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Tikkun

The Talmud records the story of the Roman Rufus who challenged Rabbi Akiva, “If your God loves the poor why does He not sustain and feed them?”
Rabbi Akiva replied, “So that we, by helping them, save ourselves from guilt and punishment.”

-Baba Batra 10

This is our task, complete God's work.
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