ABUNDANT LIFE: August 2013

The Hidden Light
God said, "Let there be light!" And there was light.

[Genesis 1:3]
This is the light that the Blessed Holy One created at first. It is the light of the eye. It is the light that the

Blessed Holy One showed the first Adam; with it he saw from one end of the world to the other. It is the

light that the Blessed Holy One showed David; he sang its praise: "How great is Your good that You

have concealed for those who fear You!" [Psalms 31:20]

It is the light that the Blessed Holy One showed Moses; with it he saw from Gilead to Dan. But when the

Blessed Holy One saw that three wicked generations would arise: the generation of Enosh, the

generation of the Flood, and the generation of the Tower of Babel, He hid the light away so they would

not make use of it. The Blessed Holy One gave it to Moses and he used it for the three unused months of

his gestation, as it is said: "She concealed him for three months" [Exodus 2:2]

When three months had passed, he was brought before Pharaoh and the Blessed Holy One took it away

from him until he stood on Mt. Sinai to receive the Torah. Then He gave him back that light; he wielded

it his whole life long and the children of Israel could not come near him until he put a veil over his face,

as it is said: "They were afraid to come near him" [Exodus 34:30]

He wrapped himself in it as in a tallit, as it is written: "He wraps Himself in light as in a garment"

[Psalms 104:2]
"'Let there be light!' And there was light." Every subject of the phrase "And there was exists in this

world and in the world that is coming.

Rabbi Isaac said, "The light created by the Blessed Holy One in the act of Creation flared from one end

of the world to the other and was hidden away. Why was it hidden away? So the wicked of the world

would not enjoy it and the worlds would not enjoy it because of them. It is stored away for the righteous,

for the Righteous One! As it is written: 'Light is sown for the righteous one, joy for the upright in heart'

[Psalms 97:11]
Then the worlds will be fragrant, and all will be one. But until the day when the world that is coming

arrives, it is stored and hidden away...."

Rabbi Judah said "If it were completely hidden the world would not exist for even a moment! Rather, it

is hidden and sown like a seed that gives birth to seeds and fruit. Thereby the world is sustained. Every

single day, a ray of that light shines into the world and keeps everything alive, for with that ray the

Blessed Holy One feeds the world. And everywhere that Torah is studied at night one thread-thin ray

appears from that hidden light and flows down upon those absorbed in her, as it is written: 'By day

YHVH will enjoin His love; in the night His song is with me" [Psalms 42:9] as we have already

established...

Since the first day, it has never been fully revealed, but it plays a vital role in the world, renewing every

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