Another thing, I will bless the Lord, the Lord, my great God. Rabbi Berachiah said in the name of Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Joshua: Before You created Your world, You were great in the world, and since You created Your world, You have become greatly exalted. Before the prophets killed You, You were great, and since they killed You, You have become greatly exalted. Rabbi Shimon ben Yehotzadak asked Rabbi Samuel bar Nahman how God created light.
He replied, "He wrapped Himself in a white tallit and illuminated the world with His light." Rabbi Shimon whispered to him, "Isn't it written that God clothes Himself with light like a garment?" Rabbi Samuel replied, "Just as I received it in a whisper, so did I tell it to you in a whisper." Rabbi Berachiah said, "If I hadn't heard it from Rabbi Isaac when he preached in public, I wouldn't have said it in public."
And where did God bring the light from? Rabbi Berachiah said in the name of Rabbi Isaac: He brought it from the Temple, as it is said, "Behold, the glory of the Lord came from the way of the east; and the earth shone with His glory." (Ezekiel 43:2)