Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, June 22nd, 2005
Our rabbis have taught, four entered into the Pardes [Orchard]. They were Ben Azzai and Ben Zoma, Aher and Rabbi Akiva.[...] Ben Azzai cast a look and died.[...] Ben Zoma looked and became demented [...] Aher mutilated the shoots.[...] Rabbi Akiva departed unhurt. (1)
The Jews in twentieth-century America entered an orchard of richness and opportunity beyond anything their parents could have imagined. And with this opportunity came the same risks that the rabbis found in the ancient Pardes of esoteric, secular philosophy and divine speculation--that with the prospect of participating in se...
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