This is English artist and poet William Blake’s depiction of Jacob’s Ladder with angels ascending and descending a ladder or staircase between Heaven and Earth for the enlightenment of the Jewish ...

And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! (Genesis 28:12) The Hebrew ...

I have a pretty paralyzing fear of heights. Ask me to walk across New York’s George Washington Bridge and I’m hard pressed to take even three steps forward towards New Jersey. I wouldn’t bungee jump ...

This week’s Torah portion is Vayetze: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 The D’var Torah for Parshat Vayetze inadvertently appeared in our Nov. 20 issue, and we are ...

Over the weekend Ron and I discovered that water was pouring into our home from the ceiling. So I ascended a ladder to take stock of the damage. In truth, I was more excited about climbing a ladder ...

Sep. 9—The story of Jacob's Ladder is told in Genesis 28:10-19 to show that God is interested in every person and that he knows what mental state they are in and what they're doing whether good or bad ...