Our Name
Sulam Yaakov - "Jacob's Ladder" in English - reflects in many ways our purpose and our journey together. According to the Torah - Genesis 28:12 -Jacob dreams of a ladder set in the ground with its top reaching to the sky. On it, angels go up and down, rather than down from heaven then back up. The image of Jacob's ladder evokes for us spiritual search and transformation starting from our earthbound position and returning to earth where our human thoughts and actions can benefit from the transformation. The image of the angels going up and down the steps of the ladder represents different levels of knowledge or stages in our lives. We might go up or down a step at various times, but we are each trying to follow a dynamic spiritual path.