[Avodah] Elimelech's land

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:40:56AM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
: One sort of redemption relates to things which have kedusha, and
: "redemption" is a process which transfers that kedusha elsewhere (usually
: to money). Examples include Pidyon Haben, Maaser Sheni, and many many
: others....

I think that bringing up pidyon and temurah just cloud the issue.

IMinsufficientlyHO, it pays to just stick to trying to find a common
theme to all the various meanings of ge'ulah (ordered in a way that
strikes me as a progression):

- the go'el hadam

- the go'el of yibum, unless go'el is the term only when he's not an
  actual halachic yavam. (Eg Yehudah, Boaz)

- the ge'uilah of nachalah (Vayiqra 25:25)
- and of people (ibid v 48)

- the end of galus

To me it seems a common theme of restoration. Perhaps even something
familial; restoration of the family to wholeness on its nachalah.

But I'm just thinking out loud. My intent in posting was more to suggest
a exploring a slightly different question first -- "What is ge'ulah?"
before trying to get to a general theory of redemption. There may not
even be one, which would explain why there are different words in lh"q.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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