Pronunciations

Definitions

• n. Making the world a better place through volunteering, social justice work, and philanthropy.
  

• n. The Kabbalistic concept of mystically repairing the world through the performance of mitzvot.
  

Example Sentences

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew

Etymology

• תיקון עולם 'lit. repairing the world'
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
• Organizations: People involved in a professional or volunteer capacity with Jewish nonprofit organizations

Regions

• North America
• South Africa
• Australia / New Zealand

Dictionaries

• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
• Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

Alternative Spellings

tikun olam