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Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Fine Print
#fineprint #masechetbavametzia #talkingtalmud A poem for the Siyyum of Bava Metzia, a Masechet of details and law. This is the 22d...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Words, Words,
#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20223 min read
I am a Woman. I am.
#Iamawoman #eesha #masechetketubot #ketubot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #hadran #women #marriage #contracts #dafyomiforwomen As is my...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 8, 20223 min read
The Day After
#thedayafter #chalitza #yibum #yevamot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #talmudpoetry The Daf Yomi cycle continues. A number of months ago we...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Fasts: A Photography Project
#photography #leannshamashphotography #wordshavewings #masechettaanit #taanit #fasts #griffinmuseumofphotography #atelier35 #dafyomi...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Sometimes You Need to be Seen
#sometimesyouneedtobeseen #sometimesyoujustneedtobeseen #seen #heard #counted #makingadifference #talkthetalk #walkthewalk #reiyah...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Abba Hilkia's Wife
#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20214 min read
The Prayer of the Witnesses
#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...
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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
Jul 9, 20213 min read
The Goat is Falling
#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 10, 20207 min read
Daf Yomi: Completion of Masechet Shabbat
#dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetshabbat #shabbat #learning #apageaday #gleanings #reviewofdafyomi #whatisthetakeaway This blog...
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Leann Shamash
Jun 19, 20204 min read
Painting a Tree Red
#paintatreered #thepaintedtree #redtree #talkingtalmud #hadran #dafyomi #whenbadthingshappen #talkingtalmudpodcast #talkingtalmud #mercy...
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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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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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