Apologies for my absence and the resultant lack of d’var Torahs over the past month. Sadly, my laptop died an untimely death (it was going for a while) and I have not yet replaced it. Without it, I have not been able to draft posts as I normally would. In a spate of bad luck, the battery in Rabbi Ben’s laptop died and was only replaced this week. Hopefully now I will be able to make posts using his laptop until I can replace my own. Anyone with friends who work for Apple who’d like to help me replace it are more than welcome to speak up now! 
In the meantime, I hope everyone is well and I am looking forward to resuming my posts… starting right now!
Rebbetzin Rachel (with Adventuring Akiva on my lap… he says o9nibo87a MQ,MA78A M,AMKAB7A8AVVYU 6TKQ76N!)
