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Leann Shamash
Jan 26, 20212 min read
What's Your Manna?
#manna #mannafromtheheavens #parshatbeshalach #imagine #wordshavewings In Parshat B'Shalach there is much talk of food and water. The...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Crossing the Sea
#bshalach #parsha #poetry #wordshavewings #thesongofthesea #crossingthesea #parshapoetry #poetry #commentary This coming Shabbat we...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 18, 20212 min read
We Wear the Memory of Freedom
#wewearthememory #memoriesoffreedom #tefillin #parsha #parshatBo #bo #wordshavewings #wecarrytheweight #freedom #MLKday...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 13, 20212 min read
A Final Goodnight
#whattomorrowbrings #ayeargoesby #finalkaddish #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish The part of this blog where I write mostly about my mom is...
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Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20214 min read
A Lesson From Trixie Noodle
#trixie #noodle #learningfromtrixie #travelswithtrixie #wordshavewings A Short Story Yesterday Trixie Noodle and I went for an early...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 29, 20202 min read
And He Lived -Parshat Va'Yechi
#andheshalllive #abraham #isaac #jacob #breisheet #vayechi #wordshavewings #thememoryroom #lessonsforliving #honesty #cooperation...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 22, 20203 min read
Housekeeping
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #thememoryroom #housekeeping #wordshavewings An Update Housekeeping me? Nope, it is a strength that I do...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 21, 20203 min read
May You See Miracles
#miraclesoccur #andiwokeupthismorning #grays #miracles #coatofmanycolors #rainbow #mayyouseemiracles #wordshavewings #jacobsstory...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 12, 20202 min read
Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah in 2020
#ablessingfortheeightnights #unity #tolerance #eyesopen #gratitude #creativity #innovation #resilience #family #generosity #community...
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Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20202 min read
Something New
#somethingnew #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish #conqueringfears #wordshavewings A Reflection On Tuesday I led Shacharit for the first...
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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
Nov 30, 20203 min read
A Prayer
#jacob #esau #myprayer #prayer #wordshavewings #parshatvayishlach #birthright #areyouthere #doesgodhearourprayers In this poem, the first...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Lift up Your Eyes
#lookupmylove #liftupyoureyes #issac #yitzhak #lonely #sorrow #mourning #fillupmyheart #rebecca #isaacandrebecca #walkinginthefield...
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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
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 28, 20203 min read
When I Play Alone
#Covid19 #whenIplayalone #apoemforgrandchildren #childrenstory #shortstory #playingalone #lookingoutmywindow #sayingkaddish...
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Leann Shamash
May 15, 20202 min read
Today I Bought a Green Plant
#greenplant #traderjoes #shabbatshalom #wordshavewings #covid19 #buyplants #lifeisbeautiful #breath #fieryredcarriages #shopping...
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Leann Shamash
May 12, 20202 min read
things we count during covid-19
#oneis #twois #countone #counttwo #covid19 #livingduringcorona #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #quarantine #counting #6feetapart...
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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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