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Parshat Vayera-Searching
Parshat Vayera is a composed of a number of intertwined stories. The stories of three women appear through the thread of the stories. ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 13, 20244 min read
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Lech Lecha, Lechi Lach
#wedding #chuppah #parshatlechlecha #avraham #sarah #journeys Parshat Lech Lecha (translated as "You shall go") is a parsha that...
Leann Shamash
Nov 5, 20243 min read
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One Still Morning
#Parshatnoach #noach #destruction #storm #clouds #rainbow Dear Readers, Parshat Noach is about destruction. It is about a God that has...
Leann Shamash
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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B'tzelem Elokim (In the Image of God)
Hello, Shalom Aleichem, (peace to you), As it is with so many stages of our lives, we finish something and we begin anew, with a attitude...
Leann Shamash
Oct 23, 20244 min read
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Oh, Build Me a Sukkah!
#sukkot Last night, in advance of Sukkot, I remembered something from Daf Yomi, Masechet Sukah. It was one of those strange discussions...
Leann Shamash
Oct 15, 20245 min read
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Mother Tree
#october7 #endings #beginnings Today is October 7th. It is also the middle of Aseret Y'mai Teshuva, the days of repentance. There are...
Leann Shamash
Oct 7, 20243 min read
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Believe
#parshatnetzavim #parshatvayelech Can you believe it? We are approaching the end of another torah cycle. This week we read two short...
Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20242 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Sep 18, 20243 min read
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Play!
Ki Teitzei contains 74 (!!!) mitzvot, 27 positive and 47 prohibitions (from Torah Tidbits). Some of these mitzvot are easy to understand...
Leann Shamash
Sep 12, 20242 min read
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Footprints
#shoftim #footprints In Parshat Shoftim we learn about governing a society. Who shall rule from the smallest issues to the way a king...
Leann Shamash
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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The Longest Car Ride
The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev #parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries ...
Leann Shamash
Aug 20, 20245 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Devarim: The Book of Words
#Parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #words #grammar #sentencestructure אֵ֣לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־כּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
Leann Shamash
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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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,...
Leann Shamash
Jul 31, 20243 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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Talking Donkeys and Trixie
Oh, what a parsha Parshat Balak is! Sefer Bamidbar contains a number of unusual events, including rebellion, the earth swallowing...
Leann Shamash
Jul 17, 20244 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Jul 10, 20243 min read
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Leadership- Moshe, Korach and Beyond
#korach #parshatkorach #leadership #leaders This week we read one of the summer camp parshiyot, Parshat Korach. One cannot read...
Leann Shamash
Jul 4, 20243 min read
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Fine Print
#fineprint #masechetbavametzia #talkingtalmud A poem for the Siyyum of Bava Metzia, a Masechet of details and law. This is the 22d...
Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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Being Bill Buckner
#shelach #shlach #billbuckner #mistakes #thespies #thescouts #Bamidbar #bostonredsox #curseofthebambino #1986metsandbostonredsox...
Leann Shamash
Jun 26, 20244 min read
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Longings
#behaalotecha #bamidbar #wordshavewings #torahpoetry Parshat B'haalotecha is not a parsha to hastily skim over as there are so many...
Leann Shamash
Jun 18, 20244 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
Jun 4, 20248 min read
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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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