Separating the Light and Storing It for the Righteous

"And God divided" (Genesis 1:4). Rabbi Judah bar Simon said: He set it apart for Himself. The Rabbis say: He set it apart for the righteous in the time to come. A parable: like a king who had a fine portion and set it apart for his son. "And He divided" means a real division. A parable: like a king who had two commanders, one who ruled the city and one who ruled the province, and the two of them quarreled with one another. This one said, "By day I rule," and that one said, "By day I rule." The king called the first and said, "Day shall be your domain," and likewise to the second, "Night shall be your domain." This is what the Holy One, blessed be He, said to Job, "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, caused the dawn to know its place?" (Job 38:12), as you say, "who forms light and creates darkness" (Isaiah 45:7). "He makes peace in His heights" (Job 25:2): when He created them, He made peace between them. "And God called the light Day." It is not the light, and it is not the day. It was taught: the light that was created in the six days of creation cannot give light by day, for it would dim the orb of the sun, and it cannot give light by night, for it was created only to give light by day. And where is it hidden away and prepared? For the righteous in the time to come, as it is said, "And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun" and so forth (Isaiah 30:26). Nor were the luminaries hung in place on the fourth day, but it is like a person who says, "Such and such I will pay back on the seventh day of my wedding feast." "And God called the light Day": the Holy One, blessed be He, does not attach His name to evil, only to good; and "and the darkness He called Night" is not written here, but rather "and to the darkness He called Night."