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Similarly, R' Ḥanan said: Even if the master of dreams, in a true dream, an angel (Ma’ayan HaBerakhot) tells a person that tomorrow he will die, he should not prevent himself from praying for mercy, as it is stated: “For in the multitude of dreams and vanities there are many words; but fear God” (E
Having heard Isaiah’s harsh prophecy, immediately “Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed to YHWH” (Isaiah 38:2).
The Talmud asks: What is meant by the word “wall [kir]” in this context? Why did Hezekiah turn his face to a wall? R' Shimon ben Lakish said: This symbolically alludes to the fact that Hezekiah prayed to God from the chambers [kirot] of his heart, as it is stated elsewhere: “My anguish, my anguish,
R' Levi said: Hezekiah intended to evoke matters relating to a wall, and he said before God: God! and if the woman from Shunem, who made only a single small wall on the roof for the prophet Elisha, and you revived her son, all the more so should you bring life to the descendant of my father’s fath
The Talmud asks: To what specific action was he referring when he said: “And what was good in your sight I did”? Various opinions are offered: Mentioning Hezekiah’s merits, Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav that he juxtaposed redemption and prayer at sunrise instead of sleeping late, as was the cu