LEV286 The God of Judaism is neither aloof nor self-centered. He is very much involved in the world which He created. Heschel, Prophets, Ch. 11-18. The nature of their involvement, in so far as it bares upon the behavior of man, is subsumed under the concept of holiness. Because God is holy (Isaiah 6:3), and because man was created in His image, "the utmost virtue of man is to become like onto Him, may He be exalted, as far as he is able; which means that we should make our actions like unto His, as the Sages make clear when interpreting the verse "Ye shall be holy."