Tikkun Olam

Why we were born into a broken world and what we are to do about it.

Tikkun Olam is a profound Jewish concept, the place where mysticism meets activism.

Tikkun means to repair or improve. Olam means the entire world. In Jewish teachings, any activity that improves the world, bringing it closer to the harmonious state for which it was created is considered Tikkun Olam. Tikkun Olam implies that while the world is innately good, its Creator purposely left room for us to improve upon His work.

Learn about the origin and history of Tikkun Olam as we clear away the myths and misconceptions. Discover how each mitzvah is a tikkun for the olam as we dive into its inner meaning. Know enough that you can determine for yourself the centrality of Tikkun Olam to Jewish practice and belief. ...Read More

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What Is Tikkun Olam?

What does Tikkun Olam mean, who came up with it, and how do I do it?

Tikkun Olam: In Jewish teachings, any activity that improves the world, bringing it closer to the harmonious state for which it was created.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Tikkun Olam: A Brief History

Beyond Repair

Simple language is always best. Tikkun means "fixing up."

By Tzvi Freeman

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Who Came Up With Tikkun Olam?

Don’t surrender. Don’t escape. Fix the world.

From the soon-to-be-released book “Wisdom to Fix the Earth”

By Tzvi Freeman

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Is Social Activism Destroying American Judaism?

Tikkun Olam, For Real

What’s needed is an ideology that explains why raising a Jewish family is just as crucial to tikkun olam as your contribution to society at large.

By Tzvi Freeman and Yaakov Ort

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6 Myths and Facts About Tikkun Olam

Tikkun Olam means healing, improving and perfecting the world. The notion has hit a wave of controversy lately. So here’s a few major points to clear up.

By Tzvi Freeman

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The Seventh Generation

From the Upcoming Book, "Wisdom to Heal the Earth"

By the seventh generation of Chabad, the walls separating the Jew from the rest of the world had all come tumbling down.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Fallen Sparks

The very core of reality is G-d’s shattered dream, waiting for us to pick up the pieces.

By Tzvi Freeman

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The Shechina

Exile of the Shechinah and descent of the soul

The feminine side of G-d, and the struggle for reunion.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Who Will Fix the World?

From the book, Wisdom To Heal the Earth.

Where the real world happens, from there is its tikun. The salesperson, the school teacher, the business executive, the manufacturer…

By Tzvi Freeman

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Why the World Needs Its Soul

Modernity is precarious. Our soul believes life has purpose and meaning, while our brains consider our bodies to be no more than walking water bottles of biochemical reactions.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Sparks of Things To Come

Where we're coming from, where we're going, and how we're getting there—real soon.

Scattered Sparks

Tikkun Olam by Making Money

The World Is a Coconut Grove

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By Tzvi Freeman

The Kabbalah of Investment

From the book, Wisdom To Heal the Earth.

The best way to understand investment is by looking at the archetype of all investment. And that is life.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Inner Wisdom

From the book, “Wisdom to Heal the Earth”

By Tzvi Freeman

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Who Turned Off the Lights?

The radical reversal we call world

The little child jumping rope outside, the construction worker drilling steel girders, the ocean’s roar and the big blue sky will all speak of the oneness that breathes within all of them, without the need to sit and ponder. It will be the foreground experience. Because that is what they all truly are.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Darkness Speaks

From the book, “Wisdom to Heal the Earth”

At the outset of Creation, He removed all light. And that is the source of all that ever goes wrong.

By Tzvi Freeman

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Beyond Intelligent Design

From the book, Wisdom To Heal the Earth.

We dwell within a living work of art, perhaps a symphony, or perhaps a dance, of uncountable parts. If we look with open eyes, we will discover the signature of an unknowable Creator within the knowable patterns of nature.

By Tzvi Freeman

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The Mad Psychology of Electronic Gaming

How an obsessed gamer taught me the meaning of life.

“And just how,” I asked Dave, “would you render your characters unpredictable? Whatever random functions you write, at the end of the day, you have control.”

By Tzvi Freeman

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