Author Archives: Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

If / When you go out, take the Torah with you

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Ki Tetze is the Torah portion with the most commandments: 74 to be exact but the first two words say it all: if (or when) you go out. To me, it declares that the Torah is not only a book … Continue reading →

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What if… (the Torah portion of Shoftim)

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

There are many questions for which I have quick answers (‘Ima, did you see my shoes?’) and some which I have to look up (‘how does ra, re’a, ro’e and ra’ayon all connect’?). But recently I was confronted with one … Continue reading →

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Seeing is Believing?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

I do not like TV, and there is no nice way to say it. yes, I know here and there, there are good shows, but on the whole… Last night, I wrote down what commercials we’re bombarded with in a … Continue reading →

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The Little Things

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

There is a parable traveling around the web about someone who send an email addressed to john@yahoo,com. Days have gone by and John failed to respond. Has he not gotten the email? Why, the address was pretty much correct; the … Continue reading →

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Something on love, hate, what’s between and what’s beyond

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

I spend the morning of Tish’a Be’av arguing with a booking.com representative after they canceled the wrong reservation which they were unable to reinstitute instead of another one, which they were unable to cancel. I’m furious, and I have a … Continue reading →

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Al Hamatzav (the situation) & Some Torah

Posted on August 2, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Just today the U.S. Senate approved another aid package for Israel’s Iron Dome, and a UN representative immediately asked what about Iron Dome for the people in Gaza.  Well, well. Under the “twin siblings’ phenomena”, whatever mom gives the one child, … Continue reading →

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Peace be the Journey

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

 When you’re on the road, time changes shapes and forms. It’s easy to lose count of days. Weeks seem like days. Days seem like weeks. One travels far in order to say, this looks like somewhere else’, said Yehuda Amichai. … Continue reading →

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Pinchas: a model to what not to do

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

Whoever divided this and last week’s Torah portion must be the spiritual great, great grandparent of modern day suspense movies. Last week, we left the Children of Israel in the middle of a turmoil. After Bil’am’s failure to curse the … Continue reading →

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Hope: some day it’s all we got

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

A whole nation held her breath for 18 days, hopeful. “To be a realist in Israel, one must believe in miracles”, said Israel’s first primeminister David Ben Gurion, and this is how we grow up, this is what we teach: … Continue reading →

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Chukat: The Copper Snake – נחש הנחושת

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Michal Kohane מיכל כהנא

The midrash tells us that the first human spent his time giving names to the animals. In Hebrew, of course, and he had fun playing with the letters and roots to convey their core essence. Take for example the dog, … Continue reading →

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