Ever eat a doughnut and wonder where the hole went?  This age old question has plagued carbohydrate-saturated humanity for years.  Yet the answer still evades us.

A similar question, though less popular, has been asked by great Jewish thinkers of the past:  When one lights a candle in a dark room, where does the darkness go?  The answer given is that darkness has no existence of its own.  It is a non-entity because it is simply the absence of light.  Once a candle is lit, the darkness disappears.  It doesn’t go into the closet, or to the next room.  It simply disappears.

When igniting a small flame in a dark room, the room immediately becomes illuminated with the light of the candle.  The larger the flame, the more illuminated the room becomes.  Nevertheless, even the smallest flame is enough to expel the darkness.  Because darkness is nothing.