tikkun olam
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם (“repairing the world”). The Hebrew phrase has been used to refer to a variety of things through Jewish history, including the elimination of idolatry.
Noun
[edit]tikkun olam (uncountable)
- The value, prominent in Liberal Judaism, of helping and bettering society as a whole.