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Elul
Parshat Netzavim, a parsha named for the act of standing, places us standing on the edge between Elul and Tishrei. The seasons are...
Leann Shamash
2 days ago2 min read
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Communities Never Disappear: Masechet Horayot Daf 6a
This is another in a series of posts for each of the different Masechtot of the Talmud. Masechet Horayot is one of the shortest masechtot...
Leann Shamash
5 days ago4 min read
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A Day at the RMV and the Bikkurim Ceremony
#kitavo #seferdevarim #parashathashavua #parsha #deuteronomy #devarim #parshatkitavo #wordshavewings #bikkurim #thingswegetright #elul...
Leann Shamash
Sep 104 min read
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Tiny Tales of Kindness 2025
#kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #talesofkindness #chesed #storytelling When I think about Parshat Ki Teitzei I think of kindness, so this...
Leann Shamash
Sep 39 min read
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Avoda Zara Daf 19a
#dafyomi #avodazara #masechet #dafyomijourney #2020until2025 Hello Friends, This is a Daf Yomi post for Masechet Avoda Zara, but it is...
Leann Shamash
Aug 314 min read
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The Gardener
#parshatshoftim #shoftim #devarim #seferdevarim #Elul. #gardens #garden #vegetablegardens #orchards #vineyards Sefer Devarim continues...
Leann Shamash
Aug 265 min read
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Parshat Re'eh and Heschel’s Radical Amazement
#reeh #parshatreeh #see #abrahamjoshuaheschel #heschel #radicalamazement #whatwesee #seeingforthefirsttime #whatwesee #mahrabumaasecha...
Leann Shamash
Aug 205 min read
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K'zayit
#parshateikev #seferdevarim #eikev #romblaslavski #bread #olives #kezayit #thesizeofanolive #birkathamazon #deuteronomy Soon after we...
Leann Shamash
Aug 134 min read
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The Sea Captain’s House
Parshat Vaetchanan contains the beginnings of a rule book of how to do Jewish. The Ten Commandments are the basics of the commandments ,...
Leann Shamash
Aug 55 min read
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Ourstories
#parshatdevarim #words #devarim #mosesspeaks #mishnehtorah #orallaw #ourstories #herstory #hisstory #storytelling #thepowerofstorytelling...
Leann Shamash
Jul 295 min read
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Mycelium
#mycelium #fungi #connections #mushrooms #honeymushrooms #forestfloor #oak #forestfloor #ParshatMasai #parshatMatot #seferbamidbar...
Leann Shamash
Jul 244 min read
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Gershom
#parshatpinchas #pinchas #summer2025 #wordshavewings #seferbamidbar #moshe #moses #gershon #gershonsonofmoses #joshua #desert #theexodus...
Leann Shamash
Jul 164 min read
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Slow Looking
Oh, Parshat Balak, you are a wild and crazy parsha! As we continue through Sefer Bamidbar, the stories become stranger and stranger,...
Leann Shamash
Jul 95 min read
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The Cloud ×”×¢× ×Ÿ
#parshatchukat #chukat #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #aaron #moses #miriam #aaronsdeath #miriamsdeath #parshathashavua...
Leann Shamash
Jul 25 min read
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On the Sixth Day: An Imagined Creation Story
#masechetshevuot #shevuot #oaths #oathsandpromises #modernmidrash #language #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #dafyomi #trust #parshatkorach...
Leann Shamash
Jun 244 min read
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Dream of Blue
#blue #shlach #shelach #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #parshathashavua #wordshavewings #parshacommentary...
Leann Shamash
Jun 183 min read
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Cocoa Krispies
#behaalotecha #parshatbehaalotecha #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #foodmemories #memoriesoffood #cravings #foodandmemory Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jun 104 min read
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I Am Your Amen
#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...
Leann Shamash
Jun 54 min read
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Count, Undercount, Miscount, Discount
#bamidbar #counting #thecount #census #thecountingparsha #seferbamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #thebookofnumbers #chumash...
Leann Shamash
May 292 min read
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Vayikra
#vayikra #parshathashavua #sefervayikra #lessonswecanlearn #neverleavelearningbehind This week we complete Sefer Vayikra with a double...
Leann Shamash
May 212 min read
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Moadim: Calendar Musings
#emor #parshatemor #vayikra #sefervayikra #holidays #jewishholidays #jewishcalendar #rabbinicholidays #shaloshregalim Parshat Emor is...
Leann Shamash
May 132 min read
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Kedoshim Haikus
Hello, I'll begin with a word about Acharei Mot, the first of the double parshiyot of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim. Just as we read the...
Leann Shamash
May 66 min read
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That Mark on Her Arm
#tazria #parshattazria #metzora #parshattazriametzora #holocaust #skin #tattoo #marks #identity #wearingidentity #yomhashoah #auschwitz...
Leann Shamash
Apr 294 min read
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Elisheva
#shemini #parshatShemini #vayikra #sefervayikra #nadavandavihu #nadav #avihu #fire #sacrifice #mishkan Parshat Shemini continues onward...
Leann Shamash
Apr 234 min read
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Welcome to "Words Have Wings."
During the year following the death of a parent it is their children's responsibility to say the kaddish. This blog is a series of reflections while saying the kaddish for my late mother, Irma Gershkowitz.
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