Tristero over at Hullabaloo has hit the nail squarely on the head. Go and read it.
\”Four [sages] entered pardes —Ben \’Azzai, Ben Zoma, Elisha ben Abuyah, and Akiva. Ben \’Azzai gazed and died; Ben Zoma gazed and went insane; Elisha ben Abuyah entered and cut the root; Akiva entered, and exited in peace.\”
Tristero over at Hullabaloo has hit the nail squarely on the head. Go and read it.
