What is Jews as the chosen people?
{{Judaism}} The [[Judaism|Jewish]] belief of '''Jews as a chosen people''' is that [[Jew]]s are the chosen people of [[God]]. Some Jews believe that God has given them a [[wikt:special|special]] [[wikt:job|job]] to [[wikt:repair|repair]] the world and make it a [[wikt:better|better]] place. According to this view, they must use the things in the world to [[wikt:increase|increase]] good and come closer to God, and as God’s [[wikt:partner|partner]] in repairing the world – to find ways to [[wikt:lessen|lessen]] [[wikt: suffering|suffering]] of people and animals, to make more peace and [[wikt: respect|respect]] between people, and to [[wikt:protect|protect]] the earth’s [[environment]] from [[wikt: destruction|destruction]].<ref name= J10BIp29>{{cite book |title=Judaism’s 10 Best Ideas |last= Green |first= Arthur |year= 2014|publisher= Jewish Lights Publishing|location= Woodstock, VT |isbn=978-1-58023-803-8 |pages=29-35}}</ref><ref name=MJL_TO>{{cite web|title=Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Caring_For_Others/Tikkun_Olam_Repairing_the_World_.shtml|website=My Jewish Learning|access-date=23 June 2014|archive-date=25 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625061052/http://myjewishlearning.com/practices/Ethics/Caring_For_Others/Tikkun_Olam_Repairing_the_World_.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> This process is known as “''tikkun olam''” (from [[Hebrew]]) – repairing the world. ==From the Bible== This origin of the idea in the [[Torah]] (the first five books of the Tanakh, which are also included in the Christian Bible). Much is written about these topics in [[rabbi]]nic literature: According to [[Judaism]], God made an [[wikt:agreement|agreement]] called a “covenant” with [[Abraham]], the [[wikt:ancestor|ancestor]] of the Jewish people. The Bible says that God [[wikt:promise|promised]] to [[wikt:bless|bless]] Abraham and his [[wikt:descendant|descendants]] if they [[wikt:worship|worshipped]] God and were [[wikt:faithful|faithful]] to him. God made thi