This class explores the plague of darkness in Egypt as a revelation of the primordial Hidden Light (אור הגנוז), explains why it came in two phases, and how it parallels the creation of light in Bereishit. Through Rashi, the Ran, the Vilna Gaon and later commentaries, Rabbi Glatstein illustrates how that same powerful divine light both elevates the righteous and blinds the wicked — and how today’s intense spiritual “darkness” may actually be a sign of unprecedented light entering the world.

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