There are those who share Torah via technology, through shiurim or written Divrei Torah, and their words touch others, often without them ever knowing it. In today’s world, with the reach of technology, Torah can travel far beyond what one could imagine, reaching people and places the speaker or writer may never have anticipated. Sometimes its impact is immediate, but at times it surfaces years later.
The pasuk says שלח לחמך על פני המים כי ברב הימים תמצאנו, send your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it. In our generation, you can give a shiur, write Torah insights and the like, and then send them out into cyberspace. You may never know who it reaches but it may change lives. The pasuk can thus be understood as an encouragement to share your Torah—your lechem, as Torah is referred to as in לכו לחמו בלחמי—because with time, those teachings may be discovered and cherished by someone.
Rabbi Alt merited to learn under the tutelage of R’ Mordechai Friedlander ztz”l for close to five years and received semichah from R’ Zalman Nechemia Goldberg ztz”l. Rabbi Alt has written thousands of Torah articles on numerous topics for various websites and publications and is the author of ten books including the recently released “Astounding Torah Insights about the Human Body.” His writings, many of which have been translated into Yiddish, Hebrew, German and French, inspire people across the spectrum of Jewish observance to live with the vibrancy and beauty of Torah. His shiurim can be found on various websites including Kol Halashon’s. Rabbi Alt lives with his wife and family in Kiryat Yearim (where the Aron was for 20 years [Shmuel 1, 7:1,2]) where he studies, lectures, writes and teaches. The author is passionate about teaching Jews of all levels of observance.
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Jews, years after I wrote a Torah essay, telling me how those words made a difference in their lives.
