Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

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 →

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 →