Each morning, we begin our day with the blessing of the commandment to study Torah. The question often asked, is why do we only say this blessing once a day? Why do we not say it each time we take the time to study torah? The answer very simply is that this commandment does not only apply to sitting and learning torah. It applies to the way we conduct ourselves all day long. It applies to the way we conduct ourselves in business, the way we speak to others, the way we act towards our spouse and children and the way we treat strangers. And that is exactly what the Jerusalem College of Technology stands for. It is an institution aimed at combining our technological and secular worlds with the ethics and guidelines set for us by our Torah. It gives me great pride knowing that there is such a strong emphasis on coupling a superior technological education with the teachings of the responsibility we have to conduct ourselves in an ethical manner. Technology continuously changes while our Torah does not. To survive in the world of technology we have to change, and to survive as a people we cannot allow ourselves to change. Technology is bound by the times we live in, while the ethics of our Torah is not. In the United States, Israel and around the world, we are the beneficiaries of the technology developed by students who have received their education from the Jerusalem College of Technology. May we continue to learn and gain from both their secular accomplishments and from the Torah values they stand for.

Roy Barth

Rabbi Moshe Kinderlehrer - Executive Vice President