Four entered the Pardes. From “The Creation of Adam“. Levi Sheptovitsky

Four entered Pardes… Ben Azzai glanced and died, Ben Zoma glanced and his mind was harmed, Acher cut the saplings and Rabbi Akiva entered and left in peace... The Pardes, or Paradise, the Sacred Garden, the sweetness of which is so great that whoever tasted it once will never be able to forget its fragrance again is visited by four great sages of Talmud. There is no escape from the World to come, its power is far too compelling for even the wisest of the wise not to return back to it. The real world which we all seek so desperately around us and fail to find, the real life that we all desire so much and fail to see inside ourselves is so close to our virtual world that a bird will not be able to flap its wings in between. If you are one of those who seek and desire it and are prepared to walk with the sages, COME and SEE…