Genesis 1:3 VYomer Elohim Yhi Or v’yhi Or “G-d said, ‘There shall be light and there was light.'” The numerical value of this verse breaks down to 903, 232 v’ (6), “and” 232. This appears to allude to two lights, one above and one below, connected by the 6 sefirot (dimensions) of zeir anpin, always represented by the letter vav (V) of numerical value 6, which is why the word light was mentioned in the phrase twice. There is the light of our existence and the light reserved for the time of Mashiach. Moreover, the first 12 letters of this phrase add up to 358, the value for Mashiach.
903 is the sum of all the integers from 1 – 42, a perfect allusion the 42-Letter Name of G-d.
232 is the sum of the four aspects of the Tetragrammaton (YHVY) spelled out in all four levels (chochma, Binah, Zeir Anpin, and Malchut).
and the full verse adds up to 903 + 232 + 6 + 232 = 1373, with 137 being the value of kabbalah, meaning to receive and 73 to Chochma, connected to the Torah’s first verse, which has the value of the sum of the integers from 1 – 73, but there’s much more on all that in The Genesis Prayer so I won’t go into it here.
In the next phrase in the verse, it says “G-d saw the light and it was good” H’Or ki Tov. Ki tov, spelled CY TtVB is written in 5 letters that sequentially go from the back of the alef-bet to the front which in kabbalistic technology used in all the prayers indicates returning light (Or Chazer)
