#tikkun

[themirrorofsienna]

The Broken Whole: From Sparks to Communion

The question of division has followed humanity from the beginning. Some saw it as punishment, others as fracture, others as exile. Still, within different traditions, runs a deeper recognition: the soul belongs to a greater root, a body or tree from which it cannot be separated. Encounters that seem accidental are in fact echoes of ancient unity. The memory of what was broken still circulates, and philosophy, mysticism and myth have given it different names. Plato spoke of a lost whole, Luria of shattered vessels, Paul of the body of Christ. Three languages for one truth.

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[jareckiworld]

Samuel Bak — In Need of a Tikkun  (oil on canvas, 1999)

[gliklofhameln]

Three books of Sabbath readings (Seder tikkunei shabbat)

These book of Sabbath readings include liturgical poetry, psalms, passages from the Mishnah, and rules for the Sabbath influenced by the Kabbalah.

1. Scribe and illustrator: Aaron Wolf Herlingen (ca. 1700 – ca. 1760), 1738. The manuscript was copied and illustrated by Aaron Wolf Herlingen, a prominent 18th-century Jewish calligrapher and illustrator. During this period Central Europe experienced a renaissance in the art of calligraphy and illustration of Hebrew books. Herlingen was a scribe at the Royal Library of Vienna, and also copied and illustrated manuscripts for wealthy Jews. The splendour of this manuscript is evident not only in its beautiful script and illuminations, but also in its special binding of gold filigree.

2. 1717. Handwritten on parchment; ink, gouache, and gold powder.

3. Scribe: Ya’akov ben Yehudah Leib of Berlin, 1724. Handwritten on parchment; ink and gold powder.

[wisdom-and-such]

Tikkun Olam : Repairing the World,  is a concept In Kabbalistic teachings, about human acts of loving kindness and holiness

It is humanities job, The Ari explains, to uncover                                                                                                                                                                                           sparks of divine light clothed in the physicality of our world, in our everyday lives, to entice them them from their shell. Through uplifting the mundane  to a state of holiness; we thereby reveal the already present holiness clothed within it.

[Explaining Tikkun Olam] “The Ari provided the example of eating. You might eat just to fill an empty stomach. But you could also eat in order to derive energy from the nutrients of your food, and then channel that energy into fulfilling your divine mission in life.    [uplifting the food]

Similarly, you might do business just to accumulate wealth. But you could do the same business using a percentage of your profits for charitable purposes. The business itself could be a vehicle for good,”

[ouroboros8ontology]

To recapitulate what we have said, the Gilgul is part of the process of restoration, of Tikkun. Owing to the power of evil over mankind, the duration of this process is immeasurably extended, but—and here we come to a point in Luria’s doctrine which appealed very strongly to the individual consciousness—it can be shortened by certain religious acts, i. e. rites, penitential exercises and meditations. Everybody carries the secret trace of the transmigrations of his soul in the lineaments of his forehead and his hands, and in the aura which radiate from his body. And those to whom it is given to decipher this writing of the soul can aid in its wandering. It is true that this power is conceded by Cordovero and Luria only to the great mystics.

Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism; Seventh Lecture: Isaac Luria and his School

[therezastarman]

can we just talk about this absolutely beautiful tikkun that we have

the cover is so pretty

and metal

and there are pictures in it

[ta-chazei]

Tikkun keriah lekhol lailah vayom ('Supplications for day and night'). Amsterdam: David de Castro Tartas, 1666.

The engraving on the title page shows Sabbatai Zvi seated as a Messiah on a royal lions throne. The date is given in the form of a chronogram ('Lo, I shall rescue my people'), which also refers to the Messiah

[musicmakesyousmart]

Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi - Tikkun

Cuneiform Records

2014