What do we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren? What legacy do we want to leave? Our people have miraculously survived for millennia without a country. They have suffered and been persecuted, but even so, we have developed values that we pass ​​on from generation to generation. And one of these is Tikkun Olam, the repair
of the world.

I’d like to tell you a story:

A scientist, greatly concerned about the world’s problems, was determined to find a cure for the viruses that are attacking everyone. He spent days and nights in his lab to find answers to his questions.

One day, his seven-year-old son invaded his place of solitude, determined to help his father in his work. The scientist, already nervous about viruses and research, tried to get the child to go elsewhere, but realizing that the boy would not leave, he looked for something to distract the boy. 

He took a little book containing a world map, cut it into many pieces and gave it to the boy, along with a roll of duct tape. He said to him, "You like puzzles, right? You want to help me fix the world? I'll let you fix the world all by yourself."

 When I managed to fix the man, I turned him over and saw that I could fix the world.

He thought it would take the boy days to assemble the map, but a few hours later, he heard his son's voice calmly calling him. "Dad, I'm done. I managed to fix the whole world."

At first, the father did not believe it: it was not possible that at the age of seven the child would be able to reassemble a map that he has never seen before! But he left his notes and went to his son, confident that he would see a complicated mess, full of errors.

To his surprise, the map was perfect-all the pieces were in place. How was this possible? How did he do it? "You didn't know what the world was like," the scientist said to his son. "How did you do this?"

"Dad," said the boy, "I didn't know what the world was like, but when you tore the page out of the booklet, I saw that there was a picture of a man on the other side of the page. When you gave me the world to fix, I tried, but I couldn't. Then I remembered the picture of the man on the other side, so I turned all the pieces over and started to fix the man, because I knew how he should be. When I managed to fix the man, I turned him over and saw that I could fix the world.

We live in this world and we want to fix it, but first we have to fix ourselves: we have to fix and heal mankind. If we can do this, we will already have taken a giant step toward healing the world.

We also contribute to Tikkun Olam when we invest in the State of Israel. Doing so,  creates an insurance policy for future generations.

We must teach our children that helping one person can help to fix the whole world.

Le Dor Va Dor-that should be our lesson for the generations to come.