Did you hear about Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu's trip to China this week? As he toured the ancient Ohel Moshe Synagogue in Shanghai with his wife, Sarah and son, Avner, they were greeted by my classmate and Shanghai Chabad Rabbi Avraham Greenberg. Avner Netanyahu then asked Rabbi Greenberg if he had a pair of Tefillin handy. Of course he did and Avner proceeded to proudly lay his Tefillin in full view of the ecstatic Chinese press. The fact there was no siddur available was no problem, as Avner casually whipped out his Iphone and proceeded to daven from an app on his phone.
Two years ago this week, just before the holiday of Shavuos, I found myself at the Vienna Airport without an adapter that would recharge my phone into the Austrian outlet. As I sought an alternative, a young man approached me and wished me a 'Gut Yom Tov!'. 
After playing some jewish geography in which we discovered that he knows my uncle in Manchester, NH, I asked him if he had the plug adapter for my phone. I was relieved when he said he did.
I offered to thank him for connecting me to the 'Austrian Wall' by connecting him to the Western Wall' with Tefillin. Moments later, we stood together, two Jews just recently acquainted, proudly laying Tefillin in the Vienesse Airport.
It dawned upon me later, that Tefillin is just like a phone recharger. Though we love the mobility of our phones, we must always take some time to connect the phone to its source in order to replenish its energy.
Same thing with our spiritual energy: Though we run around all day trying to make a living, we must take some time to connect with our energy source, with Hashem, in order to download all the latest updates and blessings to carry us through the day ahead!
Perhaps this was best summed up by Avner Netanyahu, who was asked about the Tefillin when he was finished: '"it reminds us daily of who we stand before."
Next week, we celebrate the Holiday of Shavuos, when we turned from nomads and slaves to a Chosen People. G-d chose us to be His special children by giving us the Torah. The Torah is not just a history book, it's our cell phone charger that fires up our soul.
Just as you'd never go too long without your phone charger, Shavuos reminds us to always remain connected to our source, through a little Torah Study each week.
Wishing you a Shabbos of Connection to your source,
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