In a previous post we explained that true Tzadikim are meritorious to live a life that has a flavor of the final redemption, already in the present.
Perhaps we can suggest the following idea to clarify this concept:
The Passuk in Tehilim says, פודה ה' נפש עבדיו, Hashem redeems the souls of His servants. This verse seemingly presents a contradiction: Hashem seemingly has redeemed them, but they are still called servants. Doesn't being redeemed mean that I'm no longer a servant?!
The answer is obvious. Chazal say that he who accepts upon himself the yolk of Torah and Avodah becomes exempt from the yolk of the world's way, exile and the entrapping feelings of physicality. There is no escape. אדם לעמל יולד - The nature of human existence necessitates that there be the acceptance of a yolk. Everyone will be a slave to something. However we have the choice to decide where our servitude will lay. If we indenture ourselves to Hashem we are in turn freed from all other forms of servitude. This concept permeates repeatedly throughout Chazal.
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