Core Text
Core Textאָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אוֹר שֶׁבָּרָא הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן אָדָם צוֹפֶה בּוֹ מִסּוֹף הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ; כֵּיוָן שֶׁנִּסְתַּכֵּל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּדוֹר הַמַּבּוּל וּבְדוֹר הַפַּלָּגָה שֶׁמַּעֲשֵׂיהֶם מְקֻלְקָלִים עָמַד וּגְנָזוֹ לַצַּדִּיקִים לְעָתִיד לָבֹא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאוֹר כִּי טוֹב״ — וְאֵין טוֹב אֶלָּא צַדִּיק.
English of Core Text: Rabbi Elazar said: The light that the Holy One, blessed be He, created on the first day — a person could see with it from one end of the world to the other. When the Holy One, blessed be He, looked at the generation of the Flood and the generation of the Dispersion, whose deeds were corrupt, He arose and hid it away for the righteous in the future, as it is said “And God saw the light that it was good,” and there is no good except a righteous person.