It is a mystical commentary on the Torah and on other books of the Jewish Bible. The Zohar teaches that God sits on a throne in the heavens. On that throne, there is a portrait of Jacob.

The question of who rightfully owns the land of Israel has been a contentious issue for decades. However, when the issue is ...

Jacob has fled from the murderous anger of his brother, Esau. He comes to a certain place, and he falls asleep. As he sleeps, he dreams of a ladder that stretches from the earth to the heavens ...

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And Jacob wrestles above all with God: he wants God’s blessing but needs to learn blessings should be obtained on God’s, not Jacob’s, terms. In a sense, God already favored him from the womb.

In the 1970s, several of Sassoon’s descendants sold the Codex, which was purchased by the British Rail Pension Fund. It was later acquired by a private collector, Swiss banker Jacob (Jacqui) Safra.