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Tikkun/Tikun/Tiqqun () is a Hebrew word meaning "amending/fixing". It has several connotations in Judaism:


Traditional

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Tikkun (book) A tikkun or tiqqun ( he, תיקון) is a book used by Jews to prepare for reading or writing a Torah scroll. There are two types of tikkun, a ''tikkun kor'im'' and a ''tikkun soferim''. Tikkun kor'im A ''tikkun kor'im'' or ''tiqqun qor'im'' (re ...
, a book of Torah scroll text *
Tohu and Tikkun ''Olam HaTohu'' ( he, עוֹלָם הַתֹּ֫הוּ "The World of ''Tohu''-Chaos/Confusion") and ''Olam HaTikun'' ( "The World of ''Tikun''-Order/Rectification") are two general stages in Jewish Kabbalah, in the order of descending spiritual ...
, the two stages of Existence described in the Kabbalah of Isaac Luria *Tikkun refers to the nightly/early morning synagogue readings on certain Jewish holidays, for example,
Hoshana Rabbah Hoshana Rabbah ( arc, הוֹשַׁעְנָא רַבָּא, , Great Hoshana/Supplication) is the seventh day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, the 21st day of the month of Tishrei. This day is marked by a special synagogue service, the Hoshana R ...
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Tikkun HaKlali ''Tikkun HaKlali'' ( he, תיקון הכללי, lit., "The General (or Comprehensive) Rectification"), also known as The General Remedy, is a set of ten Psalms whose recital serves as ''teshuvah'' (repentance) for all sins — in particular the ...
, ten psalms that correspond to ten types of melody *
Tikkun olam ''Tikkun olam'' ( he, תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם, , repair of the world) is a concept in Judaism, which refers to various forms of action intended to repair and improve the world. In classical rabbinic literature, the phrase referred to leg ...
, the popular Jewish concept of "mending the world"


Contemporary

* ''Tikkun'' (magazine), a quarterly interfaith Jewish magazine and website *''
Tiqqun ''Tiqqun'' was a French-Italian ultra-left anarchist philosophical journal or zine, produced in two issues from 1999 to 2001. Topics treated in the journal's articles include anti-capitalism, anti-statism, Situationism, feminism, and the histor ...
'', a radical French philosophical journal * ''Tikkun'' (film), a 2015 Israeli film {{disambiguation Hebrew words and phrases