Torah in Ten: Pinchas
Sources: www.chabad.org, www.sie.org, Kehot Chumash, Sefaria.org
This week's Torah in Ten is dedicated in loving memory of Hachosid Avrohom ben Yehuda Piamenta. May we be reunited with him very soon with the coming of Moshiach now!
Organized Chaos
In the opening pages of his biography, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, reflects candidly on his adoption. He recalls a chilling moment when he was about six or seven years old. He told the girl across the street that he was adopted, and she replied, “So does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?”
“Lightning bolts went off in my head,” he said. “I remember running into the house, crying. My parents said, ‘No, you have to understand.’ They were very serious and looked me straight in the eye, ‘We specifically picked you out.’”