Reb Eizek Yekel's of Krakow (niftar 370 years ago, ג"תי) dreamed that there was an immense treasure under the bridge in Prague. He went to the bridge and dug there to find it. A police officer spotted him and asked him what he was doing, digging under the bridge. Reb Eizik told him the truth. "I dreamed of a great treasure buried under this bridge, and I am looking for it."
The amused officer replied, "You take dreams literally? I also had a dream. I dreamed of a great treasure under the oven of some Yid called Reb Eizik Yekel's of Krakow. Do you think I rushed off to Krakow to search for a Jew called Reb Eizik Yekel's so I could search under his oven? I'm not foolish enough to do such a thing. It was just a dream, and dreams don't mean anything."
Reb Eizik Yekel's immediately returned home. He dug under his oven and found a great treasure. With a portion of the money, he built a beautiful shul in Krakow called "Eizik Shul."
The Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz zt'l (Likutei Imrei Chaim, Motzei Yom Kippur) once told this story on motzei Yom Kippur. He explained that people think Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the treasure, but when these days arrive, they discover that they have the treasure within themselves. They have so much potential. There is so much that they can do. They take the inspiration for the entire year.
