The seventh Parasha of Torah follows Jacob's journey away from his father's home, to Haran, where his grandfather Abraham lived and the city his uncle Laban still calls home. Marrying both of Laban's daughters, Jacob soon begins to build the family that will eventually become the twelve tribes of Israel, although the tensions that build up between Jacob and his uncle are beyond simple repair, and yet another familial bond breaks. This Parasha also contains one of the most culturally significant stories in all of Torah, that has formed part of popular consciousness the world over - Jacob's Ladder. Connecting our world and that of the divine, the ladder on which angels are ascending and descending signifies the unbreakable bond that holds us fast to G-d.