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The Bible gives us a glimpse, a tantalizing description of such a place: the Garden of Eden. As we read in Genesis (2:8-17), God planted this garden "in the east" and placed Adam t...
Jewish tradition has some pretty mind-bending answers, and one of the most enchanting involves the Garden of Eden. Forget the image of a simple orchard springing up alongside human...
One powerful idea, found in Midrash ha-Ne'elam and the Zohar Hadash, is that the Garden of Eden is actually hidden. So hidden, in fact, that "it is closed on every side, and guarde...
Jewish tradition paints a vivid picture of the Garden of Eden, and right at its heart stands something truly special: the Etz Chayim, the Tree of Life. It's not alone, of course. N...
But what about the other tree... the Tree of Life? Here's a mind-bender: God actually didn't forbid Adam from eating from the Tree of Life. He was free to partake! Genesis doesn't ...
We all know the story from Genesis: the serpent, the forbidden fruit, the exile. But what then? Did the Garden just sit there, empty and forlorn? Not quite. According to Jewish lor...
Wherever he went, wherever he made his home, he planted a tree. Not just any tree, mind you, but a special one. It was a kind of spiritual barometer, a way to gauge a person's conn...
That, my friends, is the power held captive in the Cave of the Four Winds. Deep within the Garden of Eden, not far from the Tree of Knowledge itself, lies a seemingly unassuming ca...
The Talmud (B. Tamid 32b) recounts a fascinating tale of his encounter with the Garden. It all started during Alexander's travels. He stopped by a seemingly ordinary stream, but so...
