We are all Avaryonim, incomplete in ourselves. It takes the presence of other people to make us whole—to give credence and integrity to our experience. According to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, even God had that need—even God needed a witness to lend integrity and credence to the creation—and that, apparently, is why God created us. So if God has this need, how can we be ashamed of it—how can we see ourselves as being above it?
