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I’ve been rather busy this week with Mrs CTL and a myriad of medical appointments, but your comment about Tikun Olam not being an orthodox concept irked me,
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The last Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson had this to say about Tikun Olam:
“Tikkun Olam (Repair of the World)

If you see what needs to be repaired and how to repair it, then you have found a piece of the world that G-d has left for you to complete. But if you only see what is wrong and what is ugly in the world, then it is you yourself that needs repair”

Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Lubavitcher Rebbe).

Although I come from a long line of Misnagdim, I contend that the Rebbe and his teaching/preaching met the definition of Orthodox Judaism. I had the honor to meet and speak with the Rebbe several times back in the 1970s. He was quite inspiring