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Pardes (legend)

Jewish legend about the "orchard" of esoteric knowledge

Pardes (Hebrew: פַּרְדֵּס pardēs, "orchard") is the subject of a Jewish aggadah ("legend") about four rabbis of the Mishnaic period (1st century CE) who entered the pardes (the "orchard" of esoteric Torah knowledge), only one of them succeeded in leaving the pardes unharmed.

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