Yaakov Avinu's Ladder Lesson - Shabbat Shmooze

welcome back to another episode of Shabbat this week's para is para V now ever since I was a little girl I think this dream of Yakov ainu the famous dream of the latter has always struck me as one of the most interesting tidbits and points of the paraa we know yovino has a famous dream where he sees heit H and behold a ladder is placed on the ground ver magia hash on the top it's all the way in shamai and we know that there are angels that Ascend and descend in this dream for some reason this was always the most fascinating part of the par for me ever since I was a little girl and now as an adult who has gone through quite the journey until I found Hashem and I found where I belong I kind of understand why I was always so enamored by this idea of the latter with angels ascending and descending we all understand that the latter really represents life and there are so many times that we're facing a ladder and we have decisions to make to step up take that rung one notch higher challenge ourselves to go a little bit higher because the ladder itself is placed in physicality but it reaches all the way up into shamayim spirituality symbolizing closeness complete closeness to Hashem so every single one of us has struggles whether we take that next step or not and sometimes we're on the ascent and sometimes we're on the descend so one thing that Hashem promises yakob in the dream that always made me feel so good is when Hashem promised when Hashem promised yob and behold behold I am with you and I will guard you wherever you go friends this is hashem's promise to all of us while the ladder is placed on the ground representing physicality the angels are reminding us that growth begins with our efforts here on Earth but once we take that first step Hashem will have his angels come and help us climb the rest of the way this is essentially the way the pet Yeshiva was founded the incredible remarkable story of R yosf schloman the pet the RV left during the Holocaust and fled to eral and when the RV arrived in eral the RV declared it's time to build a Yeshiva given the fact that the entire Jewish Nation had just practically been depleted people thought the idea was absurd but the r remains steadfast in his amuna to build and rebuild and the r said just like yakob ainu just like his dream it takes one step one small step to climb the ladder to ensure that we're going to continue to grow so I will take that one step and I will build the Yeshiva Against All Odds the Yeshiva was buil until today the P Yeshiva remains one of the most most Kash and wellestablished institutions in the Jewish World so friends this is on us Hashem is telling us I know I know this ladder that represents life sometimes can get a little bit Hefty sometimes can it feel very challenging sometimes it's dark sometimes you will be deceived by the Lov ones of the world but all you have to remember is that I'm here waiting for you at the top keep climbing one step at a time don't attempt to reach the top in one Leap that's not how life works one step at a time just like the P just like yaku one step at a time let us climb and let hashem's Angels help carry us the rest of the way so this week's spiritual homework at your Shabbat table discuss with your family with your friends what your ladder of life looks like and what that next rung on your ladder is and make make that make that one step to climb that next rung and encourage others to climb it as well and encourage everyone it's just one step we're not aiming for the top yet we're going one step at a time in may we all be Z to successfully climb this ladder of life in order to bring the most beautiful and the brightest blessings of the Torah for each every one of us shabbat shalom