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	MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Overview: Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World)
		Contemporary usage of the phrase shares with the rabbinic concept of "mipnei tikkun ha-olam" a concern with public policy and societal change, and with the kabbalistic notion of "tikkun" the idea that the world is profoundly broken and can be fixed only by human activity.
		However, except within traditionalist Hasidic communities, the use of "tikkun olam" rarely reflects the belief that acts outside the realm of social responsibility (for example, making a blessing before eating) effect cosmic repair; that tikkun repairs the Divine self; or that the goal of "tikkun" is the complete undoing of the created world itself.
		Tikkun olam, once associated with a mystical approach to all mitzvot, now is most often used to refer to a specific category of mitzvot involving work for the improvement of society—a usage perhaps closer to the term’s classical rabbinic origins than to its longstanding mystical connotations.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /daily_life/GemilutHasadim/TO_TikkunOlam.htm (687 words)

	Tikkun
		The symbol of Tikkun ha-Olam embodies the most distinctively Jewish, as well as the the single most important ethical injunction of the Kabbalah: the command that humanity must restore and redeem a broken and fallen world (see Shevirat ha-Kelim).
		According to the Hasidim it is the individual's divinely appointed task to not only liberate those sparks that are entrapped in Kelippot within his own body and soul, but also those sparks in the world that he or she encounters along life's way.
		Tikkun ha-Olam will only be complete when the last spark has been raised and the entire world informed with spiritual meaning and value.
	www.newkabbalah.com /tikkun.html (907 words)

	JewishPress.com > News > View Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tikkun Olam Pagans are people who misrepresent Judaism as nothing more and nothing less than the pursuit of the liberal social action political agenda, all in the name of a suitably misrepresented Tikkun Olam.
		Tikkun Olam is the banner waved by the countless "social action" committees at synagogues across America and in other liberal Jewish circles in support of liberal-leftist causes, including some that are harmful to Jews and some that are just plain wacky.
		Tikkun Olam is mentioned in a major place in the Aleinu prayer that closes all prayer sessions, but again it is conjunction with the wish to see idolatry and paganism erased from the earth.
	www.thejewishpress.com /news_article.asp?article=1926 (1366 words)

	Tikkun Olam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Isaac Luria, the renowned sixteenth century Kabbalist, used the phrase “tikkun olam,” usually translated as repairing the world, to encapsulate the true role of humanity in the ongoing evolution and spiritualization of the cosmos.
		Tikkun olam encompasses both the outer and the inner, both service to society by helping those in need and service to the Divine by liberating the spark within.
		Tikkun olam places our spiritual practice at the heart of the epic, unfolding history of the universe: the evolution and spiritualization of the whole of creation.
	www.innerfrontier.org /Practices/TikkunOlam.htm (846 words)

	Kesher Israel: What is Tikkun Olam?
		Tikkun Olam is the imperative to repair the world, so that it reflects the divine values of Justice (tzedek), Compassion (hesed), and Peace (shalom).
		The concept of Tikkun Olam was created by Rabbi Isaac Luria in the city of Safed during the sixteenth century.
		Tikkun olam is our Jewish mandate to do what we can to make the world a better place for all of God’s children.
	www.kiwcpa.org /kesher-israel/cwp/view.asp?A=612&Q=174968 (376 words)

	Adat Shalom Tikkun Olam Guidelines
		The concept of tikkun olam or repairing the world through social action, is one of the traditional categories of tzedakah (righteousness and justice).
		The word "tikkun" first appears in the book of Ecclesiastes (1:5; 7:13; 12:9), where it means "setting straight" or "setting in order." The most notable early rabbinic source for the phrase tikkun olam is the Aleinu prayer, where the phrase expresses the hope of repairing the world through the establishment of the kingdom of God.
		From this perspective the commitment to tikkun olam is a calling, a vocation, and it is unlikely that the Jews could survive, and it would be unseemly if they did, except as a community organized around values and committed to tikkun olam.
	www.jrf.org /adatsmd/tikunola.html (1010 words)

