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Leann Shamash
Jan 26, 20224 min read
A Visual of Parshat Mishpatim
#mishpatim #parshatmishatim #torahandphotography #wordshavewings #leannshamashphotography #hukim #law #ancientlaws Parshat Mishpatim is...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Mah Jongg
#mahjongg #whyilovemahjongg #creatingcommunity #wordshavewings #mj #mahjonggtiles #covid19 #buildingcommunity This is another piece on...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 16, 20221 min read
Knitting Through a Pandemic
#knitting #knittingthroughapandemic #yarn #knittingsocks #wordshavewings Here is another essay on what gives people satisfaction....Thank...
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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
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 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
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 2, 20213 min read
When the Rain Doesn’t Fall
#taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #apageaday #illustratingthedaf #wordshavewings What does a community do when the rains do not arrive...
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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 16, 20212 min read
Gifts
#thegift #giftsandpresents #materialgoods #cowsandsheep #makingpeace #peacebetweenbrothers #gifts #siblings #twins #brokenrelationships...
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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
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 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 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 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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Leann Shamash
Sep 9, 20212 min read
The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 17, 20213 min read
The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha that needs to be studied; turned over and over...
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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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