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Leann Shamash
Apr 29, 20205 min read
Gratitude
#gratitude #tehillim #iamgrateful #whyamigrateful #mindfulness #whyyouaregrateful #aware #goodhealth #family #sunrise #blessings...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 23, 20205 min read
Elijah's Visit
#elijahtheprophet #eliyahuhanavi #passoverseder #passovervisit #cupofwine #elijahscup #cupofelijah #childrenssstories...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 21, 20209 min read
Before the End of Nisan
#passover #seder #passoverseder #covid19 #coronavirus #innovations #innovate #newmodels #crisisbreedscreativity #wordshavewings...
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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
Apr 12, 20201 min read
I Miss Your Chin
#eyes #nose #mouths #mouth #coveringup #wearingamask #wearingmasks #wordshavewings #prayer #sayingkaddish #covid19...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 7, 20203 min read
How We Teach
#Passover #covid19 #coronavirus #sederplate #symbols #teaching #howtoteach #repetition #teachingandlearning #hagaddah #Pesach...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 6, 20202 min read
A Collection of Miracles: Dayeinu (It Would Have Been Enough For Us)
#miracles #covid19 #dayeinu #wemakemiracles #gratitude #acollectionofmiracles #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #irmag #mothersanddaughters...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20203 min read
The Dissonant Music of Prayer
#prayer #covid19 #chazzan #cantor #davening #shaliachtzibbur #leadingthecongregation #whatittakes #beautifulvoice #distortions ...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 27, 20201 min read
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...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 21, 20201 min read
Social Distancing: A Covid-19 Gallery
#socialdistancing #covid19 #wordshavewings #apart #distance #separation #hamavdil #differentiate #connected #weareone #weareseparate...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 19, 20201 min read
The Toys Miss You- A Covid-19 Poem for our Grandkids
#family #covid19 #grandmothers #grandfathers #grandmashouse #bubby #missyou #wordshavewings #toys #hideandgoseek #patience #thingskidsdo...
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Leann Shamash
Mar 15, 20203 min read
Psalm 24: The Psalm for Sundays: Part 1
#washyourhands #cleanhands #psalm24 #psalms #tehillim #sayingkaddish #wordshavewings #cleanhandscleanheart #sayingkaddish #dailypsalms...
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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
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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