Tikkun Olam, “Repair of the World”

Mallot a deserving recipient of award

COMPASS: Other points of view

Published: April 25th, 2012 07:15 PM
Last Modified: April 25th, 2012 07:15 PM

Throughout the year, Congregation Beth Sholom and its members strive to live by the Jewish philosophy of tikkun olam, “repair of the world.” According to one version of this philosophy’s origin, at one time a perfect world shattered and sent shards of creation all over. The world was broken. It is our responsibility to assemble the shards, to raise them to the light. We meet this responsibility through our actions, individually and collectively…

If one man can do so very much, then imagine the possibilities of all of us rising to the occasion, taking our places and repairing the world we all inhabit.

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