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Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 27 20:18:50 2015, in response to Re: I did not attend church this weekend, posted by LuchAAA on Mon Apr 27 18:05:19 2015. There's an important theme in Judaism called "tikkun olam." It means "repairing (or healing) the world." The phrase has origins in classical rabbinic literature and is used in the Mishnah (the body of classical rabbinic teachings codified circa 200 C.E.). There, it refers to social policy legislation providing extra protection to those potentially at a disadvantage, e.g., just conditions for the writing of divorce decrees and for the freeing of slaves.More recently the phrase “tikkun olam” was first used to refer to social action work in the 1950s. In subsequent decades, many other organizations and thinkers have used the term to refer to social action programs; tzedakah (charitable giving) and gemilut hasadim (acts of kindness); and progressive Jewish approaches to social issues. Tikkun Olam now is most often used to refer to a specific category of good deeds involving work for the improvement of society — a usage perhaps closer to the term’s classical rabbinic origins. |
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