창세기 1:3의 Kabbalah

This defect, therefore, is the mystery of yod heh,⁴²The first two letters of the Tetragrammaton. Cf. n. 18 above. which refers to wisdom and Kabbalah.⁴³Ḥokhmah and Binah. Cf. n. 33 above. This he removes, causing “poverty” in place of the “riches” emanating from Tiferet, which is the mystery of the river mentioned previously. “Length of exile” is the mystery of the “waters” left the “sea” [signifying that] the Shekhinah left for exile.⁴⁴See n. 23 above. This was explained by Rabbi Simeon bar Yoḥai, peace upon him, in another place. [He stated] that the mystery of the earth was formless and void [refers to the period] after the destruction of the First and Second Temples. And God said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3)—this [refers] to the mystery of the future redemption. I dealt with this matter in my book, Or Yakar.⁴⁵Moses Cordovero, Or Yakar, vol. 1 (Jerusalem, 1965), pt. I, sec. 1. The relevant passage is Zohar I, 25b.

"And God said, Let there be light." and, behold, Rabbi Yitzchak said, "There was"

(Genesis 1:3) "And Elohim said, 'Let there be light;' and there was light". From here, from this saying, we can begin to learn the secrets of how the world was created in details, because until now, the Creation was discussed only generally, in the verse "In the beginning Elohim created..."(Ibid. 1) After this, the description returns to the general, then the particular, and then the general again.