Do you know what the gematria of ladder is in Hebrew ? The word is
Sulam and it has the gematria of 136. There is another common word that has
the same Gematria. This word is Mamon in Hebrew. In English it means money.
In this weeks Parsha it says : 28/ 12 -
"...and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reaching to
heaven, ..." In other words, says the Ben Ish Chi on this verse. Money, which
is a ladder, don’t think its solid on the ground, (and you can trust in it), for
its top is in the heavens. Hashem is the Menahel, the commander in chief as to
what happens in this world. And money is like a ladder, upon which one goes up
and down.