Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת שופטים: “שֹׁפְטִ֣ים וְשֹֽׁטְרִ֗ים תִּֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ בְּכׇל־שְׁעָרֶ֔יךָ”… The Torah portion “Shoftim”, the 5th one in the Book of Deuteronomy in which Moses continues his speech before his death, presents us with countless topics, each pulling us to go … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “ראה”: עַשֵּׂ֣ר תְּעַשֵּׂ֔ר… In Gay Hendricks’ eye and heart opening book, “The Big Leap” (recommended), he poses a major question we all are likely to face as we meet life’s (what he calls) “barriers”: am I … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים בפרשת “עקב” – מברכה לברכה In the 19th century, with the development of new means of transportation and the complex historical processes in the area, many travelers and visitors came to see the longed-for Holy Land, the Land … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת “ואתחנן” – שבת נחמו – אֶת־הַשֶּׁ֨מֶשׁ וְאֶת־הַיָּרֵ֜חַ The Torah portion of “Va’etchanan” (and I pleaded…) is always read on the Sabbath after Tisha B’Av, a Sabbath that has been named “Shabbat Nachamu”, the Shabbat of comfort … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת דברים: “אחד עשר יום מחורב”… Once again Moshe is about to say his farewell words, and again he reminds me of the opening scene in the movie “Hair” when Claude Hopper-Bukowski and his father are walking … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם מטות-מסעי – מיריחו לפתח תקוה… We have arrived at the end of the Book of Numbers, which usually falls within the – sad and often terribly hot – “Three Weeks”, between the 17th of Tamuz and the … Continue reading →

תורה וטיולים עם פרשת פנחס וחמש אחיות… Five sisters, the “daughters of Zlofchad”, appear in our weekly Torah portion, Pinchas, and plead before Moses their claim to receive an estate in the Land of Israel. Who’s their father, who earned … Continue reading →

כי מראש צורים אראנו… תורה וטיולים עם פרשת בלק It is a good Shabbat, when the Torah readings in communities outside of Israel and inside the Land join again, so that we can continue together before the period of mourning … Continue reading →

פרשת חוקת – מנהיגות משתנה וביקור בהור-ההר This week’s Torah portion, Chukat, opens with the complicated topic of The Red Heifer that fills chapter 19 and functions as a sort of “place holder” for the thirty-eight years in the middle … Continue reading →

וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִים – פרשת קורח The Torah portion of Korah begins, as expected, with the story of Korah, a distant cousin of Moses, also from the tribe of Levi, who recruits Datan and Aviram from the tribe of … Continue reading →