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The Tree of Life first appears in the Bible in the story of Adam and Eve when they were in the Garden of Eden(Genesis 2:9). From here it appears that the Tree of life would have provided Adam and Eve with the everlasting life that they had lost by eating from the Tree of Knowledge.

In Proverbs 3:18 we read a long poem devoted to the greatness of the wisdom of Torah, including the line, “She is a tree of life (etz chayim) to those who take hold of her, and happy are those who hold on to her."

In many congregations today, this Song is sung as the Torah is being returned to the ark following the public reading. On Shabbat morning, these verses are sometimes sung as the Torah is ceremoniously marched from the bimah (reading platform) to the ark.