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A Few Updates on Irma G and The Hat Project
#irmag #mothersanddaughters #hats #thehatproject #aginggracefully #olderwomen #womenoverninety #beauty #elderly #seeing #findingthebeauty...
Leann Shamash
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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The Summer Orchestra
#crickets #therearecricketshidinginthegrass #irmag #Today Long ago, my mother sang a song to me, to my brothers and then to her...
Leann Shamash
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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Drawing Irma G
#drawingirma #irmag #mom #drawing #painting #portraits #essence #sharingstories #irmag #irmag #hats #thehatproject And so the eleven...
Leann Shamash
Dec 17, 20203 min read
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Today You Would Have Been 97
#mothersanddaughters #irmag #thehatproject #acenturyofhats #agingwomen #thebeautyofaging #century #hats #salmagundi #hebrewseniorlife...
Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 20202 min read
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The Maze of Daf Yomi
#dafyomi #berakhot #masechetberakhot #fallingbehind #blessings #blessingsoverbread #shema #shmonaesrei #18benedictions #blessingfood...
Leann Shamash
Apr 30, 20204 min read
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A Final Bath- Thank You
#schwartzrounds #rememberingmom #irmag #hebrewseniorlife #thefalls #memorycare #healthcareworkers #healthcare #cnas...
Leann Shamash
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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The Dance of Prayer (part one)
#prayer #openyourhands #openyourheart #thedanceofprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #africandance #sufidance #hassidicdance...
Leann Shamash
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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A Collection of Miracles: Dayeinu (It Would Have Been Enough For Us)
#miracles #covid19 #dayeinu #wemakemiracles #gratitude #acollectionofmiracles #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #irmag #mothersanddaughters...
Leann Shamash
Apr 6, 20202 min read
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The Dissonant Music of Prayer
#prayer #covid19 #chazzan #cantor #davening #shaliachtzibbur #leadingthecongregation #whatittakes #beautifulvoice #distortions ...
Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20203 min read
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A Poem For Freedom: Rosh Chodesh Nisan
Nisan Month of awakening Of red tulips Yellow forsythia Blue skies Grays turn to greens Nisan Month of new life Plants flex their muscles...
Leann Shamash
Mar 27, 20201 min read
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The Value of Time- "The Early Bird Catches the Worm"
#time #sevenoclock #eightoclock #wakeup #timetowakeup #covid #socialdistancing #morningprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #irmag...
Leann Shamash
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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Welcome to Overland Park, Kansas-I made a minyan!
#overlandparkkansas #overlandpark #kansas #sayingkaddish #irmag #prayer #covid19 #shacharit #travelingwithoutmoving #internettravels...
Leann Shamash
Mar 18, 20203 min read
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The Shape of Silence
#silence #poetry #kaddish #sayingkaddish #rememberingmom #amida #morningprayer #sephardicjews #irmag #irma #wordshavewings I usually...
Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20201 min read
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It's All About The Excuses
Mom is gone and saying kaddish looms (maybe that is not the right word...it sounds so negative) for the year to come. Since dad passed...
Leann Shamash
Mar 4, 20203 min read
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Three Orphans Sitting on a Bench-February 3, 2020
I am 63 Barry is 62 Paul is 59. We sit on a bench following morning minyan. Heads bowed. Hands on our laps We are orphans now. We have...
Leann Shamash
Feb 29, 20201 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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