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(Created page with "'''Geulah''' is the liberation and salvation of a person or group from distress, servitude, or exile. == Geulah in Judaism == In the Tanach, there are many expressions of the concept of geulah: release of lands from servitude to another person, deliverance from distress, redemption of agricultural produce from the sanctity of tithes, ending widowhood, salvation from death, and similar themes. == Redemptions in the Days of Israel == ==== Geulat Mitzrayim (Redemption fr...") |
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== The True and Complete Redemption == | == The True and Complete Redemption == | ||
Although the concept of "redemption" refers to several types of redemption, a special place and special reference is given to the redemption of the Jewish people in the Tanach, the Oral Torah: Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud, in ancient Midrashim, and in the two central mystical works: the Zohar, and the Etz Chaim written by Rabbi Chaim Vital, the student of the holy Arizal. | Although the concept of "redemption" refers to several types of redemption, a special place and special reference is given to the redemption of the Jewish people in the Tanach, the Oral Torah: Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud, in ancient Midrashim, and in the two central mystical works: the Zohar, and the Etz Chaim written by Rabbi Chaim Vital, the student of the holy Arizal. | ||
[[File:למה מחכים?.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:למה מחכים?.jpg|thumb|The Rebbe's handwritten note: "What are we waiting for? It's already Friday afternoon after midday."]] | ||
The anticipation for the redemption of the Jewish people is one of the main obligations in Judaism, and was even established in Jewish law as a mitzvah of service of the heart, meaning in prayer, which was instituted by the Men of the Great Assembly: the Shemoneh Esrei prayer. It was also mentioned as the 12th of the 13 Principles of Faith by the Rambam. The concept of redemption is based on faith in Hashem's attributes, His unlimited ability, His righteousness, and His mercy. | The anticipation for the redemption of the Jewish people is one of the main obligations in Judaism, and was even established in Jewish law as a mitzvah of service of the heart, meaning in prayer, which was instituted by the Men of the Great Assembly: the Shemoneh Esrei prayer. It was also mentioned as the 12th of the 13 Principles of Faith by the Rambam. The concept of redemption is based on faith in Hashem's attributes, His unlimited ability, His righteousness, and His mercy. | ||