וַיַּצְמַ֞ח יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה כָּל־עֵ֛ץ נֶחְמָ֥ד לְמַרְאֶ֖ה וְט֣וֹב לְמַאֲכָ֑ל וְעֵ֤ץ הַֽחַיִּים֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַגָּ֔ן וְעֵ֕ץ הַדַּ֖עַת ט֥וֹב וָרָֽע׃
E o SENHOR Deus fez brotar da terra toda qualidade de árvores agradáveis à vista e boas para comida, bem como a <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Rav Saadiah Gaon, do séc. viii, em sua tradução da Bíblia para o árabe, traduziu aqui chéjerat al-aafieh (شجرة العافية), que tem o sentido de árvore medicinal. Em nossos dias, porém, os rabinos em geral buscam aplicar sentidos esotéricos para ambas as árvores, evitando todo e qualquer compreensão de todo estes capítulos que antecedem o dilúvio pelo sentido literal.');" onmouseout="Hide('perush');">árvore da vida</span> no meio do jardim, e a árvore do conhecimento do bem e do mal.
Kav HaYashar
In Midrash Rabbah (Bereishis 30:8) it is taught that every individual to whom the term tamim — “flawless” or tamimus — “completion” applies, completed a unit of seven “weeks,” corresponding to the forty-nine days. Three days prior to the giving of the Torah Israel was commanded in the mitzvah of “separation” [hagballah], at which time they purified themselves like a woman purifying herself for her husband after menstruation. On the fiftieth day Israel merited to enter the last of the fifty Gates of Understanding, which is called the “Tree of Life that is in the midst of the garden” (Bereishis 2:9). Although there is a dispute between Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Yehoshua (Rosh HaShanah 11a) regarding whether the world was created in Nissan or Tishrei, both agree that it was not actualized until Nissan. Therefore it is from the first of this month that we number the months. Thus Nissan is called the “first [lit. head] of the months.”
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