Description - Way into Tikkun Olam by Elliot N. Dorff
For everyone who wants to understand the meaning and significance of tikkun olam (repairing the world) in Jewish spiritual life, this book shows the way into an essential aspect of Judaism and allows you to interact directly with the sacred texts of the Jewish tradition. Guided by Dr. Elliot N. Dorff, Rector and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Judaism, this comprehensive introduction explores the roots of the beliefs and laws that are the basis of the Jewish commitment to improve the world. It looks at the various motivations that the sacred texts provide for caring for others, the ways the Jewish tradition seeks to foster such concerns in our social and family relationships and the kind of society that Jews should strive to create as partners with God. It includes topics such as:*What tikkun olam is. Ancient idea? New concept? The underlying theory has developed over time and branched into related terms and concepts that Judaism has used over thousands of years to describe the duties we now identify as acts of tikkun olam.*Why Jews engage in acts of tikkun olam.
Reasons include, but go far beyond, a general humanitarian feeling that they might have or the hope that if they help others, others will be there to help them. *How Jews repair the world. The concrete expressions of tikkun olam in their families, their communities, the wider Jewish community and the world at large help shape one of the most important aspects of the Jewish tradition.
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