Vayetze is a parashah of departure, but not an easy flight. Yaakov leaves his home with fear, guilt, and a heart in turmoil. He departs broken. And perhaps that is precisely why, in that moment—when nothing seems stable—he dreams. A ladder connects heaven and earth. Not to erase what has happened, but to tell him: your path is not disconnected. Angels ascend and descend. Movement. No promise of stillness, but a promise of presence. Yaakov sleeps on a stone, and yet, the heave