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I’m calling tons, and then smiled. “Just as I thought. You don’t have
in with a internet connection, right?” RELAX REJUVENATE RECONNECT
Computer short anec- “No,” I replied with pride.
dote that left Phil turned around and waved his hands at the cubbies
Doctor a deep im- full of laptops, stacked one on top of the other. “See this?”
pression on he asked dramatically. “The owners of these computers
me. It made look and act just like you. They don’t have internet. They
me so proud don’t have access to anything.”
to be a mem- I nodded, though I couldn’t imagine what he was trying
ber of Klal Yisroel, and I hope to share that feeling with to tell me.
others who read this column. “Computer programs get updated automatically via in-
I have a laptop computer at home, and I use it like a ternet connection,” Phil explained. “When you’re not con-
typewriter. It isn’t connected to anything. It can’t do any- nected, your programs don’t get updated. Eventually, they May ‘‘
thing, other than type my chiddushim and save them in the crash.” ‘
correct folders. Oh. That made sense.
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The laptop served me well for many years, until one “I’ve got loads of customers who bring in their comput- 12 -14 th
day…it just didn’t! ers every few weeks,” Phil continued, while he tagged my
There was something very wrong with my computer and order and jotted down a few instructions. “I update their
I knew that it needed emergency ‘medical’ attention. The programs and then they’re good to go, until the next visit. Featuring
thought of losing years of chiddushim and Torah pam- I’ll fix up your laptop, good as new, but you’ll have to come Special guest from
phlets was more than I could bear. I packed up my rebel- back every so often for a tune-up.” Eretz Yi oel
lious laptop and headed to the closest computer store. I watched as Phil taped a receipt to my laptop and then
“This thing just stopped working, from one minute to stuck it into one of the crowded cubbies behind him. “See?
the next!” I told Phil, the computer technician standing be- Your computer joined its friends. You can pick it up late af-
hind the counter. “I don’t know what’s wrong.” ternoon.”
Phil looked me up and down, taking in my obviously I watched my kosher, unconnected, internet-free com- Rabbi N Grama
Jewish appearance at a glance. He pointed to my hat and puter resting between its good friends, and I felt a surge of Rabbi S M Rubashkin Rabbi Todros Miller Rabbi S Grama Rabbi Yakov Schwob
peyos, and said, “I’ve got lots of customers who look exact- pride welling up inside of me.
ly like you.” “Hashem!” I cried soundlessly. “Nobody in the world Rebbitzen Dinah Fink Mrs. Leah Rubashkin Mrs. Miriam Berezin Mrs. Miriam Lapides
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