tikkun

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The classic notions of birur and tikkun, as expressed by Ari, assume that not everything is redeemable.

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  • Mitzvah projects redirect resources from consumption to tikkun olam. —  Articles
  • What we seek are creative new perspectives on the facts that help us deepen our understanding or contribute to strategies of healing and transformation (which is what the word "tikkun" means). —  Tikkun Magazine - Current Thinking
  • As a Jew, Levin says he is morally obligated to support Obama and views his plan to provide healthcare for all American children, reduce carbon emissions and fix the education system as acts of tzedek (justice) and tikkun olam (reparing the world). —  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • In progressive circles, the concept of tikkun olam, or "repairing of the world," refers to social action, but in practice is divorced from its original spiritual and mystical roots. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
  • Although secular progressive tikkun olam devotees do not see themselves as self-haters or even necessarily as bad Jews, they are either unaware of the spiritual nature of tikkun olam or are committed to supplanting it with secular values to avoid any appearance of Jewish insularity. —  Israelated - English Israel blogs
 

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