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Where is The Garden of Eden?

© Baruch Weiner

In the Begining . On the first Sabbath after the High Holidays we start reading the Torah form the beginning of Genesis and read about G-d’s creating the world. We also read about Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden where they first lived. Upon partaking of the forbidden fruit form the Tree of Knowledge they were banished from there. As the Torah relates G-d placed angels to guard that no one re-enters. The Torah says there is a flashing two-sided sword guarding the way.

The Torah Writes Facts . The Torah is not a book of legends or fables to learn from, G-d forbid. The Torah writes what it means and what is true. Of course there is a reason why the Torah picks certain points to write and there are lessons and teachings from what we learn in the Torah. But we must not forget that the Torah is also historically true. More and more the archaeologists are finding the truths of what is written in the Torah.

So Where is the Garden of Eden Today? . This being the case, we should ask where is the Garden of Eden today? Has anyone seen or visited it?

There are archeologists who are looking for it. Thier mistake, though, is that they think that they are searching for the remains of some ancient paradise no longer in existence.I understand their mistake since they figure that because we do not know of an existing place as this, it must be part of the ancient world of years gone by.

The Truth Revealed by Nachmanides. Now I will tell you all the truth. I cannot tell you where it is today or why we do not know of it, but I can tell you that it is here in this world still in existence. How do I know?

Simple. Nachmanides whom lived about 900 years ago openly states that it does. Let’s understand who Nachmanides was. He lived around the time of Maimonides and argued on a number of points with him. His writings are a fundamental part of Judaism. Every word written by him is carefully studied as with all the early commentators. If he relates a fact, then it is not just some fable or story - it is 100% fact. If there would be a doubt about a fact he wrote, he would not have written it or would have explained himself. With this said we could approach with a better clarity what he wrote. We have many of his writings, which encompass a vast amount of areas of Jewish thought and law.

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