Themes of Light – A Collection

Light is apparently mentioned only 36 times in the Torah (B’nei Yissascher on Kislev and Tevet 1:6). It is mentioned many more times in the Talmud, and especially the mystical text of the Zohar.

We are taught that the soul of a each person is part of the light of God (Proverbs 20:27). There are mystical teachings about the primordial light of the Creation story, about the lights / candles of Chanukah and the menorah, and the flow (shefa) of light (or) that emanates from God constantly into Creation, sustaining it and us.