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

“Jacob's Ladder cries out for commentary ... The instrumental music interprets the movement of messenger/angels going up, down, or pausing on a ladder (or ladders) between heaven and earth ...

Here, Jacob dreams a remarkable dream described in the following verse: “And behold, a ladder was set on the Earth, and its top reached heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and ...