The Zohar depicts the Shekinah, the immanent Divine dwelling in all things, in many ways: as a bride, as a mother bird, als the Torah. One way the Zohar imagines the Shekinah is as an apple orchard: not a single tree but a gathering of trees. Each soul, the Zohar imagines, is a tree in the flowering orchard of the Shekinah.
Jill Hammer, The Jewish Book of Days, A companion for all seasons
