Parashat Vayetzei 5784

by Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields

Parashat Vayetzei has one of the most wonderful verses, and reminders for all of us. After Jacob wakes up from his dream with the ladder, he states, “Surely God is in this place, and I did not know it.” (Genesis 28:16) What if we all took the responsibility to make sure that our actions, our speech, our daily life were evidence that God was truly in the place where we were?! How beautiful and utopian a world it would be if everyone lived like that! What can you do today to make sure that God is truly in the place where you live? It is our responsibility to strive for that ideal.