Four men entered paradise [pardes] — Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Acher [that is, Elisha], and Akiba.

Ben Azzai looked and died;

Ben Zoma looked and went mad;

Acher destroyed the roots;

Akiba entered in peace and departed in peace.

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See Abraham Joshua Heschel…

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