In the beginning of Genesis, on the first day of creation, it states:[1] “And G-d said, ‘let there be light!’ and there was light. And G-d saw the light, that it was good, and G-d separated between the light and between the darkness, and G-d called the light day, and the darkness he called night. It was evening, it was morning, one day.” Similarly, on the fourth day, it states:[2] “Let there be luminaries in the expanse of the heavens, to separate between the day and between the night.” The Talmud (Chagigah 12a) poses a question:
And was light created on the first day? But isn’t it written: “And God set them in the firmament of the heaven” (Genesis 1:17), and it i… Read More »