TIKKUN OLAM

What does the Hebrew phrase ''tikkun olam'' mean? It means ''repairing the world''. 

Each Jew, a son of Israel, do his part for a renewal of the world by fulfillment of the commandments of Torah and by the kind acts. (''The teaching of rabbi Nahman from Braslav'', p.7, ''Amana" http://www.judaicaru.org/library/r_nahman_7.html)

Hasidism developed an idea that a personal way of individual to ''tikkun olam'' is tshuvah (a repentance). (http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,347217,00.html)

We can read in TaNaKh: 

(Jer 7:3) Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

In Brit Hadasha we read:

(Jam 4:8) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

''The phrase is used in the prayer, such as in Aleinu: l'takken olam b'malkhut Shaddai; "to repair the world in the Kingdom of God." It is also used in the Mishnah, in the phrase mip'nei tikkun olam ("because of tikkun olam") to indicate that a practice is followed not because it is Biblical law but because it helps avoid negative social consequences. (See Mishnah, tractate Gittin, chapter 4 for several examples.'' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkun_olam)

''It is important in Judaism and is often used to explain the Jewish concept of social justice. In some explanations, the more mitzvot that are performed, the closer the world will be towards perfection.'' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkun_olam)

''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.'' (http://www.myjewishlearning.com/daily_life/GemilutHasadim/TO_TikkunOlam.htm)

How can we believers in Yeshua to repair the world? We need to share the Good News about Yeshua Messiah. The prophecies of TaNaKh came true in Yeshua. Yeshua is Messiah of Jews and the Saviour of all people.

(Acts 4:12) Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

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