This camel is all-devouring and all-exterminating, is always ready to inflict death on man. Hence, whenever a man sees a camel in his dream it signifies that death was decreed upon him, but he was delivered.
Observe that the side of defilement is so designated by reason of it having brought death into the world. The same it was that seduced Adam and his wife, and Samael is the one that rides on it and leads the world astray, and brings about the death of every one. It was Adam who first drew him to himself, so that he became their seducer. Of this Solomon said, “and come not nigh the door of her house” (Prov. 5, 8), for whoever comes nigh her house, she emerges, attaches herself, and is drawn unto him.
Thus when Rebekah discerned Isaac as being of the side of Rigour, the side of the dross of gold, she straightway alighted from the camel so as to break herself loose from the Rigour and the dross.
תָּא חֲזֵי, הַאי גָּמָל, הַיְינוּ רָזָא דִּכְתִּיב, (משלי י״ט:י״ז) וּגְמוּלוֹ יְשַׁלֶּם לוֹ, דָּא גְּמוּל דְּאִינּוּן חַיָּיבַיָּא, דִּכְתִּיב, (ישעיהו ג׳:י״א) אוֹי לְרָשָׁע רָע כִּי גְּמוּל יָדָיו יֵעָשֶׂה לּוֹ. וְהַאי אִיהוּ גָּמָל, דְּקַיְּימָא לְאָכְלָא כֹּלָּא, וּלְשֵׁיצָאָה כֹּלָּא. וְהַאי אִיהוּ זַמִּין תָּדִיר לָקֳבֵל (נ"א לקטלא נ"א לחבלא) בְּנֵי נָשָׁא. וּבְגִין כַּךְ (רמ"ח ע"ב אמור ק"ו ע"ב) הַאי מַאן דְּחָמֵי בְּחֶלְמֵיהּ גָּמָל, אַחְמִיוּ לֵיהּ מוֹתָא דְּאִתְגְּזָרַת עָלֵיהּ, וְאִשְׁתְּזִיב מִנֵּיהּ.
This camel is all-devouring and all-exterminating, is always ready to inflict death on man. Hence, whenever a man sees a camel in his dream it signifies that death was decreed upon him, but he was delivered.
תָּא חֲזֵי, הַאי סִטְרָא דִּמְסָאֲבָא אִקְרֵי הָכִי, דְּגָרִים מִיתָא לְכָל עָלְמָא, וְהַאי הֲוָה דְּאַסְטֵי לְאָדָם וּלְאִתְּתֵיהּ, וְהַהוּא דְּרָכִיב עָלֵיהּ אִיהוּ סָמָאֵ"ל, וְאִיהוּ אָתָא לְמִטְעֵי עָלְמָא, וְגָרַם מוֹתָא לְכֹלָּא. וּבְגִין כַּךְ אָתָא וְשָׁלִיט עַל כֹּלָּא. אָדָם אִיהוּ אַמְשִׁיךְ לֵיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ, וְכֵיוָן דְּאִיהוּ אַמְשִׁיךְ לֵיהּ לְגַבֵּיהּ, כְּדֵין אִיהוּ אִתְמְשָׁךְ אֲבַתְרַיְיהוּ, עַד דְּאַסְטֵי לוֹן. וּבְגִין כַּךְ אָמַר שְׁלמֹה, (משלי ה׳:ח׳) וְאַל תִּקְרַב אֶל פֶּתַח בֵּיתָה, דְּכָל מַאן דְּאִתְקְרִיב לְבֵיתָהּ, כְּדֵין אִיהִי נַפְקַת וּמִתְקַשְּׁרָת וְאִתְמַשְּׁכַת אֲבַתְרֵיהּ.
Observe that the side of defilement is so designated by reason of it having brought death into the world. The same it was that seduced Adam and his wife, and Samael is the one that rides on it and leads the world astray, and brings about the death of every one. It was Adam who first drew him to himself, so that he became their seducer. Of this Solomon said, “and come not nigh the door of her house” (Prov. 5, 8), for whoever comes nigh her house, she emerges, attaches herself, and is drawn unto him.
וְעַל דָּא רִבְקָה, כַּד חָמָאת דְּהֲוָה לֵיהּ לְאִתְדַּבְּקָא בְּסִטְרָא דְּדִינָא קַשְׁיָא. כֵּיוָן דְּחָמָאת לֵיהּ לְיִצְחָק בְּרָזָא דְּדִינָא קַשְׁיָא, וְחָמָאת דְּמֵהַהוּא סִטְרָא נָפַק דִּינָא אַחֲרָא תַּקִּיפָא, מִזּוֹהֲמָא דְּדַהֲבָא, כַּד חָמָאת הַאי, מִיַּד וַתִּפּוֹל מֵעַל הַגָּמָל, בְּגִין לְאִתְרַפוּיֵי מִן דִּינָא מֵהַהוּא זוּהֲמָא. כְּתִיב (ישעיהו ס״ו:ו׳) קוֹל יְיָ' מְשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּל לְאוֹיְבָיו, מֵהַהוּא זוּהֲמָא.
Thus when Rebekah discerned Isaac as being of the side of Rigour, the side of the dross of gold, she straightway alighted from the camel so as to break herself loose from the Rigour and the dross.