	Temple Israel - Springfield, MO - Tikkun Olam
		Tikkun olam, repairing the world, is a central principle of Reform Judaism.
		Temple Israel members have opportunities to engage in Tikkun olam through synagogue projects as well as individually through one of Springfield's many community organizations.
		Partners with God in tikkun olam, repairing the world, we are called to help bring nearer the messianic age.
	www.springfieldsynagogue.org /tikkun (269 words)

	Tikkun Olam Guidelines
		Today, the words tikkun olam are often used as shorthand for "efforts to better the world," such as reading to an at-risk child, serving meals at a homeless shelter, or speaking out on an important matter of public policy.
		Still others believe that acts of tikkun olam are the primary means of satisfying the need to create a sense of Jewish community and identity, making the commitment to tikkun olam a calling, a vocation.
		Moreover, the mitzvah of tikkun olam obliges us both to serve immediate needs and to work toward the prevention of hunger, homelessness, disease, ignorance, abuse and oppression among all people, as well as working toward preserving the health of the global ecosystem upon which all life depends.
	www.adatshalom.net /tikunola.html (1057 words)

	Tikkun Olam -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tikkun Olam (תיקון עולם) is a (The ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel) Hebrew phrase which translates as "repair the universe" or "healing the universe".
		Kabbalists (people who adhere to the teachings of Kabbalah) hold that the very creation of the universe by God was unstable, and that the early universe could not hold the holy light of God.
		For many Jewish scholars, the term's primary resonance is as part of the worldview of sixteenth-century (A student of the Jewish Kabbalah) Kabbalist (Click link for more info and facts about Isaac Luria) Isaac Luria.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ti/tikkun_olam.htm (684 words)

	FORWARD : Arts & Letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But it is true that only in the kabbala did the concept of tikkun olam, or simply of tikkun, as it is generally called there, become a central one — and especially, in the 16th-century development of kabbalistic thought known as Lurianic kabbala.
		The version of tikkun adopted by the Lurianists was the cosmically redemptive one of the Aleynu prayer, a "repairing" being for them any premeditated act or thought that helps restore the universe or the individual soul from its fallen to a more perfect state.
		Lerner, known for his Rainbow Coalition politics and attacks on Israel, combined the Lurianic sense of tikkun with the mishnaic one of tikkun olam to create a Jewish counterpart of Christian "liberation theology" — that is, an ideology of Judaism as a form of redemptive social activism.
	www.forward.com /issues/2003/03.03.28/philologos.html (702 words)

	jspot » Blog Archive » Tikkun Olam: Connecting Social Action and Spirituality
		Tikkun olam is the essense of rallies, sign-on statements, service projects, action alerts, coalition meetings, fundraising campaigns, and the like.
		Tikkun olam is a concept in the theology of Lurianic Kabbalah where its associated with one’s sacred mission in the world.
		Tikkun olam reflects actions that connect the lower worlds with the higher levels of divinity.
	jspot.org /?p=968 (802 words)

	The Rise Of Tikkun Olam Paganism - Opinion - Arutz Sheva
		Tikkun Olam Pagans are people who misrepresent Judaism as nothing more and nothing less than the pursuit of the liberal social action political agenda, all in the name of a suitably misrepresented Tikkun Olam.
		The equation of Tikkun Olam with liberal political activism is so commonplace that it is recited as an ethical basis by many of the same liberal "social activists" who cannot recite the Shema prayer correctly, who practice no Jewish ritual, and have no idea of what any other concepts are in Judaism.
		Tikkun Olam is mentioned in a major place in the Aleinu prayer that closes all prayer sessions, but again it is in conjunction with the wish to see idolatry and paganism erased from the earth.
	www.israelnationalnews.com /article.php3?id=1760 (1499 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - Daily Life: Tikkun Olam in Contemporary Jewish Thought
		As far as I am aware, the first use of the expression tikkun olam in [the United States] was by Shlomo Bardin, the founder of the Brandeis Camp Institute in California.
		For the latter, tikkun is a byword for social, moral, or political activism of one sort or another.
		Tikkun isalso useful because of its malleability; as the materials surveyed here demonstrate, it is a conception which can be used to justify the widest range of activities and views.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /daily_life/GemilutHasadim/TO_TikkunOlam/Contemp_Tikkun_Thought.htm (1009 words)

