פַּרְדֵּס, v. Ges. Hebr. Dict.¹⁰ s. v.) enclosure, park, pleasure garden. Tosef. Bets. I, 10 החיה שקינתה בפ׳ game which nests in a park. Sot. 10ᵃ (ref. to אשל, Gen. XXI, 33) עשה פ׳ ונטע וכ׳ he made a garden and planted therein &c.; Gen. R. s. 54; a. e.—Trnsf. enclosure in heaven, esoteric philosophy. Ḥag. 14ᵇ ארבעה נכנסו לפ׳ וכ׳ four men entered the enclosure (engaged in esoteric philosophy), one cast a look and died &c.; Tosef. ib. II, 3; Y. ib. II, 77ᵇ top.—Pl. פַּרְדֵּסוֹת, פַּרְדֵּי׳. Arakh. III, 2 (14ᵃ) פ׳ סבסטי the pleasure gardens of Sebaste, v. חוֹלַת; Tosef. ib. II, 8. Pes. 56ᵃ פורצין ובפַרְדְּסוֹתֵיהֶן … (some ed. ובפַרְדְּסֵיהֶן) made openings in their gardens and orchards; Men. 71ᵃ; Tosef. Pes. II (III), 21; a. e.