Leann Shamash
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Leann Shamash
Feb 7, 20222 min read
A Thin Line
#mourning #joy #mourningandjoy When Masechet Moed Katan began, I understood it to be about the intermediate days of holidays, such as...
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Leann Shamash
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Ten Thousand Stitches
#makemeahome #useyourgifts #artandsculpture #weaving #finematerials #aronkodesh #artists #home #givemeahome #terumah #parshatterumah...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Music
#music #shemot #Beshalach #wordshavewings #song #dance #movement #movementandsong #thebeatofthedrums Parshat Be'Shalach is the Exodus. It...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20224 min read
Passover Polaroids in Two Parts
#passover #holidayoffreedom #parshatbo #bo #passover Here we are in January and we are full into the sources for Passover. Parshat Bo...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 27, 20213 min read
Before the Plague Struck
#parsha #parshatvaeira #plague #before #expectations #unexpected #after #theplagues #hail #frogs #pharaoh #moses The second parsha of the...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Four Women and a Girl Changed the World
#fourwomen #fourwomenandagirl #changedtheworld #angels #itisnottrhoughanangel In Parshat Shemot the scene is set. The players are...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 14, 20213 min read
The Orchard Keeper
#theorchardkeeper #blessings #parshatvayechi #vayechi #jacob #joseph #wordshavewings #theorchard #whatareblessings In Parshat Vayechi, as...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Broken Dreams
#weallhavedreams #dreaming #snippetsofdreams #dreams #onceuponatime #parsha #parshatvayeisheiv #vayeishev #vayeisheiv #dreams...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Who Knows?
#whoknows #thegatewaytoheaven #whoknew #heavenwashereandididnotknowit #parshatvayeitzei #yaakov #jacob #vayeitzei In Parshat Vayeitzei,...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20212 min read
What Would You Give?
#whatwouldyougive #wordshavewings #parshattoldot #yaakovandesav #yaakov #jacobandesau #stew #redlentils #redlentilstew Parshat Toldot...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20213 min read
Eliezer
#Eliezer #parshatChayeiSarah #servants #immigrants #drivers #servant #maid In the long and detailed narrative of the search for a bride...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20213 min read
The Squirrel and the Hawk
#thehawkandthesquirrel #wordshavewings #parshatvayera #hawk #squirrel #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #akedah #thesquirrelandthehawk There...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20213 min read
Journeys
#journeys #journey #journeysalone #voyages #parshatlechlecha #avrahamandsarah #avramandsarai #getupandgo In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avram is...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20213 min read
No Ark For the Extinct
#extinctions #noahsark #therainbow #wordshavewings #parshatnoach #thereisnoarkfortheextinct #NYTIMES #catrineinhorn #Newyorktimes What...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 1, 20213 min read
And it Was Very Good
#simchattorah #chatantorah #kallatbreisheet #breisheet #kehillathisrael #wordshavewings #shehecheyanu #anditwasverygood Two days ago was...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20213 min read
The Open Table
#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Shake
#fromwheregoesthebreeze #thewind #sukkot #talkingtalmud #masechetsukkot In Talmud, Masechet Sukkah page 37b, there is a story about...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20212 min read
Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
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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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