Tikkun/Tikun/Tiqqun () is a Hebrew word meaning "amending/fixing". It has several connotations in Judaism:
Traditional
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Tikkun (book), a book of Torah scroll text
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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
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Tikkun olam, the popular Jewish concept of "mending the world"
Contemporary
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''Tikkun'' (magazine), a quarterly interfaith Jewish magazine and website
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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
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''Tikkun'' (film), a 2015 Israeli film
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