[Avodah] What does "Redemption/Geulah" mean?

[Lisa Liel]

Well, I think it's used in different ways in different contexts.  I've 
seen it used as the opposite of Galut.  I've heard Geula and Geula 
Sheleima contrasted.  We know that one of the four leshonot of "geulah" 
(a generic?) is v'ga'alti.  In that context, it seems to be a question 
of mindset more than anything else.  Hotza'ah mi-sivlot Mitzrayim is a 
physical removal from the suffering the Egyptians put on us.  Hatzalah 
me-avodatam seems to be saving us from working for them at all, even 
without suffering.  Geulah me-avdut l'cheirut seems like a change in 
mindset from being slaves to being free.  Only after those three do we 
have Lekicha l'Hashem l'am.  Hashem taking us as His people.

Lisa

On 4/10/2012 11:51 AM, kennethgmiller at juno.com wrote:
> In recent weeks and months, I've been working on trying to understand the concept of "redemption/geulah".
>
> Based on phrases like "the Final Geulah" and "connecting Geulah to Tefilah", I've gotten the impression that Geulah is a very big deal. It seems to mark an elevation in the status of a person or a people.
>    
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