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Leann Shamash
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Names Are Like Sweaters
#names #sweaters #sweater #grandmothers #naming #familytraditions As we change books and paths into Sefer Shemot, I feel the need to get...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20232 min read
I See You
#Iseeyou #sight #seeing #blind #whatweseeinothers Parshat Vayechi finishes the eventful book of Breisheet, during which the family of...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 26, 20222 min read
Leave
#leave #vayigash #breisheet #parshatvayigash #danger #threats #immigrants #riskinglives #hurricane #storm #war Parshat Vayigash is when...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 20, 20223 min read
A Prayer For Wisdom
#environment #aprayer #yosef #miketz #breisheet #Genesis #parshatmiketz Parshat Miketz, the story of Joseph in Egypt continues with all...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 16, 20222 min read
The Dream Weaver
#dreamweaver #dream #weaver #Vayeshev #breisheet #genesis An important part of Parshat Vayeshev is the concept of dreams. Yosef’s dreams...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Coat of Many Colors
#coatofmanycolors #vayeshev #parshatvayeshev #coat #breisheet Parshat Vayishlach is perhaps one of the most interesting stories in the...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Limp With Me To The Finish Line
#finishline #completion #eisav #jacob #limp #breisheet #friends #couples #races #race #papercups This little poem is inspired by Jacob's...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20223 min read
The Silence of a Father; The Voice of a Daughter
#dina #jacob #deena #yaakov #vayishlach #genesis #breisheet #parshathashavua #parshapoetry #poetry #rape #silence #voice Dear Readers, I...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 29, 20223 min read
Siblings
#siblings #brothersandsisters #jacob #rachelandleah #leahandrachel #leah #rachel #breisheet #parshatvayeitzei #vayeitzei #lavan...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20222 min read
The Man in Between
#yitzhak #isaac #parshattoldot #toldot Parshat Toldot begins by informing us that Parshat Toldot is Yitzhak's story; perhaps this acts as...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Run, Brother, Run
#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Prayer
#prayer #parshatchayeisarah #chayeisarah #Breisheet #hitbodedut #talkingtoGod #outinthefield When a minyan gathers and prays each...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
The Empty Stage (Part 2)
#spotlight #theemptystage #Sarah #sarai #lotswife #hagar #parshatvayeira #breisheet In Parshat Vayeira women play an important role. ...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
She is Gone (Part 1)
#sheisnomore #theram #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #thesacrificeofisaac #parshatvayera #vayeira #parshatVayeira Parshat Vayeira is a...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Blue Plate
#blueplate #meals #mealstogether #eating #food #dinner #lunch #breakfast #rice #bread #cobaltblue #blue #blueplates #knives #forks...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 1, 20224 min read
Lech Lecha- Courage
#abraham #avraham #lechlecha #parsha #parshatlechlecha The past few days have been so illuminating. Parshat Lech Lecha, one of my...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 25, 20223 min read
The Window צוֹהַר
#thewindow #parshatnoach #noach #noah #parshat #breisheet #annefrank #thediaryofannefrank Parshat Noach is a tale of destruction,...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20224 min read
Ruach Elohim ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים
#ruach #breisheet #parshatbreishit #genesis #firsts #creation #ruach #wind #breath #breathe I find it difficult to transition from the...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20223 min read
At The End of the Day, Bless
#blessings #vzothaberacha #blessing #devarim #deuteronomy #finalparsha #fullcycle The final parsha of the Torah is Parshat V'Zot...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20223 min read
The Poem
#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...
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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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