Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

“A sad Pesach”, answers my besty When I send a yellow flower & wish her a happy festi – A sad Pesach? I wonder, what she means? She wishes me so, or says or… what is it? And I know … Continue reading →

אורח אחר לליל הסדר The following post was mostly published two years ago. The first paragraph read: “The latest series of terror attacks demands for something to be said on the matter … as if it is blasphemy to start … Continue reading →

לכבוד ראש חודש ניסן This week was Rosh Chodesh Nissan, the first month of the biblical year, the beginning of spring in the Land of Israel (as we experienced with a lightning storm in the evening and a hail storm … Continue reading →

“עז והדר לבושה”…. פרשת שמיני How much ink has been spilled and how many quills have been sharpened”… (an expression from Midrash Tanhuma Zav, 7) in an attempt to engage, discuss, understand, interpret the case of Nadav and Avihu, the … Continue reading →

הפרה והעגל: לכבוד שבת פרה I’ll start this time from the end: not long ago, I had the great privilege of visiting Shiloh. In the Bible, Shiloh was an Israelite city in southern Samaria, and indeed, archaeological finds at the … Continue reading →

פורים: אסתר ומשה מכינים לנו משלוחי מנות Once upon a time, when my children were younger and we lived in places where it was impossible to find hamantashen for Purim, already a week or two before the holiday, the whole … Continue reading →

מי ש… מי ש… משכן…. חודש אדר (ב) ופרשת פקודי בשבוע שעבר, לרגל יום האישה הבינלאומי וחודש אדר הקרב ובא, החליטו בבית הספר שלי לקיים “ערב כיף” לנשות הצוות: “בואו במצב רוח טוב”! אמרה ההזמנה הצבעונית, בנסיון להיות עליזה, “יהיה … Continue reading →

פרשת ויקהל – הנס הגדול בתורה וביקור בגני הנדיב Every time we come to the Torah portion of Vayakhel, it is clear to me that it is precisely here that the greatest miracle in the Torah is hidden, and perhaps … Continue reading →