For the request about pardes and Maimonides there is an online translation Here s a quote The matters discussed in these four chapters concerning these five mitzvot are what the Sages of the early generations termed the Pardes as they related Four entered the Pardes Even though they were great men of Israel and great Sages not all of them had the potential to know and comprehend all these matters in their totality 4 13 But you d have to know from context that The matters of the preceding are physics So even with the quotation more context may be needed I m not sure all this is necessary because the statement about pardes and physics is pretty well known about Maimonides