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• The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face the death penalty.
• The name of the synagogue, Tree of Life, has almost become shorthand for the tragedy.
• In Jewish Scripture and Jewish thought, the tree of life speaks to fundamental aspects of what it means to be human in the world.

In the beginning

• The tree of life appears in the Book of Genesis, at the very beginning of the Hebrew Bible – what many Christians call the Old Testament.
• In the creation story of chapters 2 and 3, God places man in the Garden of Eden, then creates woman, Eve, from his rib.
• Biblical scholars debate the meaning of the tree’s name: what exactly do “knowledge” or “good and evil” entail?

Two trees

• These two trees, especially the tree of life, have long raised questions for scholars.
• The tree of life does not reappear until the end of the Eden story, when God expels Adam and Eve to prevent them from eating it.
• Some scholars have argued that the two trees in Genesis emerged from two distinct traditions in the ancient Near East.
• Similarly, the two trees in Genesis display how humanity is both like and unlike God.

Living wisdom

• Later in the Bible, however, “a” tree of life appears four times in the Book of Proverbs, a complex anthology that collects many sayings and gems of wisdom from the ancient world.
• Proverbs 3:18, for example, instructs that wisdom “is a tree of life to those who grasp her, and whoever holds on to her is happy.” Jewish tradition frequently pictures God’s teachings and scripture, the Torah, as the tree of life – deepening this connection between life and wisdom.

Reaching up to God

• In the Bible’s wisdom literature, however, it comes to represent how knowledge, wisdom and Torah connect God and Israel.
• These attributes, called “sefirot,” are often drawn as spheres, linked with branchlike lines as though they form a “tree of life” – a tree that connects human experience on Earth to an infinite God above.
• Like the synagogue in Pittsburgh, they can experience tragedy, even as they continue seeking ways to heal a broken world.

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• "For too long, trauma has been underrepresented as a root cause for so many contemporary ailments, particularly in the business and corporate world," said David Dardashti.
• "The goal of this book is to show how trauma is bothsimpler than people might realize, while being more complexly integrated into how we evolve and mature as people."
• "The topic of trauma is a concept that has suffered from overly complicated analysis and interpretation," said David.

• Having completed the ten-month coursework in Transformative Kabbalah, the fellows have been entrusted by Kabbalah Experience to bring the teachings back to their local communities
  DENVER, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Kabbalah Experience (KE) is pleased to announce the graduation of its inaugural class of Rosenbaum Teaching Fellows.
• Following certification, each of the seven participants are now prepared to launch Transformative Kabbalah classes in their home communities.
• Kabbalah Experience is a nonprofit center for adult spiritual education, and has servedthe community of Denver, Colo., for 16 years.
• Kabbalah Experience provides an open,inclusive and diverse learning community, offering independent and small group studyfor students across the world.

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