The Pursuit of Perfection: vice or Virtue in Judaism?
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چکیده
Chazal exhort us to strive for ever higher goals. It says in והילא יבד אנת הבר ) גכ : א ( ךכיפל דחאו דחא לכ םירמוא ויהי , בקעיו קחצי םהרבא השעמל יישעמ ועיגי יתמ . (When will my deeds equal those of my forefathers)? Likewise, the concept of shleimus ( " תומילש " ), which can be translated as perfection, is also an honored goal in chazal. On the other hand, clinical experience and research indicates that perfectionism is often associated with serious emotional disorders (Blatt, 1995; Flett & Hewitt, 2002; Sorotzkin, 1985, 1998) which, in turn, eventually results in lower levels of achievement.
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