Rashi asks why does it say וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד and not יום ראשון which would fit according to the order that it is the first day? Rashi answers על שם שהיה הקב״ה אחד בעולמו, שלא נבראו המלאכים עד יום שיני. Asks the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Likutay Sichos volume 25) how can you say there was only Hashem if the light was only created? Answers the Rebbe, that the light created on the first day was as Rashi says, the light hidden away for the tzaddikim. As explained as few weeks ago from Rav Wolbe, the world conceals Hashem's presence. The clarity of the light of creation was the ability to see through the façade of the World and see the Godliness inherit in it. However, that light was hidden away to make space for man to make a choice between good and evil. This light was not a contradiction to the fact that שהיה הקב״ה אחד בעולמו, it complimented it.
On a certain level that may be the intent of the Gemorah (Shavuot 9a) that Hashem says הביאו עלי כפרה על שמעטתי את הירח. The Gemorah doesn't mean that originally the moon had its own light like the sun, rather it constantly was able to reflect the light of the sun from all sides, not like the current state of waking and waning. This represents that sometimes we can't see Hashem, we do not see the light. For that we need to bring a korban, to come close to Hashem to help remove this separation (Or Gedalyahu Nissan.)
The Beis Avrohom (Slonim) brings from the Warka that during the week we say good day in the day and good night at night but on Shabbos we say guut Shabbos even at night because there is no aspect of night to Shabbos, it is all considered day. He says that is why it says the word יום three times about Shabbos, ויכל אלקים ביום השביעי, וישבת ביום השביעי, ויברך אלקים את יום השביעי to tell us that the night, morning and afternoon of Shabbos are all considered day. What does it mean that Shabbos is considered day?
Last year we explained that the light used in creation was hidden in the Torah. One who learns Torah in a proper manner can have a clarity of the Godliness of the world. The Sfas Emes Shelach (5649) says that mitzvot come to fix the body and Torah comes to fix the neshama. That is why Shabbos, the day of the neshama, the focus is on Torah. אכן בחי' התורה הוא כולו אור לנשמת אלוקי ממעל והוא בחי' השבת יומא דנשמתין ולאו דגופא. לכן שבת יעשה כולו תורה. That is what it means that Shabbos does not have night. The light of clarity shines on Shabbos.
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