Tikkun (Repair)

Tikkun is the Lurianic doctrine of cosmic repair: after the Shevirat ha-Kelim (Shattering of the Vessels), holy sparks (Nitzotzot) fell into the realm of the Klippot (husks), and it is the task of human souls to gather and elevate them through mitzvot, kavvanah, and devekut. Rabbi Isaac Luria taught that each act of restoration rebuilds the Partzufim (divine configurations) and hastens the Geulah (redemption). Tikkun Olam in this Kabbalistic sense is not social repair but ontological restoration — the reassembly of the shattered divine architecture so that the Or Ein Sof can once again flow unimpeded through all the Sefirot.