tikkun olam

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The value, prominent in Liberal Judaism, of helping and bettering society as a whole. uncountable
    — A middle-aged Jewish male searching for female companionship can place a personal ad in an Indianapolis magazine and identify himself as searching for a woman “committed to tikkun olam”.

词源

Borrowed from Hebrew תִּקּוּן עוֹלָם (tikún olám, literally “repairing the world”). The Hebrew phrase has been used to refer to a variety of things through Jewish history, including the elimination of idolatry.
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