about תקן
Guys, I have a question regarding the root ‘תקן’.
This root basically means ‘to correct, repair’.
But reading the text, I noticed this root also shows the religious thing.
For example, ‘’ means ‘religious ruling’.
Is there the way of thinking in the Hebrew that to correct something relates to the religious matter ?
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Answers · 5
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Yes, it stems from the same root: in the Jewish belief - the more "religious" you get, the stronger you are in your belief and the closer you are with the divine - you get closer to "correcting" yourself in the eyes of God, and "correcting" the world for the better, to make it more spiritual and closer to God.
We have "good measures" and "bad measures", and the believer works throughout their lives to correct the bad measures, and this is how "correcting" is related to religion.
I hope this helps :)
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To add to what others have said, the expression תיקון עולם (tikkun olam - "repairing the world") was used in the Mishnah and in the 3rd century prayer עָלֵינוּ (alenu - "it is on us" or "it is our responsibility"). This expression has various interpretations, but all interpretations involve humanity working together with the deity to make the world better.
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Agree with the explanation, except it is the same root. To fix = to set right (or according to regulation/ruling [religious or otherwise])
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to fix/to correct/to repair - לתקן (verb) example:
to fix the car - לתקן את המכונית, he fixed the car - הוא תיקן את המכונית
תקנה - regulation (noun) - example:
תקנות לשעת חירום - regulations for emergency time/emergency regulations
other meanings (noun): rule, religious rule etc.
a different word - תֶּקֶן - means 'standard' or 'norm
Regarding your question - ... something relates to religion? Probably.
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