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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 29, 20213 min read
The Open Table
#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...
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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
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 17, 20213 min read
The Four Corners
#fourcorners #yomkippur #ashkenazictraditions #honeyfourcorners #diphoney Sitting next to my father at synagogue in Medford so many years...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Tzur Yisrael-Rock of Israel
#tzuryisrael #rock #rocksandminerals #rockofisrael #characteristicsofrocks #sedementaryrocks #metamorphicrocks #igneousrocks #comparisons...
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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 6, 20214 min read
Late Summer Garden
#obsessedwithplants #thegardenisfull #themessygarden #nativeplants #invasiveplants #lookaroundandsee I am obsessed with plants. It is my...
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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 30, 20212 min read
Wed Me
#nitzavim #parshatnitzavim #marriage #wedme #forever #promises #onmountaintops #bemine #thechosen As we approach the end of the Five...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 29, 20211 min read
The Hour Before Dawn
#thehourbeforedawn #earlymorning The Hour Before Dawn It is quiet in the hour before dawn. Quiet, but not still. The lone cricket sings...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 20214 min read
We Remember
#kitavo #parshatkitavo #elul #finalparshiyot #parsha #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #rememberyourroots Parshat Ki Tavo has the Hebrews on the...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Morning Glory
#morningglory #opentothesun #openeachmorning #skyblue #thecolorofthesky #blue #latebloomer Morning Glory Your seed is as hard as stone....
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Leann Shamash
Aug 19, 20213 min read
Ten Days, Ten Questions
#questionsforelul #elul #monthofelul #instropection #lookinginward #roshhashannah #tenquestions #tendaystenquestions The internet is...
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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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Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Be a Tree
#BeaTree Parshat Shoftim covers so much in one Parsha on the topic of government, governance and rules of war. Tucked into the section on...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 6, 20213 min read
Oh, My Goodness!
#Ohmygoodness #ohmy #summercalendar #plantsthroughthesummer #summerplants not a poem, but maybe a love song to spring, summer and fall. ...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 2, 20213 min read
What Do You See?
#whatyousee #parshatreeh #reeh #youreyes #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #poetry Parshat Re'eh contains so much information, so many...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 27, 20213 min read
A Moment Alone
#alone #parshateikev #afterthe #torah #eikev #moses #whilesittingalone #amomentalone #lessonslearned It is nearly a year since I have had...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 26, 20213 min read
It Is Not Because Of You
#itisnotbecauseofyou #becauseofyou #responsible #irresponsible #eikev #parshateikev Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's talk with B'nei...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 19, 20212 min read
Six Words
#shema #shemayisrael #sixwords #awordisanidea #shmayisrael #fromamountaintop #shma #etchedinstone Parshat Va'etchanan continues to review...
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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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