Dvir Cahana and Shalhevet Cahana

Rabbi Dvir Cahana has taught Torah, led tefillah, and built community in his hometown community of Montreal, then New York City, and now Miami. Dvir was a winner of the Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36” award for launching The Amen Institute, an international space where professional artists and rabbis unite to inspire each other in the creation of Torah-art. Himself a hip hop and rap artist, Dvir is the rabbinic educator for the Jewish rap collective Rappers and Rabbis. Under his guidance, the group has made a Hip Hop Haggadah and The MC-DUR, performed in front of thousands of teens nationwide. Dvir’s 15 studio albums show a love of Yiddishkeit and wordplay. He received his rabbinic ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in 2024 and holds a master’s in Jewish studies from McGill University. Rabbanit Shalhevet Cahana teaches Judaic Studies at the Jewish Leadership Academy, a groundbreaking Jewish Day school in Miami. She is entering her 7th year as Community Scholar in Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, CA — coming to the community several times a year to teach shiurim (classes) and drashot (sermons). She is a Kallah Teacher, trained by Merkaz Eden in Yerushalayim. To date, she has taught in over 80 synagogues and campuses in North America, France, and Israel. Rabbanit Cahana previously studied in Maimonides School, Migdal Oz, Stern College for Women and their advanced Gemara program called the Graduate Program for Advanced Talmudic Studies (GPATS).