This week, Elliott begins a series of 3 episodes looking at the Jewish concept of Tikkun Olam - the repairing of the world.
You can read the transcript of Obama's full speech at AIPAC here.
To listen to the BBC World Service Programme about Tikkun Olam, click here.
To read the section of the Mishnah that Elliott is talking about, you can visit Sefaria: https://www.sefaria.org/Mishnah_Gittin.4.2?lang=bi
Next week: Elliott continues the discussion of Tikkun Olam by looking at the Aleinu prayer and reading some of the texts of the Maharal of Prague.
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