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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">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.<br>
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Lisa</font></font><br>
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On 4/10/2012 11:51 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kennethgmiller@juno.com">kennethgmiller@juno.com</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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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