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Jun 22, 2022, 9:17 PM

Korach wants Democracy Now

On the fourth day in the story of the creation back in the Book of Genesis, we are faced with a conflict. It says (1:16): “Gd made the two great lights” and immediately after, “the big light to dominate...

Mar 10, 2022, 11:02 PM

Converting Amalek’s Mom??

This Shabbat, Shabbat "Zachor," the Shabbat before Purim, a second Torah is taken out and in addition to this week's Torah portion, we read a passage from Deuteronomy (25:17-19) describing the obligation to remember the war of Amalek (which...

Sep 3, 2021, 10:42 AM

Shemitah, why it still matters, davka now

The soon coming upon us year 5772 will be a shemitah year. How do we know? Divide the number of years by 7. If there is no remainder, then it is a shemitah year. There is no doubt that the...

Jul 18, 2021, 12:29 AM

Blue, White, and Orange, still

Tish’a Be’Av - the 9th of Av – is somber. Once upon a time, a glorious Temple stood in Jerusalem. It emanated Light, Goodness, Hope, Spirituality. And it was destroyed, forever changing the destiny of the Jewish people. Since...

Jun 4, 2021, 6:57 PM

Meeting in the land

Once a year the High Priest would enter the holy of holies in the Temple, and there, say a prayer for the People of Israel, so we learn in this week’s daf yomi. We might think that he would...

May 28, 2021, 12:38 PM

Complaining & Dancing & Journeying on…

Where is the line between complaining and communicating one’s pain? The dictionary defines complaining as “express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something; state that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness)”, all things that seem “ok”...

Apr 1, 2020, 6:44 PM

Corona Journal (3) inc an idea for this 3-day chag

Our building’s “va’ad bayit” (house committee) sent out an email letting us know that the building’s cleaning lady is now working from home, so please don’t be too messy in the public areas. And I thought, mmm… the next...

Mar 25, 2020, 10:32 AM

There’s no chorus, just dance! Corona Journal (2)

It’s been a while that I’ve had this idea: a “Yeshiva-Ashram,” a place to combine Judaism and yoga, east and home wisdoms. A big dream. And at the same time, very simple. After all, we’ve incorporated things from all...

Mar 20, 2020, 3:59 PM

Shabbat 12b: Reading by Candlelight

G-d willing, when we emerge from this, there will be much to research about the impact on social isolation on our lives, health and well-being, and yes, I know about zoom and facebook streaming, even live, and skype and...

Mar 19, 2020, 12:38 PM

Corona Journal, day something (1)

It’s Corona day something; I don’t have a count. It just started and already seems like forever. I’m taking a walk into the Carmel park; it’s a glorious spring day before the next storm, before the next ‘don’t go...

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About Me

Currently a "toshevet chozeret" to Israel, Rabbanit Michal Kohane is a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, teacher of Torah and Talmud in Israel and abroad, and chaplain in training. She holds several degrees in Jewish / Israel studies as well as a PsyD in organizational psychology, and has been a leader and educator for over 25 years. Michal’s first novel, Hachug ("Extracurricular") was published in Israel by Steimatzky, and her weekly, mostly Torah, blog can be found at www.miko284.com.

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