Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

The Song of the Trees: Shabbat Shira & Tu Bishvat

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Shabbat, although repeated next week in the Ten Commandments, is already mentioned in this week’s reading. Contrary to life the way we know it, when we get rain from the heavens and bread from the ground, the miraculous journey the … Continue reading →

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what’s ahead on the journey

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

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what’s ahead on the journey

Posted on January 15, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

If we were G-d, what would we do? ‘I’ll do whatever I want!’ ok, so let’s say we’d spend bazillion of years enjoying ourselves on a beautiful beach somewhere, and then another bazillion traveling around our amazing universe, and then … Continue reading →

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on the complicated journey to freedom and the patience we need to take with it*

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

The journey of a band of slaves going out to freedom is fascinating, mostly because it’s not just a long ago and far away, and not just a national story of some tiny people some place, but rather, something that … Continue reading →

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Darkness and New Beginnings

Posted on January 1, 2016 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

New Year’s Eve, Haifa, 2016. We’re walking back after watching the fireworks amidst raindrops, trying to figure out what is the origin of this custom we too got drawn into, and celebrate by default. I can’t help but bring up … Continue reading →

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weihnachten whining

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

I love Christmas. Maybe because I don’t have to do anything for it. And maybe because in a strange way it reminds me of my childhood: the very multicultural city I grew up in, when this was a simple, obvious … Continue reading →

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Two shorts on life (Vayechi) and a page from the Journal of…

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

My friends and I. For decades now we meet in each others homes, wherever those are, share food and drink and stories from our days. In good Israeli fashion, the conversation often ends with a deep sigh and a yihye … Continue reading →

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Who’s Plan & A Wonderful Meeting

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Last summer I had a fabulous opportunity to meet a very dear friend whom I haven’t seen for more than 20 years. As I waited nervously, I looked around at the people passing by, wondering, ‘is that him’ ‘is that’… … Continue reading →

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Freud’s Parasha (shabbat shalom & sweet dreams)

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Is this where Freud and Yung got their ideas from? Joseph is the king of dreams, and I am fascinated by what the people of long ago thought about the subject. Obviously, Joseph, his brothers, father and even Pharaoh who … Continue reading →

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Next Love Story: Jacob & Rachel

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

What would a therapist tell Jacob and Rachel? When I look at commentary, I find the first one calling it the greatest love story ever, and the second – worst love story ever. Which way is it? Yes… We know … Continue reading →

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