Four Entered the Orchard, One Returned in Peace: The פַּרְדֵּס of 10.7 / Rabbi Noa Kushner Kol Nidrei 5785
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In fact, it seems to me
All four of these rabbis, and their perspectives
Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Elisha ben Abuyah, and Akiva
are within each of us
And so, if we want to find our way through this severe chapter in Jewish history,
this particular orchard, what I am calling the פַּרְדֵּס of 10.7
We will need to go with them, to see their versions of the פַּרְדֵּס just as they see it
To go and, in the end, like Akiva, try to return whole
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