Parashas Vayeitzei

Our Parsha this Shabbos is Parashas Vayeitzei.
In this Parsha Yaakov leaves Be'er Shava and Heads toward Charanah.
In this Parsha we read of the Holy dream that Yaakov had about a Ladder going up to the Heavens.
We also read in this Parsha how Yaakov meets Rachel, his beloved, at a Well,the Holy place where our Holy predecessors met their soul mates.
We read also in this Parsha how Yaakov worked for Lavan and was deceived ,first in marrying Rachel and Leah and then with the sheep and goats.We read also of the birth of Yaakov's children and his wives Rachel and Leah,Bilhah and Zilpah.
The Parsha ends with Yaakov and his family's flight from Lavan and how Lavan catches up to them and the agreement between them.
Our Parsha starts with the words '"Vayeitzei Ya'akov Mi' B' er Shavah Vayeilech Charanah," - " And Jacob Departed toward Beer Sheba and went toward Charan."
Our sages tell us that Yaakov,on leaving Beer Sheba did not go straight to Charanah but spent years in the Yeshivah of Shem and Eiver,preparing himself Spiritually before he faced Lavan and Lavan's negativity.For this reason, the Parsha writes that Yaakov left from Beer Sheba and headed 'Toward' but not directly straight to Charanah. This teaches us a very valid lesson that each day we go out into the World,we must Spiritually prepare ourselves for the negativity we may come across in this physical World, by praying regularly to HaShem and every day Studying HaShem's Holy Torah .There are lots of hooks in this World that try pull us down Spiritually and it is our duty to turn these hooks of Kelipah from negativity to release the Light within and make the Light Shine Stronger.This was Yaakov.
Yaakov was a man that was always going toward Holiness,even in his trials and tribulations and so, must we do likewise.Tests and problems one faces in life are there to help improve us and release the goodness and holiness within. They are not there for the purpose of making us stumble, but rather to help us work on ourselves from within. The true value of a person gets released when that person has to extend themselves into the realm of Spiritual effort that releases the light within.The very fact that the word "Vayeitzei" used for Yaakov leaving Beer Sheva shows that Yaakov was leaving the stage he was at , at that time and "Vayeilech" Going Toward higher Spiritual Holy Things. This is True Life and True Living, working toward one's inner Holiness day by day helping oneself grow and coming closer toward the true inner person one truly is.
We are told in the Midrash that Yaakov at first went past the Holy Place of Moriah and then went back to It, for he realized that when passing past a place of a great Mitzvah , a Jew should pray there and so he returned to This Holy Site of Moriah, where the great Happening of his Grandfather Avraham and the Akeidah with his Father Yitzchak had taken place and HaShem Rewarded him with a Great Vision,his holy dream.It was here that Yaakov prayed in the evening and so Maariv - Evening prayers is attributed to him .
While Yaakov left his family , he wondered himself if he would still be worthy to be the Father of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and so when he arrived at the Holy Place of his dream which would be the future site of the Temple,he took Twelve Stones and laid them around his head saying that if he was truly worthy , these stones would all become one.We see that when he awoke,only one stone is mentioned,showing how HaShem Answered him and made these twelve stones into one (verse 18).
Yaakov's Dream was of a ladder .The Hebrew Words for ladder here is 'Sulam,' which has the Gematrical value of 130 , which is the same as the Gematrical value of the Hebrew Word 'Sinai,' (Stone Chumash),which was the Mountain on which the Torah was given, thus showing that Torah is the pathway to climb to Holiness, like the Ladder of Yaakov.
On this Ladder, the angels were going up and down on its rungs as the nations through history would climb and fall, yet the Jewish people would climb to eternity with those people who follow HAShem Only.Yaakov saw many angels , which represented the different nations through History, for HaShem Gave every nation , its own 'Sar' its own Angel tto speak for it in the Heavenly Court.yaakov saw far into the future and noticed that the Angel of Edom/Esau kept climbing , and so Yaakov was perplexed. HaShem assured Yaakov that this represented only the current long Exile that would have an end point at the Coming of Mashiach.
Yaakov awoke after HaShem Blessed him and his progeny and realized the Holiness of this Place.
Yaakov took the 'Stone' ,set it up as a pillar and poured oil on it and named the Place , " Beit El " - 'The House of G-D' and Yaakov vowed to tithe to HaShem , which was fulfilled by Yaakov giving one of his sons - Levi to serve HaShem as Levi's Portion and do HaShem's Work in the Temple. 
Great Holiness is not something one can gain in an instant with a quick action or following someone false.Holiness takes work , every day growing one step at a time and working all the time on one's Middos and Sefirah .There are many parts to the body and many facets to the Neshoma - Soul and this takes work and only Torah and HaShem's Commandments that must be followed , to get one to where one needs to go .
Each one of us in this World, has our own personal Ladders to climb through life to get us to HaShem.Every day , every moment is must be a step up to G-D to achieve true Living .
Let us not be like Lavan who , at the end of the Parsha goes back to his same place level of unholiness , but let us be like Yaakov , who continues to Spiritually Grow with each new day and each new experience.
The destination for each one of us is HaShem .
There are Malachim - Angels , which can sometimes be people along the way that are there to guide and help us along the path of life and if we are true to ourselves and Faithful to our Creator, then we certainly will get to our destination of HaShem in peace .
HaShem waits at the top for all of us. All we need to do is Love Him and Follow Him Wholeheartedly and keep his Torah always and then we will see at the end , that like Yaakov's Stones that became one at the end , all the many trials and tests we faced through our sojourns , will show its One and Only True Purpose , to bring us up to HaShem in Heaven.
Then we will see from HaShem , that all that we went through , was only by HaShem's Love. For Heaven is Eternal as is the Love of HaShem .
With Love to HaShem , I wish HaShem with Love a Sweet and Beautiful and Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with Love and to all , a sweet and beautiful Blessed Shabbos Kodesh with love.