Editing Tree of life (section)

===Jewish sources===
[[File:Sefiroticky strom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Judaic [[Tree of life (Kabbalah)|Kabbalah tree of life]] 10 {{lang|he-Latn|[[Sefirot]]}}, through which the {{lang|he-Latn|[[Ein Sof]]}} unknowable divine manifests Creation. The configuration relates to [[Adam Kadmon|the first human]].]]
{{main article|Etz Chaim|Tree of life (biblical)|l2=Biblical tree of life}}
{{lang|he-Latn|[[Etz Chaim]]}} ({{langx|he|עץ חיים}}), Hebrew for "tree of life," appears in the [[Book of Genesis]] and is part of the story of the creation of [[Adam and Eve]] in the [[Garden of Eden]]. Thus the term is a common term used in Judaism. The expression, found in the [[Book of Proverbs]], is figuratively applied to the [[Torah]] itself. {{lang|he-Latn|Etz Chaim}} is also a common name for [[yeshiva]]s and [[synagogue]]s as well as for works of [[Rabbinic literature]]. It is also used to describe each of the wooden poles to which the parchment of a [[Sefer Torah]] is attached.

The tree of life is mentioned in the [[Book of Genesis]]; it is distinct from the [[tree of the knowledge of good and evil]]. After [[Adam]] and [[Eve]] disobeyed God by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were driven out of the [[Garden of Eden]]. Remaining in the garden, however, was the tree of life. To prevent their access to this tree in the future, [[cherubs|Cherubim]] with a flaming sword were placed at the east of the garden.<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|3:22-24|9}}.</ref>

In the Book of Proverbs, the tree of life is associated with [[wisdom]]: "[Wisdom] is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy ''[is every one]'' that retaineth her."<ref>{{bibleverse||Proverbs|3:13-18|9}}.</ref> In Proverbs 15:4, the tree of life is associated with calmness: "A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit."<ref>{{bibleverse||Proverbs|15:4|HE}}.</ref><ref>For other direct references to the tree of life in the Jewish biblical canon, see also {{bibleverse||Proverbs|11:30|HE}}, {{bibleverse-nb||Proverbs|13:12|HE}}.</ref>

In the [[Ashkenazi]]c liturgy, the Eitz Chayim is a [[piyyut]] commonly sung as the [[Sefer Torah]] is returned to the [[Torah ark]].

The [[Book of Enoch]], generally considered [[biblical canon|non-canonical]], states that in the time of the great judgment, God will give all those whose names are in the [[Book of Life]] fruit to eat from the tree of life.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} 

====Kabbalah====
{{Main article|Tree of life (Kabbalah)}}
Jewish [[mysticism]] depicts the tree of life in the form of ten interconnected nodes, as the central symbol of the [[Kabbalah]]. It comprises the ten {{lang|he-Latn|[[Sefirot]]}} powers in the divine realm. The [[panentheistic]] and [[Anthropomorphism in Kabbalah|anthropomorphic]] emphasis of this [[emanationism|emanationist]] theology interpreted the Torah, Jewish observance, and the purpose of Creation as the symbolic esoteric drama of unification in the {{lang|he-Latn|sefirot}}, [[Tikkun Olam|restoring harmony to Creation]].

From the [[Renaissance]] onwards, Kabbalah became incorporated as tradition in Christian [[Western esotericism]] as [[Hermetic Qabalah]].