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 ...

The dream of a ladder linking earth to heaven is surely among the most familiar images of biblical literature. From "We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" to "Stairway to Heaven," the idea has been deeply ...

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 ...

According to Genesis chapters 27 and 28, after the younger twin, Jacob, had purloined, with monumental chicanery, both the birthright and special blessing intended for his slightly older brother, Esau ...

An apocryphal tale from the Book of Genesis. Jacob, the son of Isaac, sees in a dream a staircase, the base of which rests on the earth, and the top reaches heaven; angels ascend and descend on it.