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Go Back For the Bones, Moses
#bshalach #parshatbshalach #beshallach #beshalach #gobackforthebones #rangvili #israel #sefershemot #moshe #moses Hello Friends, Parshat Beshalach comes to reward us with music in the middle of the winter in our hemisphere. The Exodus from Egypt comes to a towering pinnacle with the crossing of the sea, the drownings of the Egyptian soldiers and the subsequent songs of victory on the other side of the sea. Within one parsha exists both joy and sorrow, anxiety and exuberance.
Leann Shamash
6 hours ago4 min read
Let The People Go- آزادی
#IRAN #parshatbo #sefershemot #pesach #passover #letmypeoplego #bo #exodus #bookofexodus #fighttyrrany Parshat Bo continues the complicated dance of Pharaoh, the Hebrews, The Egyptian people, Moshe Rabeinu and Gd. Warnings, graphic descriptions of what will happen, the occurrence of the plagues, the aftermath, hardened hearts and minds changed swirl around this parsha. In Parshat Bo we see the suffering of the Egyptians as a result of the plagues. The Egyptians, whether we
Leann Shamash
Jan 203 min read
Sparks From Moshe Rabeinu
#vaera #parshatVaera #shemot #bookofExodus #Exodus #moshe #sparksfromMoshe #moshe #mosherabeinu #zohar #thezohar #parshathashavuah #wordshavewings #parshanut This week in Parshat Vaera we read of the plagues and the exchanges between Pharaoh and Moshe to free the Hebrews. Since we were introduced to Moshe we have read about his deep insecurities about being a spokesperson for Gd. וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י ו
Leann Shamash
Jan 142 min read
Stories My Father Told Me
#masechetzevachim #dafyomi #apageaday #talkingtalmud #siyum #sacrifice #daf56azevachim #whyiremember #memory #sharingplace #pastandpresent #storiesmyfathertoldus #holocaust #poland Occasionally in Words Have Wings I write two posts in one week instead of one. This occurs on weeks when we complete a tractate of the Talmud and mark it with a siyum. As I skate across the very wide sea of Daf Yomi, for each of the tractates that we complete I write one poem. The poem may just poi
Leann Shamash
Jan 104 min read
Mother Stories
#shemot #parshatshemot #sefershemot #exodus #torah #tanach The books of Breisheet and Shemot are connected by the listing the names of the sons of Jacob. After that preliminary step and necessary connection we are introduced to a new set of characters, most of whom remain unnamed for now. Central to Parshat Shemot is the power of mothers. Both Yocheved and Bityah (the daughter of Pharaoh) are fighters and are willing to defy the system. One mother, Yocheved, is willing to r
Leann Shamash
Jan 631 min read
Firsts ( A Repost from 2021)
#vayechi #parshatvayechi #seferbreisheet #genesis #jacob #yaakov #jacobsblessings #blessings #berchot #theblessingsofthesons #efraimandmenashe #breisheetcomestoanend There is a curious incident in Parshat Vayechi. As Ya’akov approaches his final days, he calls for his children to bless them. Yosef is informed that his father is on his death bed so he travels to see him and brings along his two sons, Efrayim and Menashe. Noticing Joseph’s sons, Israel asked, “Who are these?”
Leann Shamash
Dec 30, 20254 min read
Cracked: A Parable for Parshat Vayigash
#vayigash #parshatvayigash #genesis #breisheet #josephstory #yehudahandyosef #sonsofjacob #windshields #forgiveness #crackedwindshield #cracked #brokenglass The cliffhanger of Sefer Breisheet, which is Parshat Vayigash, has arrived. Yehudah bravely approaches the grand Yosef, and in a memorable speech he makes the brother’s case before the second -in- command of Egypt. Hearing the speech, Yosef can no longer perpetuate his complicated ruse and breaks down before his stunned
Leann Shamash
Dec 23, 20253 min read
Eight Points of Light
#chanukah #lights #chanukahlights #lightchanukahcandles #seethelight #findingthepositive #hanukkah #hannukah #ner #nerot #parshatmiketz #breisheet #positivity #australia Over the course of the past few months, where the Jewish community has been riding a roller coaster of highs and lows; our community experienced another blow as the holiday of Chanukah approached. I had planned this post well before the events in Australia took place on the eve of Chanukah while we are livi
Leann Shamash
Dec 16, 20253 min read
Siblings: Not For the Fainthearted
#vayeshev #vayeishev #parshatvayeishev #breisheet #seferbreisheet #joseph #esav #rivka #yitzhak #siblings #thetribesofisrael #jacob #leah #rachel #siblingrivalry #siblings #brothers #sisters #brothersandsisters Parshat Veyeishev finds us deep into the story of Yaakov and begins the sharp transition to the pivotal story of Yosef. Yaakov, perhaps accustomed to being brought up in a household where parents held favorites, slips easily into favoring Joseph, the son of his belov
Leann Shamash
Dec 9, 20253 min read
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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