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Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20242 min read
Believe
#parshatnetzavim #parshatvayelech Can you believe it? We are approaching the end of another torah cycle. This week we read two short...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 18, 20243 min read
On the Same Page
#parshatkitavo This is the Parsha of the blessings and the curses. Moshe is nearly finished with his speech. The contract is nearly...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 12, 20242 min read
Play!
Ki Teitzei contains 74 (!!!) mitzvot, 27 positive and 47 prohibitions (from Torah Tidbits). Some of these mitzvot are easy to understand...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 4, 20241 min read
Footprints
#shoftim #footprints In Parshat Shoftim we learn about governing a society. Who shall rule from the smallest issues to the way a king...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20241 min read
See- Re'eh
Parshat Re'eh speaks to every one of us and asks us to see the differences between the blessings and the curses. We are told to choose...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 20, 20245 min read
The Longest Car Ride
The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev #parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries ...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Nachamu, Nachamu Ami
Parshat Vaetchanan is read following the fast of the ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av. It is called the Shabbat of Consolation, which comes from...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Devarim: The Book of Words
#Parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #words #grammar #sentencestructure אֵ֣לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־כּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 31, 20243 min read
A Scene From Priorities
The double Parshiyot of Matot and Masei teach us about the relationship of women and vows, the rules of war and taking booty. Still,...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 24, 20242 min read
The Sons of Korach: A Psalm is Born
Within in the latest census found in Parshat Pinchas, we, the readers, find a number of interesting stories. The daughters of...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 17, 20244 min read
Talking Donkeys and Trixie
Oh, what a parsha Parshat Balak is! Sefer Bamidbar contains a number of unusual events, including rebellion, the earth swallowing...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 10, 20243 min read
Thirty Eight Years
#38 #38years #parshatchukat #chukat To begin this week’s post, if you are old enough, I ask you to do the math and bring yourself back 38...
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Leann Shamash
Jul 4, 20243 min read
Leadership- Moshe, Korach and Beyond
#korach #parshatkorach #leadership #leaders This week we read one of the summer camp parshiyot, Parshat Korach. One cannot read...
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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
Jun 26, 20244 min read
Being Bill Buckner
#shelach #shlach #billbuckner #mistakes #thespies #thescouts #Bamidbar #bostonredsox #curseofthebambino #1986metsandbostonredsox...
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Leann Shamash
Jun 18, 20244 min read
Longings
#behaalotecha #bamidbar #wordshavewings #torahpoetry Parshat B'haalotecha is not a parsha to hastily skim over as there are so many...
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Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20243 min read
None of Us Know
Tomorrow we will read Megillat Ruth as we do each year on the second day of Shavuot. This short story seems to speak of ordinary...
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Leann Shamash
Jun 4, 20248 min read
Tee Shirts: We Wear Our Hearts on our Sleeves and Our Flags on Our Shirts
For those of you not interested in a post about teeshirts, here is a post from a few years ago on the census and identity which is an...
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Leann Shamash
May 28, 20243 min read
Hope
#bechukotai #sefervayikra This week we read Parshat B'chukotai, the final parsha in Sefer Vayikra. B'chukotai is not an easy parsha to...
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Leann Shamash
May 22, 20244 min read
The Song of the Land
#parshatbehar First sentence. I am someone who loves to watch plants grow. I am an enthusiastic gardener,(if messy and not always so...
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Leann Shamash
May 14, 20243 min read
I'll Meet You at 50
Parshat Emor includes a list of the holy days of the year. Included in the terse description of the biblical holy days are detailed...
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Leann Shamash
May 7, 20243 min read
Searching For The Self in The Selfie
לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ אֲנִ֖י יְ-הֹ-וָֽ-ה׃ You shall not take vengeance or...
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Leann Shamash
May 1, 20242 min read
Pink Moon
This week, after leaving the weekly parshiyot behind for the Passover holidays, we will read Parshat Acharei Mot. Acharei Mot, meaning...
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Leann Shamash
Apr 15, 20248 min read
More Selections From ANU: A Haggadah of Many Voices
#ANU #haggadahofmanyvoices #passover #pesach #seder #passoverhaggadah Hello Everyone, Here are a few more posts from ANU. I hope to do...
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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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