Nov 25, 2025
The Ishbitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Mordekhai Leiner, describes Jacob's dream of the ladder as a kind of proto-Torah, that he and his children looked to for insight for many years, sensing the depth and layers of meaning encoded within it.
"When Jacob dreamed his dream en route to Laban, he investigated it and taught all the depth within it to the tribes, and they studied it, each time receiving new Torah insights into its nature, for so many deep Torah insights are contained in this dream." - Mei Hashiloach, Vayeshev 1