I pray that this Pesach brings an end to the exile of the self and a redemption of the person I was created to be.
Modern Uberdox
“I write not because I have the strength to write, but because I do not have the strength to remain silent.” -Rav Avraham Yitzchok Kook zt’l
First reaction: Beautiful!
Second reaction: Woah, wait a second, how then is Pesach different than Yom Kippur? (not meant rhetorically)
Teshuva is a return to the state of who we should be. I think geulah (redemption) is the actualization of the potential. It’s the difference, to quote you (Micha), of wanting to serve Hashem and serving Hashem.
During my commute I thought of another possibility, not to the exclusion of yours…
Tishrei is (in the Zohar’s language) an is’arusa delesata (an awakening from below) — we awaken the qedushah, and Hashem responds. Nissan is an is’aru dele’eilah (from above) — Hashem offers us the qedushah, and it is for us to respond. This is why Tishrei is associated with Din, as Hashem’s response is in measure to what we earned, whereas Nissan is unearned holiness, an expression of Rachamim. Applying this idea…
Ge’ulah is being freed from those external challenges that are holding us back. Thus, Hashem can offer it to us without violating our free will. And it happens in Nissan. Teshuvah is freeing ourselves from our internal flaws. Something we must do for ourselves — a Tishrei awakening from below.
Manual pingback: Aspaqlaria: Redemption and Teshuvah. (I just wanted a copy of our answers over on my side…)