What appears more fitting this present day and age, but to ask AI to define this somewhat uncommon term? So, here’s what ChatGPT states – 06.12.2025:
“The Hebrew word Tikkun means “repair” or “restoration,” and in Jewish thought it describes the human task of mending what is broken in the world. In Kabbalah, this idea becomes cosmic: creation itself is fractured, and every ethical act helps restore harmony by “lifting” hidden sparks of divine light. In modern Judaism, Tikkun Olam refers to social responsibility — the work of building a just, compassionate society.
Erich Fromm, though a secular humanist, reinterpreted this same structure in psychological terms. For him, the human being is unfinished and often alienated, and must heal both the self and the world through productive love, creativity, and ethical action. Fromm’s vision of humanistic socialism and the practice of love closely mirror the spiritual essence of Tikkun: reconnecting what is separated and enabling life to flourish.
Whether mystical or humanistic, Tikkun expresses a shared intuition: the world is incomplete, and we are called to help repair it — through awareness, responsibility, and acts of love.”