	The Israeli Tikkun Blog: "Tikkun" - what does it mean?
		Tikkun is derived from the Hebrew verb "letaken" meaning to fix or repair.
		Although it is clear that Tikkun here is still a personal project it is also the first time that World Repair is understood to be obligatory for every Jew, and perhaps the main reason for his existence at all: everything a Jew does is connected to World Repair and is supposed to further it.
		It seems to me that all the philosophies discussing Tikkun Olam are and always have been philosophies, in other words they are abstract arguments that make no attempt to ground themselves in reality.
	the-israeli-tikkun-blog.blogspot.com /2006/08/tikkun-what-does-it-mean.html (1866 words)

	IPA: TIKKUN OLAM; ORTHODOXY’S RESPONSIBILITY TO PERFECT G-D’S WORLD
		Tikkun Olam is a subject we will only understand, especially as Orthodox Jews, if we are prepared to use our historical imagination and sensibility.
		Then, in the nineteenth century under the impact of the Emancipation and Enlightenment the whole concept split apart; the essence of Tikkun Olam is that by being particularlist, by being who we are, we have universal consequences, we help change the world.
		The result was that every phrase associated with the idea of Tikkun Olam, phrases like- âlight unto the nations,â or âthe Jewish mission,â or âethical universalism,â all those things became code words for assimilation, reform, and the whole concept of Tikkun Olam became suspect.
	www.ou.org /public_affairs/article/tikkun_olam_jsacks (4521 words)

	Torah.org - The Judaism Site
		The phrase "le-takken olam" also occurs in the Alenu prayer, where it refers to the improvements that will be made in the world in the Messianic age.
		The term Tikkun Olam is used nowadays in reference to the idea that the Jews have responsibilities to society at large.
		Various aspects of this idea are discussed in depth in the book Tikkun Olam, published in 1997 by Jason Aronson (Northdale, NJ), which contains papers presented at a symposium held on March 13-14, 1994 in New York.
	www.torah.org /qanda/seequanda.php?id=309 (124 words)

	Beth El Sudbury - Talmud Torah
		In the 3rd century, tikkun ha-olam was a Jewish response to economic injustice imposed by Rome.
		The term tikkun ha-olam is first found in the Mishnah, where it describes rabbinic enactments designed to preserve the social order of the Jewish world in the face of Roman oppression.
		Working in partnership with the tikkun olam Planning committee, it is our goal to encourage members to think about Judaism more holistically — to open our minds and hearts and hands to a more integrated understanding of Jewish life — one that embraces a balanced combination of learning, prayer and action.
	www.bethelsudbury.org /jewish_basics/text005.php3?page=664 (2606 words)

	Tikkun Olam; Orthodoxy's Responsibility to Perfect G-d's World - IPA Public Policy Library
		Tikkun Olam which could not be implemented as a Jewish value, squeezed under the door in some attenuated way.
		Tikkun Olam’ functions as a mere concept of creating a social order, making sure that there is no chaos in society.
		Tikkun Olam is that by being particularlist, by being who we are, we have universal consequences, we help change the world.
	www.ou.org /public/Publib/tikkun.htm (4904 words)

