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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky explains the original meaning of Tikkun Olam in Jewish thought.
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- 0:00Hi, this is David Wolpe with that question and answer series. We're in a short period…
- 0:30Torah was not given by God. It's written up by a bunch of men. And therefore…
- 1:02Morality. What we call secular humanism, and I don't know what's wrong with secular humanism already,…
- 1:34You know, it doesn't make any sense. What are you what are you sticking around for?…
- 2:04So, they come up with tikkun olam that the purpose is to fix the world. And…
- 2:36Why? To teach people that God created the world as a chesed, and he spent an…
- 3:08perfect harmony, right? That's our job. Our job is not there to build hospitals and to…
- 3:40all the people of the world, and then God will be one. As Rashi says, Shema…
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