God called to the light and assigned it to the day, and He called to the darkness and assigned it to the night. He assigned the night to the first half of the day, and the day to the second half. Thus, there was first nightfall, followed by the rest of the night, and then morning, followed by the rest of the day; together, night and day constituted one full day.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I, the Lord, do all these things.

I form light and create darkness,I make weal and create woe—I GOD do all these things.

(1) YAH, ADONAI of Hosts, God of Israel, Living God and King of the World, EL SHADDAI, Merciful and Gracious, High and Exalted, Dwelling Ever Above, Holy Is His Name—He carved and created His World in Thirty-Two Wondrous Ways of Wisdom , with three linguistic tools: with Counting, with Writing, and with Speech.

(2) Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH and Twenty-Two Letters of Foundation: Three Mothers, Seven Pairs, and Twelve Simple Letters.

(5) Ten SEFIROT BELIMAH—Their measure is ten; they have no edge. Depth of Beginning, Depth of End; Depth of Good, Depth of Evil; Depth of Above, Depth of Below; Depth of East, Depth of West; Depth of North, Depth of South. The Unique Lord EL, the faithful king, governs them all from His Holy Abode, forever and ever and ever.

God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. This primeval light did not emanate from any specific heavenly body, since the sun and moon were not fixed in their orbits until the fourth day. Also, it did not shine during any fixed portion of the day; darkness and light alternated randomly. God saw that this primeval light not only illuminated the world, making it physically visible to its future inhabitants, but that it was also “good,” in that it revealed the Divine energy sustaining everything from within. Such an obvious display of Godliness would not allow humanity free choice, so God separated this spiritual “goodness” of the light from its simple, optical dimension and reserved this quality of light as a reward for the righteous in the messianic future. God then saw that the remaining, physical light was good and would enable life to function in an orderly manner were it to shine consistently rather than randomly, so God separated between the light and the darkness, setting aside half the day for each. This ambient light shone for the duration of the creation week, after which only the light emitted by the heavenly bodies shone on earth. God called to the light and assigned it to the day, and He called to the darkness and assigned it to the night. He assigned the night to the first half of the day, and the day to the second half. Thus, there was first nightfall, followed by the rest of the night, and then morning, followed by the rest of the day; together, night and day constituted one full day.

There was nightfall, followed by night, and morning, followed by day; together, they constituted a fourth day.