Orach Shem Chai

Darkness (choshech, חשך, the dark light of peace, the ש of שלום) was born from the separation of some original unified light (veha-aretz hay'tah, והארץ היתה) into the lights of tohu (תהו) and bohu (בהו), which are chaos and uncertainty¹, respectively. Reunification of rectified choshech, tohu and bohu brings into existence the lights (ben Yosef and ben David) of moshiach known as the brightness (reunified tohu va-bohu, tehiru tata'ah) and the brilliance (reunified brightness ve-choshech, tehiru ela'ah).

Tohu, from the root תהה is a reaction to uncertainty (bohu, where bohu is from the root בהה); the result of that reaction creates darkness in awareness. The original unified light (veha-aretz hay'tah) is a forward projection (hay'tah¹ from the root יתא) of one inmost essential (ateret hayesod, ט) element of ha-aretz (stable elements of existence¹, from the root ארץ); where this essential element focuses the blessings of life & peace reunified into certain existence, malchut.

Let there be light. And there was light. This light is the singular light of moshiach and peace, forth-spoken into unified existence by G-d. It is the rectified and reunified lights of tohu and bohu and of darkness, made one.

Immediately following the creation of darkness (the protective element), the spirit of moshiach hovered over the face of the deep (Bereshit 1:2). Written into existence with words of Torah, the light of redemption was sent and brought forth into Active Presence. And G-d saw that the light was good. On the very first day, even before the fall of Adam and Chavah, the light of redemption was sent forth.

On the fourth day (Bereshit 1:14), the two great luminaries (meorot) were made for signs, l'otot (לאתת). In hebrew, the word l'otot is spelled without the letter ו, as the word is normally spelled (לאתות and/or לאותות, see here on the two vavim). This ו is the ו of completion, redemption and transformation. This ו is also the herald of redemption, and the same ו found in the name of Eliyahu HaNavi. Thus, on the fourth day, the guarantor of redemption was sent forth by G-d into existence, also prior to the fall of Adam and Chavah.

So, we can see, that Adam and Chavah, represented by the sun and the moon, had to fall - and the moon had to diminish herself (center in malchut as opposed to yesod) - she had a ו to catch and split for her husband (Midrash Chaseiros), creating a returning path (orach) into the Divine, turning history and transforming shiflut into geut.

protected by darkness (Tehilim 18:12, Bereshit 1:2) ...
והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך

footnote:

¹ Etymological Dictionary Of Biblical Hebrew, R. Matityahu Clark

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