According to the Kabbalah, which is a kind of Jewish mysticism, when God created the world, it was totally whole and perfect. But then it got broken and all the pieces rained down and mixed together. According to this story, today, it is our job, or even responsibility, to repair the world, to make it whole again. This is something we Jews call “tikkun olam.” Repairing the world.
[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”]Tikkun olam can mean something like doing acts of chesed—kindness— or it...