זוהר, תוספות כרך א ל״אZohar, Addenda, Volume I 31

Segment 1א׳

יָשָׁב רִבִּי בּוֹן וְדַּרָשׁ מָהוּ דִּכְתִיב (ישעיהו מ״ה:ז׳) יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ. אֶלָּא אוֹר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ כְּתִיב בּוֹ יְצִירָה. חֹשֶׁךְ שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ כְּתִיב בּוֹ בְּרִיאָה כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר (עמוס ד׳:י״ג) יוֹצֵר הָרִים וּבוֹרֵא רוּחַ. אִי בָּעִית אִימָא אוֹר שֶׁיֶּשׁ בּוֹ מַמָּשׁ, כְּתִיב בּוֹ עֲשִׂיָּה. דִכְתִיב וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי אוֹר. וְאֵין הֲוָיָה אֶלָּא עֲשִׂיָּה וְקָרֵי בֵּיהּ יְצִירָה. חֹשֶׁךְ דְלָא הֲוָה בֵּיהּ עֲשִׂיָּה אֶלָּא הַבְדָּלָה וְהַפְרָשָׁה קָרֵי בֵּיהּ בְּרִיאָה כְּמָה דְּאַתְּ אָמֵר הִבְרִיא פְּלוֹנִי וְכוּ'. אָמַר רִבִּי בְּרָכְיָה מָהוּ דִּכְתִיב וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי אוֹר וְלֹא אָמַר וְהָיָה. מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ חֵפֶץ נָאָה וְהִקְצָהוּ עַד שֶׁזִימֵן לוֹ מָקוֹם וְשָׂמַהוּ שָׁם הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב יְהִי אוֹר וַיְהִי אוֹר שֶׁכְּבָר הָיָה. ע"כ:

R. Bun sat and expounded: what is that which is written, (Isa. 45, 7) “I form the light, and create darkness”? Rather, of light, which has substance, forming is written; of darkness, which has no substance, creating is written, even as you say, (Amos 4, 13) “He that forms the mountains, and creates the wind.” If you wish, say: of light, which has substance, making is written, as it is written, “And God said: Let there be light. And there was light” — and being is nothing other than making; and read into it forming. Of darkness, in which there was no making but only division and separation, read into it creating, even as you say, “So-and-so grew well (hivri)”, and so forth. R. Berachiah said: what is that which is written, “And God said: Let there be light. And there was light”, and it does not say, “and it was”? A parable of a king who had a fair vessel and set it aside until he appointed a place for it and put it there. This is what is written, “Let there be light. And there was light” — for it already was. (Thus far.)