Jewish%20thought for Eruvin 37:20

גן עדן אמר ריש לקיש אם בארץ ישראל הוא בית שאן פתחו ואם בערביא בית גרם פתחו ואם בין הנהרות הוא דומסקנין פתחו בבבל אביי משתבח בפירי דמעבר ימינא רבא משתבח בפירי דהרפניא:

[As to] Paradise, Resh Lakish said: If it is in the Land of Israel its gate is Beth Shean;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A town in an exceedingly fertile district to the south of Tiberias in the Jordan plain. V. Keth., Sonc. ed., p. 725 n. 11. 'Its fruits are the sweetest in all Palestine' (Rashi) .');">⁶²</span> if it is in Arabia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prob. Arabia Petraea on the eastern side of the Jordan (v. S. Horowitz, Palestine, p. 130) .');">⁶³</span> its gate is Beth Gerem,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Possibly Wadi Girm Al-Moz, a richly fertile valley facing Beth Shean on the other side of the Jordan and irrigated by an enormous fountain formed by the confluence of nineteen springs flowing south of Fahl and terminating in the Jordan (v. loc. cit.) .');">⁶⁴</span> and if it is between the rivers<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perhaps Amanah and Pharpar (cf. II Kings V, 12) .');">⁶⁵</span>

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