The Ksav Sofer compares Yaakov’s dream of a ladder ???? (136) to a human being where he has the potential to climb from the earth to the heavens. The means are ???, tefila, ???, teshuva and ????, tzedaka where each adds up to 136. Together it is 408 as ‘?’??? with this of the Jews ??? ???? Aaron comes to the Beis Hamikdash.
