Michal Kohane

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Jan 1, 2025, 1:45 PM

A Meeting in the Darkness (parashat Vayigash)

Hanukkah in Jerusalem. To say that there is no other place to be on this holiday? And what about other holidays? Yes, Jerusalem is Jerusalem, in all seasons of the year, and yet Hanukkah is Hanukkah. And in the days...

Nov 29, 2024, 5:29 PM

Ron Dermer, Zohar Argov and Jacob’s Blessing

One of my survival rules here between me, myself and I is to minimize listening to the news, and especially, commentators who pontificate in the TV studios. And yet, here and there I still fall, and am reminded why...

Nov 21, 2024, 1:42 PM

‘Shnei Chayey Sarah’ – the two lives of Sarah

Does this Torah portion hint at a possible solution to our current challenges? Some might suggest just so... We would have expected a Torah potion that’s called “The Life of Sarah" to tell us about Sarah's life, but the name of...

Oct 22, 2024, 4:46 AM

Between the Sukkah & the Mama”d

October 7th 2024 showed up right between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, as if emphasizing this dialog we’re having with the world around us, on all its levels, through the two calendars, and in Israel it was not to...

Oct 8, 2024, 12:34 AM

Between RH & YK; between the 7th & the 8th

To reach October 7th this week, during the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in this dialog between the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars around us... perhaps we thought we could choose only one calendar, but it turns out...

Sep 23, 2024, 2:46 PM

40 hours in Otef Aza: Shabbat on the edge

The first clue that I’m getting closer, is a small gas station just north of Ashkelon. “Can I help you?” asks me, politely and with a smile, a young lady who runs the place alone and looks like she...

Sep 20, 2024, 6:16 PM

The mitzvah of being joyous in the Land…

"And when you come to the Land that Hashem your Gd is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and settle in it.... you will be joyous in all the goodness that Hashem your Gd gives you”...

Aug 22, 2024, 9:28 AM

“My power and my hand’s might won this for me”…

According to Wikipedia, the expression "my own power and the might of my own hand" appearing in our weekly Torah portion (Deuteronomy 8:17), usually refers to “a person or group who attribute the results of their success to their...

Aug 19, 2024, 2:10 PM

Tu Be’Av: Not a Jewish Valentine’s Day

It says in the Talmud: The mishna taught that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: There were no days as happy for the Jewish people as the fifteenth of Av and as Yom Kippur. The Gemara asks: Granted, Yom Kippur is...

Aug 12, 2024, 5:47 PM

Tish’a Be’av & Tu Bishvat (5 shorts)

The worst thing about Tish’a Be’av, aside from being the longest, hottest fast of the year, is that it falls in the middle of the summer, when there is no school. At some point, there was an idea to combine...

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About Me

Currently a "toshevet chozeret" in Israel, Rabbanit Michal Kohane, trained chaplain and educator, is a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat and teacher of Torah and Talmud in Israel and abroad, and soon, official tour guide in the Land of Israel. She holds several degrees in Jewish / Israel studies as well as a PsyD in organizational psychology, and has been a leader and educator for decades. 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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