“I have come to My garden, My sister, My bride.” —Song of Songs
A private garden is a special space to enjoy, to be yourself, to share with an intimate companion.
In a private garden, every bush, every flower, and every rock is placed with delicate purpose. Nothing is superfluous, everything is designed for the enjoyment and delight of the garden’s owner.
A private garden demands vigilance, labor, and maintenance—more than a home or a field of produce.
Yet this coarse world of three dimensions, grasped with our visceral senses, manipulated by our flesh hands, this is the world G‑d calls His private garden.
Because in each creation of our world, G‑d finds delight. Each one He has placed carefully and designed with divine purpose. In each, His deepest wisdom, greatness, might, beauty, and majesty can be found.
And because through our labor of Torah, mitzvahs, and good deeds, His essence and being will be known in this place and in every creature of this place, more than in any spiritual world.
For we are His bride, and this, His private garden.