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What Is "Tikkun Olam"?

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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  1. 0:00Hi, this is Dov Olansky with that question and answer series. Within a short period of…
  2. 0:30mean, it's reform doctrine that the Torah was not given by God. It's written up by…
  3. 1:02So, morality. Morality. What we call secular humanism, and I don't know what's wrong with secular…
  4. 1:33what's left? Gefilte fish? Yeah, bagels and lox? No, doesn't make any sense. What are you…
  5. 2:04so what's the purpose of your religion? So, they come up with tikkun olam that the…
  6. 2:36chesed who goes around doing chesed. Why? To teach people that God created the world as…
  7. 3:08I'd like to teach the world to pray in perfect harmony, right? That's our job. Our…
  8. 3:39where God's name will be in the lips of all the people of the world, and…
  9. 4:11purpose of the Jewish people. Uh this is Dov Elkins with our question and answer series.…

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