Tree of Knowledge (Etz HaDa'at)
- in the Garden of Eden
- eating its fruit is said to result in the acquisition of knowledge of good and evil.
- recognition of self & other, duality, free will
- The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
The Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil
The Pomegranate as the Fruit of Knowledge
Rabbinic midrash in Genesis Rabbah identifies the forbidden fruit as a pomegranate with 613 seeds symbolizing the commandments, whose consumption by Adam and Eve scatters divine sparks into the material world, tasking humanity with their redemption through Torah observance.