Kabbalah Kejadian 1:10: Sha'arei Orah

11. “And God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם called the dry land.”³⁹Genesis 1:10

12. “And God-Elohi”m-אלהי״ם saw that it was good.”⁴⁰Genesis 1:10

Know that outside the partition of the Divine Sefirot are plagues that are called bad-Ra-רע, which surround the Sefirot from the outside and sometimes cling to HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י and descend to the world. This is why the verse states, “But bad came down from before HaShem-יהו"ה,” rather than “from HaShem-יהו"ה.” In the same manner, in the account of the act of creation it states,⁵¹Genesis 1:10 “And God saw that it was good.” However, at the end of the act of creation it states,⁵²Genesis 1:31 “and behold, it was very good.” In Bereshit Rabbah our sages said that, “it was good” refers to the good inclination-Yetzer Tov-יצר טוב, whereas “very good” refers to death. This is because if something comes from HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality as the Righteous One-Tzaddik-צדיק, then even death is called life and good. This is the meaning of what our sages, of blessed memory stated,⁵³Talmud Bavli, Brachot 18a “Even in their death, the righteous-Tzaddikim-צדיקים are considered to be alive.” About this Torah states,⁵⁴Genesis 2:9 “And the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil.” That is, when HaShem’s-יהו"ה quality of Lordship-Adona”y-אדנ"י, which is called the Tree of Knowledge-Eitz HaDa’at-עץ הדעת, draws from the quality of Good-Tov-טוב, all its actions are called good. That is, all life and all death that come to the worlds are good.