The Medrash says that each
of the names of the twelve tribes of Israel alluded to some aspect of the future
redemption from Egypt[1].
So even before the slavery had begun, the ‘potential’ for deliverance was
there.
The Slavery became an incubator for Freedom.
It’s sometimes hard, but
the Kotzker urges us to remember that; “...as
soon as the exile takes hold, the seeds of redemption are simultaneously sown.”[2]
With discomfort, an
individual is forced to face new circumstances (and opportunities for growth) he or
she would never have been exposed to before.
It’s not magic, it’s not automatic
and it doesn’t happen every time, but it’s nice to know a seed is there.
