Spinoza, the 17th century Jewish philosopher and his proposed theory of God, are perhaps the most prominent of the thinkers ...

As he sleeps, he dreams of a ladder that stretches from the earth to the heavens — with angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder. Questions: What was the meaning of Jacob’s dream?

Jacob then gives them blessings that are included in the blessings many traditional Jews pronounce to their children to this day on Friday nights (“May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe.