Part One – What is Redemption?

What is redemption?
This is a question as old as time, but for me it is a very personal one. All my life I have lived between tears and fractures: between body and soul, between a woman and a world that seeks to silence her voice, between closeness to God and the feeling of being driven away from Him. From this experience I learned to understand that redemption is not a distant promise, but a reality that can be realized right now – if we learn to see the fracture, heal it, and transform our lives into a stream of living water.

Redemption is not an “escape” to another world or a distant future. It is a return – a return home. It is the return of the soul to its source, the return of man to his God, and the return of humanity to itself. If the first sin was separation, then redemption is union. If the expulsion from the Garden of Eden was a separation, then redemption is a return.

The meaning of the word "redemption" according to its letters

I find great inspiration in breaking down the word "redemption" into its constituent letters. For me, each letter is a key to a deeper understanding of our mission in the world:

C – Reward : Redemption begins with the recognition that life is a gift. Reward is not a punishment, but a reward for choosing to be here. This is “the reward of good and not evil” – the understanding that everything life gives me, even if it is difficult, is part of the journey of correction.
A – God : The divine is revealed in water, in breath, in the heartbeat. The letter A reminds us that all true redemption must begin in connection with the Creator. Not an abstract theological connection, but a living experience of love, faith, wonder.
F – Connection : The hook is the thread that connects heaven and earth, body and soul, man and Eve. Without connection – there is no redemption. This is the secret of water: it connects molecule to molecule, lake to ocean, drop to person.
L – Learning : Redemption is not a free gift, but a process of learning. Learning reminds us that we must be students of life, learning from the pain, from the brokenness, from the wound. Only through learning can we return to the Garden of Eden.
God – The Shekhinah : God is the divine feminine, the hidden side of God – the Shekhinah. She is the one who dwells in the earth, in the womb, in compassion. Without the Shekhinah – God remains incomplete. Redemption is the restoration of the letter God to man, so that he may become earth – earth that knows how to give birth to life.

Thus the word "redemption" becomes a roadmap: gift – divinity – connection – learning – Shekhinah.

Redemption as a return from internal exile

Jewish tradition speaks a lot about redemption as a return from exile. But to me, exile is not just geographical – it is internal.
I myself experienced a mental exile: a foreignness within myself, an experience of separation, a feeling of homelessness. This exile was not measured in kilometers but in distance from my heart.

In this sense, every person carries within them their own exile:

Some people self-exile due to fears and traumas.
Some have renounced their faith because of hurt or disappointment.
Some people have exiled themselves from their bodies because of a culture that sanctifies detachment.

Redemption is a return within. A reconnection.

Redemption as an expansion of consciousness

If the expulsion from the Garden of Eden was a reduction – a reduction of consciousness, of the soul, of the divine experience – then redemption is an expansion.

This is the transition from the narrow consciousness of survival, of "me versus you," of "power and control," to a broad consciousness in which everything is connected.
This is how I understand the prophet's words: "Not a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water, but for hearing the words of the Lord" – this is not about a physical need, but a deep thirst for meaning, for truth, for connection to the source of life.

Redemption as a flow of gratitude

The basis of all redemption is gratitude .
Thank you for what you have, even if it's little. Thank you for creation, for breathing, for water.
When the heart says thank you – it opens. When the heart opens – the soul returns home.

I believe that every personal journey of redemption begins with one simple word: thank you.

Redemption as a collective act

However, redemption is not just personal. It is always collective.
We will not be saved alone. It is not possible for a person to live in heaven and his friend in hell.
Redemption is the experience of restoring unity to all humanity, to all creation.

This is why I see enormous importance in collective projects – communities, movements, cross-border collaborations.
Redemption is "the repair of the world in the kingdom of Shedi" – the connection of all parts into one unity.

Redemption through water

And finally – redemption is water.
Water is the most vivid image of the essence of redemption:

They always flow to the lowest place – like compassion.
They reflect – like the soul.
They connect – like love.
They carry memory – like creation.

When humanity learns to drink living water again – water that has structure, flow, gratitude – it will understand anew what redemption is.

Summary of Part One

Redemption is a movement – not a destination. It is an ongoing journey of returning to the source, of healing the fracture, of reconnecting heaven and earth.
It touches every level: personal, marital, family, social, ecological.
It begins with gratitude, continues with connection, and ends with a return to the Shekhinah – to the divine feminine, without which there is no healing in the world.

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