Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

פרשת נח – תשפד: דפי זהב There was once a not-so-funny joke about a man who liked to read the Golden (Yellow) Pages. ‘What kind of book is this’, asked his bewildered friend, there is no plot’! ‘Yes, replied the … Continue reading →

דברים לעשות ולא לעשות (רשימה בהתהוות)… – תשרי, תשפד What is said here assumes one has at home – food, water, a charged phone / charger, candles, matches / lighter, blankets, first-aide, and anything else needed for one’s basic physical … Continue reading →

וזאת הברכה… We have come to “Ve’zot Habracha” – and this is The blessing”, the last Torah portion; a portion, that on one hand, does not have its own Shabbat, because it is recited on Simchat-Torah, and on the other … Continue reading →

How are you, she asks me when we meet for our morning coffee. Thank Gd, I answer with a big smile, everything is good. She looks at me, wondering, checking, Everything? Good? I think for a moment, looking around, at … Continue reading →

כנשר יעיר קינו… תורה וטיולים לשבת שובה עם פרשת האזינו The Torah portion of Ha’azinu, read on this Shabbat – Shabbat Shuva between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, is among the shortest Torah portions, and also – the least understood. … Continue reading →

תקע בשופר גדול”… ראש השנה תשפ”ד” Our “Rosh Hashana”, as such, is not mentioned in the Torah. If anything, another month is mentioned as “the first to you of the months of the year” (Exodus 12:2), and that is the … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים: משה וברבי, בחירות והליכות… פרשות ניצבים-וילך – Thanks to a wonderful guest who came for a short visit (always too short…), I was invited to see the movie “Barbie”. The film, much more sophisticated than its name suggests, … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “והיה כי תבוא אל הארץ”…. I’m celebrating these days 4 years since my return to Israel. I’ve debated between “marking” or maybe “counting” but decided on “celebrating”. Hardly a week goes by that someone doesn’t ask … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת כי תצא – חגיגה “על הגג” לכבוד שנת ה-100 ליסוד מפעל הדף היומי This coming Shabbat, Parshat “Ki-Tatsa” (9th of Elul, 2017) marks the 100th anniversary of the historic announcement by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, … Continue reading →