Leann Shamash
Mahnee Jun
#mahneejun #grandmothers #iran #isfahan #visitstoisrael #sharedlanguage #love #rice #poolaki #tea #mint #greens #persianfood #kaddish...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Kaddish-The Value of Community
#kaddish #elevenmonths #mournerskaddish #wordshavewings #mourning #community #transitions #chickensoup A Reflection as We Approach the...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 13, 20204 min read
Yizkor- Leah Kanat Gershkowitz
#yizkor #elmaleirachamim #yitgadal #kaddish #sayingkaddish #eighthdaysukkot #sukkot #remembering #shoah #mygrandmother #holocaust...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Be the Glue
#papa #papasaul #atthecenter #familyresponsibility #keepingfamiliestogether #fathers #fathersandchildren #sayingkaddish #kaddish...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 3, 20203 min read
A Chapter a Day in Ten Words
#achapterintenwords #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #kaddish #remembering #memories #retrievingmemories #voicingmemories #selectedmemories...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 21, 20204 min read
With a Gentle Kiss
#Roshchodeshelul #elul #roshchodesh #newmonth #morningminyan #ki #shacharit #prayer #torahreading #numbers #bookofnumbers...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 23, 20204 min read
The Blessing for Music
#roshchodesh #av #roshchodeshav #hallel #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #kaddish #music #listening #listeningtomusic...
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Leann Shamash
Jun 5, 20205 min read
A Tale of Two Communities: the Gomel Blessing
#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity...
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Leann Shamash
May 3, 20204 min read
Can a Blind Person Say a Blessing Upon Witnessing a Miracle? A Top Ten List of Masekhet Berakhot
#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 14, 20202 min read
The Dance of Prayer (part one)
#prayer #openyourhands #openyourheart #thedanceofprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #africandance #sufidance #hassidicdance...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 26, 20203 min read
The Value of Time- "The Early Bird Catches the Worm"
#time #sevenoclock #eightoclock #wakeup #timetowakeup #covid #socialdistancing #morningprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #irmag...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 16, 20201 min read
Chicago?!?
#kaddish #sayingkaddish #covid19 #lifeathetimeofthevirus #prayer #Chicago #synagogue #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish ...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 13, 20203 min read
Kaddish Cancelled
#minyan #shabbat #socialdistancing #onlineservices #kaddish #wordshavewings #cancelled Who would have thought a few weeks ago when I...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 11, 20202 min read
A Funny Thing Happened When We Got Down to Nine
#ten, #kaddish, #sayingkaddish, #wordshavewings, #minyan, #nine, #onepersonlefttheroom #countingwomen #dowomencount #idocount A funny...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20201 min read
The Shape of Silence
#silence #poetry #kaddish #sayingkaddish #rememberingmom #amida #morningprayer #sephardicjews #irmag #irma #wordshavewings I usually...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 4, 20203 min read
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...
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Leann Shamash
Feb 29, 20201 min read
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...
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Leann Shamash
Feb 27, 20201 min read
February 2, 2020- Jasmine
Inhale the scent of jasmine. I am a plant person. My husband and I collect plants like some people collect hats or jewelry or shoes....
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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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