[Avodah] Tiqun Olam

[Michael Makovi]

>  If "tiqun olam" as an idiom is only used qabbalistically, then other
>  references to how one repairs the world, especially if they don't
>  particularly phrase it in terms of "repair", don't belong in a Wikipedia
>  (or any encyclopedia) article about "tiqun olam". Except perhaps as
>  contrast, not as a different variant of the idea.
>
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> R' Micha Berger

Aleynu uses tikkun olam to mean when the world knows who G-d is and
everyone subjects himself to His rule. I see nothing Kabbalistic
there. So tikkun olam is not an idiom used exclusively for Kabbalistic
purposes.

Lest there be any doubt, Rav Hirsch there (cited in Artscroll Siddur)
says it means everyone will accept the 7 Noachide laws. So quite
simply, Rav Hirsch sees tikkun olam as meaning when the Jewish people
succeed in convincing the world of the truth of G-d and Torah (via our
educational example of doing mitzvot), and everyone behaves as he is
supposed to.

Now, Rav Hirsch's perush there never mentions tikkun olam. But since
Aleynu itself does, he doesn't need to. It is peshita.

Mikha'el Makovi