Godliness is Connectedness

We all have those moments of being alone. Sometimes you can be in a room full of people and still be alone. It’s a painful reality that we all experience at some stage in life.  We are not understood. We are not appreciated.  We are not connected.  

It is why G-d tells Adam, “it is not good for Man to be alone”.  And so He creates Chava, so now Adam is no longer alone. 

The next time the Torah uses those words “it is not good” is in this week’s Torah portion, where Jethro, Moses’ father in law, sees him standing alone from morning to night, judging the people.  Yisro says “it is not good” for you to do this judging by yourself.

What a fascinating commentary that, that which is not good, the Torah tells us is loneness – being alone.
 
The opposite of aloneness is connectedness.  Starting with being connected to Hashem, then connected to other people, parents to children, siblings to each other, spouses to each other and each of us to our friends.

We live in the most connected of times and yet it is easily possible to be alone and disconnected.

G-dliness is Connectedness.

Let’s connect. With each other. With those that are happy.  With those that are hurting.

Have a connected Shabbos!

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