Synopsis This essay begins from the dream-saturated narratives of Vayetze, Vayeshev, and Miketz—Jacob’s ladder, Joseph’s dreams, and the dreams of Pharaoh and his ministers—and asks
So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp. And he rose up that night, and took his
November 19, 2018 And he [Jacob] dreamed, and behold! a ladder set up on the ground and its top reached to heaven; and behold, angels
In the Torah portion Miketz, Pharaoh has two dreams. He wakes up agitated and calls on all the wise men of Egypt to interpret his
The story of Joseph’s incarceration ends with his successful interpretation of the dreams of the Pharaoh’s chief butler and the chief baker. He ingeniously interpreted ordinary
And he arrived upon the place and lodged there all night, because the sun was set; and he took from the stones of the place,
And G‑d opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Bilam: “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these
Do you like riddles? Here is a riddle – what do these two figures represent in the context of Exodus? No Idea? How about
There is a continuous thread about the mastery of time that weaves through the last chapters of the book of Genesis (Bereshit) and continues through
In the Torah portion Vayeishev (Gen. 37:1–40:23), we read about Joseph interpreting dreams of the Pharaoh’s chief butler and the chief baker: And the chief butler told