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My closest friend used to learn the Talmud in her youth. Then she came to the conclusion that Hashem wanted something very different from her, so she got married and had quite a few children. Yet, of course, she's continued to be a very deep person, so we often exchange deep and profound ideas. Recently she shared something very interesting. In the Talmud, the discussion sometimes ends with the word "תיקו" (" teiku "), which means that no answer has been found to that particular question. So my friend said that this "תיקו" is "תיקון" (" tikkun " - "correction") without the letter ""ן" (" nun "). Since we were discussing not the Talmud but our personal lives. she said that whenever a person feels stuck in " teiku ", being unable to find any answers to their life dilemmas, all they need to do is find that missing " nun ", and then they'll be able to turn " teiku " in...

In the previous post, I've written that there is a way (or many ways) to get from " teiku " to " tikkun " - from unresolved life dilemmas and feeling totally stuck to real soul correction. This way is hinted in the Hebrew spelling of these two words: "תיקו" and "תיקון". As it's easy to see, the only difference between them is the letter "ן", which is missing in " teiku " but present in " tikkun ". So we just have to find this missing " nun ", understand what it represents, and bring it into our lives! Since I first began pondering this idea a few days ago, I've realized that there are quite a few missing " nuns ". One of them is connected to the numerical value of this letter, which is "fifty". So this " nun " can be seen as representing the fiftieth gate of wisdom. Upon reaching this gate, a person receives the advice uniquely suited to them at this point in time; ...