outlook that creates the positive actions toward the life we all want to be living. And let’s start taking our positive dreams, the ones we have when are asleep and those when we are awake, and make them come true!


Yehoshua Leib ha Kohen is a Religious Zionist whose vision is to speak to all peoples, as the Torah commands - 'To be a Lamp unto Their Feet.' He is a Ph.D. psychologist and brings messages to guide and inspire the understanding of the wisdom of G-d's Light and the Way to Him and a joyous faith-based life.