A Moment in Time: “A Little Perspective”

Dear all,

Last night I finished putting together this awesome Lego mosaic of our family. (I bought the kit and uploaded a photo to create a Lego picture, one tiny tile at a time).

As you can see from this video, up close it looks like a bunch of Lego bricks. But when you step back, it’s pretty extraordinary how the pixels transform into ZEMR (Zach, Eli, Maya, Ron.)

It gives me pause. How often do we make conclusions without stepping back to understand an entire situation? How often do we make judgements without looking from other angles?

In Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Hillel taught, “Do not judge another until you have been in that person’s place.”

And so – before we make a judgement, we should get a little perspective.

It takes a moment in time to look once. It takes another moment in time to look again. Let’s not forget that second moment in time.

With love and shalom,

Rabbi Zach Shapiro