RABBI LABEL LAM (Torah.org)
In the beginning of G-d’s creation of the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was astonishingly empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the spirit of G-d was hovering over the face of the water. And G-d said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And G-d saw the light that it was good, and G-d separated between the light and between the darkness. And G-d called the light day, and the darkness He called night, and it was evening and it was morning, one day. (Breishis 1:1-5)
And G-d saw the light that it was good, and G-d separated: Here too, we need the words of the Aggadah: He saw it that it was not proper for the wicked to use it; so, He separated it for the righteous in the future. – Rashi
What happened to that original light from the beginning of creation? Where can it be found?
I asked one of my grandchildren who was learning Breishis in school, “What kind of light was that first light? At that point the sun and the moon and the stars were not yet created!” He answered without hesitation, “Zeidy, it was a different kind of light!” He’s 100% right. This light is a hidden spiritual light that is hard for us to describe from a
