Since I arrived in Yerushalyim, I have been using my Hebrew name, Chanoch, exclusively. My theory is that if nobody in the country calls me "Ken", then I won't have to perk up when someone says "Yes" in Hebrew. We'll see whether that can override 25 years of reflex.

And as for Rav Yaakov Hillel shlit"a, why wait until shabbat when I can just as easily go to his Monday night shiur (on tefillah) at Yeshivat Hevrat Ahavat Shalom, a 10 minute walk away.

My plans for Amukah are to go next Tuesday on an erev Rosh-Chodesh tour of kivrei tzadikkim in the north. The trip is not affiliated with Ohr Somayach in any way, but there are filers advertising it all over the neighborhood, so someone spotted it and told me about it.