Monthly Archives: August 2024

Where’s Jerusalem in the Torah? – or – “Inquire & go there…” (the Torah portion of Re’e)

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

פרשת “ראה”: ירושלים מן התורה מנין? או “תִדְרְשׁ֖וּ וּבָ֥אתָ שָֽׁמָּה” How many times is Jerusalem mentioned in this name – Yerushalayim – in the Torah? We would think countless times. After all, we’re talking about the Holy City in the … Continue reading →

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“My own power & my hand’s might have won this wealth for me”… (Ekev)

Posted on August 22, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

פרשת עקב: “וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֶת־הַחַ֥יִל הַזֶּֽה”… According to Wikipedia, the expression “my own power and the might of my own hand” appearing in our weekly Torah portion (Deuteronomy 8:17), usually refers to “a person or … Continue reading →

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Coming up: Tu Be’Av

Posted on August 16, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

שבת נחמו לקראת טו באב It says in the Talmud: The mishna taught that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: There were no days as happy for the Jewish people as the fifteenth of Av and as Yom Kippur. The Gemara … Continue reading →

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Tish’a Be’av & Tu Bishvat….

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

תשעה באב וטו בשבט – קיץ תשפד – 2024 הדבר הכי גרוע בתשעה באב, חוץ מזה שזה הצום הכי ארוך והכי חם בשנה, זה שזה קורה באמצע הקיץ, כשבית הספר בחופש הגדול. בנקודה מסוימת, היתה הצעה לשלב את יום השואה … Continue reading →

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The Book of Deuteronomy: Moses’ Story

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

פרשת דברים – הרשומון של משה At the end of the Torah portion of Noah, we are told that Terach, Abram’s father, took his son, his grandson Lot, and Sarai, who is both his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter, and together … Continue reading →

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“Avenge the Israelite people on the Midianites”… Mattot-Mas’ei

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

פרשת מטות-מסעי: נקום את נקמת המדינים… It’s possible to arrive at the Torah portions of Mattot-Mas’ei, especially this year when it’s a double portion, and find plenty of topics to write about: the vows and the power of speech that … Continue reading →

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