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"Why a Rabbi Wrote a Book on Jesus" Rabbi Moffic of Highland Park, Illinois, United States for Wednesday, 10 February 2016 - The Book is Here
Most book about Jesus are written by, well, Christians. But if you visited Ireland, you would want an Irish tour guide. And if you want to learn more about the Jewishness of Jesus, you might want a practicing Jew. So that's what led me to write this.
You can get even more, plus a few jokes, in the video below.
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"How Aiming for Imperfection Can Improve Your Life" Rabbi Moffic of Highland Park, Illinois, United States for Friday, 22 January 2016 - The Book is Here
Sometimes I hear a voice in the back of my head. It says, "Your entire future rests on getting this article just right. It has to be perfect. If not, your life will amount to nothing."
Not a very encouraging thought.
I have a problem. It's not uncommon among writers or other artists. We aim for perfection.
We think every sentence has to be perfect. Every idea has to be concisely conveyed. The paragraphs have to flow. The conclusion has to match the introduction.
With so many overwhelming thoughts, we don't want to start. It's easier to put it off.
Well there is a cure: aim for imperfection.
It sounds paradoxical. But it works. We rarely get things right the first time. Any good writer will tell you the best writing rarely happens in the rough draft. It happens in the edits.
Success Happens in the Next Round
You should have seen the rough draft for book on What Every Christian Needs to Know About Passover. The final product had the same number of chapters. But little else was the same. The same was true for What Every Christian Needs to Know About the Jewishness of Jesus.
It's not only in art: We should aim for imperfection everywhere. Aim for it in parenting, relationships, our work.
See, when we stop worrying about perfection, we start doing. And once we start doing, it's hard to stop. And as we keep doing, we get better and better.
Mistakes that Succeed
Sometimes I look back at the first sermons I delivered as a rabbi. I cringe in embarrassment. Had I expected to be perfect, however, I would never have started, and never have improved.
And don't just take my word for it. Consider the artist Botticelli's masterpiece "Birth of Venus."
Botticelli deliberately disproportioned Venus.
As art critic Ernest Gumbrich put it, the length of her neck and slumping of her shoulders "enhance the impression of an infinitely tender and delicate being."
Botticelli did not create a perfect Venus. Just as God did not create perfect human beings. God knew, as we all do, that our imperfections make us human.
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Rabbi Evan Moffic
Congregation Solel
1301 Clavey Road
Highland Park, Iliinois 60035, United States
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