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Ki Tisa

relate to others: not only must we relate to each individual as unique,
we must also lift each and every one up and make him or her feel
special and worthy of attention and love. This is the true meaning of
the words, “when you lift up the heads.”

Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach once visited a prison in the United States
of America in order to give the prisoners hope and encouragement.
As was his way, he hugged and kissed all the prisoners, Jews and
non-Jews alike. As he was leaving, one of the inmates, a large and
muscular man came running after him, startling him and the guards.
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He then shyly asked for another hug which Reb Shlomo gladly gave
him. He then confided that had someone only given him a hug like
that when he was younger he would not be in prison today.

To lift up another’s “head” entails looking beyond superficial
appearances and revealing the Divine spark within each individual.
The realization that we are all “half shekels” (no one was permitted
to give more or less to the Tabernacle, no matter how rich or how
poor he was) reigns in our egos, reducing our tendency to delude
ourselves into thinking that we are somehow whole, while others are
but halves. It is the Divine spark within each of us that imbues us
with a sense of true completeness, enabling us to see so much deeper
and providing us with the strength to lift up those we meet. (For
further insight into this concept, see a “Whole and a Half” in the
portion of Terumah.)

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