קבלה על בראשית 2:9

Rabbi Yosi opened with the verse after that one, and said 'she provides him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life' (Proverbs 31:11) - she provides him with good: this is that she brings goodness to the world, she brings good to the King's Temple and to the children of the Temple. 'And not evil': as it is written - 'and the tree of good and evil' (Gen. 2:9) - when is it good? when they are in the days of heaven, illuminate her, and join with her as appropriate, these are 'the days of her life'. Because of the tree of life, he gives life for her and illuminates her. And in that exact time, she brings good to him and not evil. Rabbi Abba said - this is beautiful, and all those verses are about the Congregation of Israel.

“Its fruit is food and its leaves a source of healing.“⁶⁴Ezek. 47:12. So on this day, the beginning of Your deeds concerning [the trees’] budding and renewal, “a person will earn with its fruit…,”⁶⁵Song of Songs 8:11. “producing fruit after its kind.“⁶⁶Gen. 1:11. For so the days of budding will be full for the fruit of the supernal tree, “the tree of life which is in the midst of the garden“⁶⁷Gen. 2:9. and it makes fruit above.

Does not wisdom cry out (Prov. 8:1) to the remnants of Israel to observe discretion (Prov. 2:11) [regarding] the secrets of wisdom (Job 11:6)? They praise the Lord with their throats (Ps. 149:6). In their right hand is fullness of joy (Ps. 16:11) and pleasantness. They direct their tongue with the pen of a ready writer (Ps. 45:2) who has studied and understood. He is frightened by the fools among the people. They walk in darkness, refined in the smelter of poverty and much servitude (Lam. 1:3) bordered with cords (Esther 1:6) of mockery, folly, and ignorance in the captivity of this host (Obad. 1:20) when vileness is exalted among the sons of men (Ps. 12:9). They are ignorant of the time to plant the tree of life in the midst of the garden (Gen. 2:9)