Tikkun olam

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Tikkun olam (, or more classically tikkun ha'olam; Hebrew: תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, romanized: tiqqūn ʻōlām, lit. 'repairing the world'), is a religious concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world. In classical rabbinic literature, the phrase referred to legal enactments intended to preserve the social order. In the Aleinu, it refers to the eradication of idolatry. In midrash, it often refers to divine action to balance and sustain the world, especially in relationship to Nature. In Lurianic Kabbalah, the "repair" is mystical: to return the sparks of Divine light to their source, employing ritual performance. However, it is only much later in Kabbalah that this concept is applied to tikkun olam, rather than to the repair of a particular world or sefirah among the infinitely many worlds beyond the physical world. In the modern period, the Lurianic understanding of cosmic repair provided a mythos to inspire deep religious feelings about tikkun...

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