Shana Cohen

When big challenges arise for the Jewish people, we generally look to our tzadikim for guidance on how to deal…

They say the longest distance is the one between the head and heart. It’s pretty easy to know something logically…

‘Beraishis bara Elokim… Hashem created the entire world in honor of ‘raishis.’ Who is this lucky Reishis? Its us, Klal…

It’s nearly impossible to sit through a kumzitz nowadays and not hear the song ‘Tzama’ being sung. “Tzama Tzama, Tzama…

It can be so hard to actually daven. Both for people who daven at their set shtender in shul, and…

A little while ago, I wrote an I wrote an article in the Nekuda Tova called ‘Missing Diamonds, Finding Love’.…

Can I share with you my favorite story of all time? I first heard it from the eim bayit (“dorm…

What’s really real? Is this world the main stage, and Shabbos is there to force us to take a pause…

Nobody I know has sinas chinam. Baseless hatred? No way. That’s so the Hebrew year 3828. If I have a…

What’s really real? Is this world the main stage, and Shabbos is there to force us to take a pause…

Nobody I know has sinas chinam. Baseless hatred? No way. That’s so the Hebrew year 3828. If I have a…

The classic understanding of maaseh bereishis is that Hashem created the world in 6 days, and on the seventh, He…

We just finished the month of Tammuz, characterized by the power of sicha — the more conversational form of speech.…

This post does two things. First, it orients us into the avodah of our lifetime. Let’s get comfortable with the…

What makes our galus different from all the other galuses?  If the people who suffered through pogroms, Cossacks, expulsions, poritzes,…

I love love love this line from R’ Yitzchok Berkovits! My husband and I (along with quite a few members…

Emunah often resides in our thoughts, informing our understanding that Hashem Is, Was, and Always Will Be, and that He…

I wrote this quote inspired by Rachel Goldberg-Polin, mother of Hersh, who fought like a lioness to bring her son…

I like to try and track the yetzer hara’s tactics. He’s a slippery strategist, but being able to spot his…

The yetzer hara is a master at making important avodos feel ‘too out of reach’, ‘too lofty’, or ‘unrealistic’. He…

I want a lot of bracha in my life. I want shefa, bracha, parnassa, and all good things, in ruchniyus…

Since October 7th, it’s not uncommon to see billboards around NY and NJ that raise awareness about antisemitism, by taking…

I was recently at a Chaim Ghoori musical performance. The event may have started as a few hundred strangers in…

The importance of ahavas Yisroel is not up for debate. From small children to adults, we know that sinas chinam…