Garden of Eden

“A river went out from Eden to water the garden.” Eden is a place of delight, far beyond the garden, beyond all created things. Yet its river nurtures all that grows in that garden. The garden is wisdom, understanding, knowing—where all of creation ...

The First Man and Woman, G-d’s Blessing, The Garden of Eden, The Serpent, The First Commandment, The Plot, The First Sin, Their Excuse, The Punishment, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden

Why do the rabbis add so many laws to the Torah? Isn't that what caused Adam and Eve to sin--the fact that Eve made unwarranted additions to G‑d's law?

While departing this world, all Jewish souls ascend via the Land of Israel.