At the outset of Creation, He removed all light. And that is the source of all that ever goes wrong. Why did He remove the light? Why did He choose that things could go wrong? Sometimes we say He wanted darkness as a black velvet setting, an empty space in which to shine a new light and make a world of light. The darkness, we say, is there for the sake of light, as pain exists for the sake of healing. But this could not be the entire answer. Why? Because darkness for the purpose of light is not complete darkness. In our...