Community
Hillel said: Do not separate yourself from the community.
-Pirkei Avot 2:5
Commentary: We need our silent time and time for ourselves as the
previous passage indicates, but we cannot enter into silence to such an
extent that we become divorced from our community. We also need family,
friends and support. The community provides help and comfort when we need
it, and it also gives us valuable feedback on our own actions. It helps
correct us when we go astray. Just as much as we have the need to grow as
an individual, so do we also have the need to be part of a greater whole.
As always, it is the proper balance that must be found.
