(RNS) — You have, of course, heard many times the story of Jacob’s dream from this week’s Torah portion in the book of ...

Perhaps that’s why I’ve always been fascinated by Jacob’s ladder, scaled by unafraid angels, its top reaching all the way to the sky. As described at the beginning of this week’s parsha ...

Jacob’s “ladder” has long been an artistic inspiration, but it points to something far deeper. Just as Isaac on the sacrificial altar on Mount Moriah prefigures the future Christ ...

each of whom has his own Jacob's ladder, along which angels move — the arbiters of their destinies.