Parshat Vayetze opens with Jacob on the run, experiencing a dream with angels on a ladder. Jacob’s ladder, with its angels ascending and descending, is probably one of the most iconic images in all of Genesis. It’s so iconic, we can miss a basic question about it - and that is - why is it actually here? Does the ladder add something to this vision? Why is it here at all?

In this week’s episode, Rabbi Fohrman discovers a whole new level of meaning in Jacob’s ladder. He shows how, when you read the story carefully, the dream of the ladder actually seems to be referencing other stories in the Torah, and, when you look at these stories together, they reveal something powerful about God’s promise to Jacob and about how we can make this world a more Godly place.

Rabbi Fohrman has an amazing webinar on Jacob’s ladder. It expands and dives deeper into this iconic scene from the Book of Genesis. Check out that webinar here.

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