The source of this supernal, nonsolar light of creation became a subject of rabbinic and mystical speculation. Genesis Rabba 3:4 expresses the view that this light is the effulgent splendor of the Divine Presence. Psalm 104:2, with its theme of creation, describes God as “wrapped in a robe of light.”9 God gives names to the things he creates. Today, people take great care about the names they give to all sorts of things ranging from boats and houses to hurricanes, but our love for appropriate names