Editing Geulah - Redemption (section)

== Redemptions in the Days of Israel ==
'''Geulat Mitzrayim''' (also known as '''[[Yetziat Mitzrayim]]''', the Exodus from [[Egypt]]) was a process that occurred in the year 2668 from creation (1312 BCE), during which the Children of Israel left the land of Egypt after 210 years of servitude<ref>Even though in the Torah it is written that the Children of Israel served for 430 years, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria explains that this number includes the five previous years in which Menashe and Ephraim were born, and since the Children of Israel worked day and night - each day is counted as two days.</ref>.

On the night of the 15th of Nissan during the Seder night, there is a [[mitzvah]] to tell the story of the redemption and the ten plagues that preceded it, in addition to the mitzvah of remembering the Exodus which is recited every day during prayer and is even mentioned at night.

This redemption from Egypt was not perfect since additional exiles followed, but it is still considered the primary redemption, since it was the first one that opened the channel for all redemptions that came after it.

==== Personal Redemption ====
According to Chassidic teachings, a person in this world is in a personal exile, with their divine soul imprisoned by the animal soul. Mitzrayim comes from the word "meitzar" (constraint) and limitation. A person must leave Mitzrayim, breaking free from their personal material limitations and connect to Hashem through fulfillment of Torah and mitzvot.

This redemption must be experienced every day, as a person can break through new boundaries each day. As the Alter Rebbe brings in the Tanya, "In every generation and every day, a person must see himself as if he personally left Egypt today<ref>The Alter Rebbe in Sefer HaTanya Chapter 37</ref>."

This departure particularly occurs during the acceptance of the yoke of Heaven in the recitation of Shema, when one accepts Hashem's unity by saying "Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad." For this reason, the Sages established the passage about the Exodus during the Shema, even though remembering the Exodus is a separate mitzvah.