	David Dworin Online » Blog Archive » Tikkun Olam, Not Social Justice, Is Central to Judaism
		Tikkun Olam, Not Social Justice, Is Central to Judaism
		Whether or not Tikkun Olam was central to ancient Judaism doesn’t matter, it’s certainly central to modern Judaism, and it’s what Judaism brings to the table better than any other religion (or non-religion) competing for people’s attentions.
		One Response to “Tikkun Olam, Not Social Justice, Is Central to Judaism”;
	blog.dworin.net /2007/01/18/tikkun-olam-not-social-justice-is-central-to-judaism (863 words)

	World & I — Innovative Approches to Peace
		Isaac Luria, the renowned sixteenth-century Kabbalist, first used the phrase tikkun olam, usually translated as “repairing the world,” to explain humanity’s role in the evolution of the cosmos and the preparation for the Messianic Age.
		Tikkun olam encompasses both the outer and the inner, both service to society by helping those in need and service to God by liberating the spark within.
		Today there are numerous American synagogues pursuing tikkun olam as a Jewish equivalent of the Christian social gospel: feeding the hungry, helping battered women, improving community relations, and campaigning for civil rights and workers’ rights.
	www.worldandi.net /winter06/relig.html (949 words)

	Tikkun - The Lurianic Theory of Creation and Redemption
		Therefore, the World of Restoration ('Olam Tikkun) is not equal (but is not different as well) to the world of 'Or En-Sof (Ultimateless Light, or Absolute) of the beginning.
		Tikkun 'Olam is of the same nature as 'Or En-Sof but it is not simplicity and potentiality but concrete unity of differences and actuality.
		And the process of Tikkun is called "the repairing of the God's Face" because it corrects the existential break, or gap in the Absolute Being as such which is also a moment in His unfolding.
	www.kheper.net /topics/Kabbalah/tikkun.htm (358 words)

	Kolel: Reb on the Web Archives
		When people today use the phrase "tikkun olam" (literally: "fixing the world"), they usually are referring to a set of ideas and actions in the realms of social justice, kindness to others, and environmental health that are intended to make the world a better place.
		This use of the term "tikkun olam" is the result of a fairly recent mixing of two streams of Jewish thought.
		Those who speak of tikkun olam in the contemporary sense find broken-ness not (only) mystically, but quite literally, in human relationships and in the natural world.
	www.kolel.org /pages/reb_on_the_web/tikkun.html (438 words)

	Jewish Community Relations Council (jcrc.org)
		Tikkun Olam, or “repair of the world,” is one of JCRC’s core values and translates into making the world a better place.
		JCRC’s Tikkun Olam projects advance the mission of the JCRC by building positive relationships between Jews and through collaboration with other communities.
		Jewish tradition stresses the importance of tikkun olam - literally, "repairing the world." Visit the JCL website.
	www.users.interport.net /j/c/jcrcsf/projects (298 words)

	Tikkun Olam Counseling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Michael Green, the founder of Tikkun Olam Counseling, is a counselor, psychotherapist and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW).
		Tikkun Olam (the accent is on the final syllable in both words) is a Hebrew term meaning "to heal or repair the ‘brokenness’ in the world." It figures prominently in certain Kabbalistic (Jewish mystical) writings, which Michael has studied for many years.
		Tikkun Olam Counseling is proud to host a number of presentations and workshops on topics that are related to Analytical and Archetypal Psychology.
	www.rrpwebsite.org /tikkun.htm (460 words)

	Tikkun Olam - Report on East Coast Gathering March 2002
		While conferences on various tikkun olam topics had been held before, this event sought to bring together Reconstructionist tikkun olam activists and provide them with specific tools for doing effective social justice work in and through their synagogues.
		Relating this text to the tikkun olam work of many JRF congregations, Rabbi Rebecca Alpert (RRC ’76) noted that in an ideal situation, people would bring food to a shelter and ask why it is that people are hungry.
		We strongly encourage people to bring a tikkun olam delegation from their congregations, made up of social action committee members, board members, rabbis or anyone with a passion for social justice.
	www.jrf.org /to/nygathering-2002.html (1579 words)

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