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To understand why the physical is indeed lower than the spiritual, we must first examine the meaning of the term olam, the Hebrew word for world.
Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Chukat-Balak 5769 - July 3, 2009 ] 2008
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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I am learning that the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge, very much in the spirit of tikkun olam is a quintessentially Jewish pursuit.
Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott MD Qanta Ahmed 2010
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The only problem is the concept of tikkun olam, which is a pop-Kabbalistic phrase, has no reference in the Jewish bible.
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You said that thing about tikkun olam, which is in fact a big chunk of my theology --
MORE FROM GINNY BATES -- NO U-HAULS, JUST BORROW A FRIEND'S TRUCK Maggie Jochild 2007
oroboros commented on the word olam
OED: A vast period of time, an age, through a succession of which the universe or the earth has supposedly passed.
June 11, 2008
whichbe commented on the word olam
Yoda, when he's Off Laughing Ass My.
October 21, 2008