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<DIV>In a message dated 4/2/2008 9:55:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
avodah-request@lists.aishdas.org writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Aleynu
does not say "tikun olam"; it says "letaken olam *bemalchut<BR>ShDY*".
Those last two words are the ikkar, not the tafel, and those<BR>who use the
term "tikun olam" definitely do not mean them at all.<BR>I have never heard a
frum person use the term "tikun olam" or refer<BR>to it at all as a Jewish
value; AFAIK it is entirely a foreign<BR>concept, and even the term is not
used anywhere Jewish - the closest<BR>we come is the takanot that were made
"mipnei tikun ha'olam".<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>At the risk of citing some people not usually cited in this forum,I
recently heard Rabbi Saul Berman mention the advice given to him by Rabbi A.J.
Heschel when, as a young rabbi in Berkely, he asked for some guidance in
inspiring people. Heschel told him that we are a peopleo f fractured verses, and
he gave as examples all 3 cases mentioned in the above post. post-Aleinu, Shlach
es ami,and BILU. He said that in all three cases,the first half of the phrase is
not meaningful without the second. However, he said, the first half is also
important,and,unfortunately,many Jews who work on the second half don't work on
the first half. The challenge of a rabbi is to give importance to both parts,and
not give the message of fractured verses.</DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Planning your summer road trip? Check out <A title="http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016" href="http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016" target="_blank">AOL Travel Guides</A>.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>