5 myths
Each story names the sources it was written from.
A woman brought her dream to one sage and bore a son, then a heretic brought his to another and was read aloud as a confession.
The neck still took numbers, myriads stacked on myriads. Then the head rose, and Rabbi Yishmael's mouth found no word.
God told Abraham to sit as a model for the Shema (Hear O Israel). Later Rabbi Yishmael stood at evening prayer so one school's posture would not bind all.
Every vision meant light, the stallkeeper said. Olive trees, stars, a ledger. Rabbi Yishmael sat down and named the crimes the dreams were hiding.
An angel sets Rabbi Yishmael in his lap and weeps over Israel's decrees, then carries him to watch King David rise to a throne of fire.
