The Lurianic and Sabbatian Kabbalah teach about a very dynamic and controversial (even dialectical in almost Schellingian sense of this word) process of self explication and self construction of the Absolute (as well as His liberation from even the shadow of the roots of evil) which as the process of tikkun (Restoration, or Universal Correction) unfolds the unlimited richness of His contents in the system of Personalities, or Hypostases (Partzufim). Therefore, the World of Restoration ('Olam Tikkun) is not equal (but is not different as well) to the world of 'Or En-Sof (Ultimateless Light, or Absolute) of the beginning. Tikkun 'Olam is of the same nature as 'Or En-Sof but it is not simplicity and potentiality but concrete unity of differences and actuality. And the process of Tikkun is called "the repairing of the God's Face" because it corrects the existential break, or gap in the Absolute Being as such which is also a moment in His unfolding.
Evgueni Tortchinov
Tikkun in contemporary Jewish culture seems to be less concerned with the cosmic-occult dimension of Lurianism, and more with a social, political, and literary perspective:
Tikkun.org - a Jewish critique of
politics, culture, and society
Social Action - from the B'nai Jeshurun site
Tikkun
Olam : Social Responsibility in Jewish Thought and Law by David
Shatz (Editor), Chaim I. Waxman (Editor), Nathan J. Diament (Editor) -
This work is an in depth look at the sources of Jewish political
activism. While Jews, particulalrly in America, are often driven and at the
forefront of political and social reform, many of them would be hard pressed to
explain what is the source of their commitment to this enterprise. Tikkun Olam
is meant to answer much of this question. Leading scholars examine this topic in
general as well as what classic Jewish sources have to say about more discrete
current issues such as welfare reform and health care policy
Tikkun...to
Heal, Repair and Transform the World : An Anthology by Michael
Lerner (Editor) To
Learn Is to Do : A Tikkun Olam Roadmap by Sharon D. Halper, Ann
D. Koffsky (Illustrator) Tales
of Tikkun : New Jewish Stories to Heal the Wounded World by
Phyllis Ocean Berman, Arthur Ocean Waskow, Arthur Ocean Waskon (Contributor)
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