The Dill: How did the editor of the high-tech desk at Calcalist put on tefillin for the first time in his life?

May 18, 2017   

 'A 'deal' that tears up the web:  Moshe Friedman, founder of 'Kamatek' for integrating Haredim into high-tech, and Meir Orbach - the editor-in-chief of the high-tech desk in the Calcalist newspaper, made an agreement that resulted in one of them finishing a 5-kilometer run this morning - and the other putting on tefillin for the first time in his life. Friedman wrote about the deal on his Facebook page from New York: "Meir Orbach - Calcalist's high-tech editor-in-chief - and I made an agreement. He takes me for a 5-kilometer morning run on the banks of the Hudson River (which I've never done), and afterwards I take him with me to put on tefillin (which he's never done)." He said, "As entrepreneurs, we are here to break down barriers, tear down walls, do something new every day, and achieve the impossible. Thank you, Meir, for challenging me, and for accepting my challenge, and thank you to Guy Horvitz, Fiona Darmon, and Ami Gal, who helped me along the way so that I wouldn't break down." Kama Tech works to help Haredi entrepreneurs establish startups, and to create jobs for Haredi people with technological education.