Leann Shamash
A Tale About Shoes
#leadership Entering Parshat B'ha'alotecha is like entering into a novel. There is emotion, law, drama and wisdom all contained in a few...
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Leann Shamash
- May 25
- 2 min
In 49 Days
#sefirathaomer #theomer #49days I'd like to close out the 49 days of counting the Omer with a few thoughts. I have tried to write...
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Leann Shamash
- May 22
- 3 min
Bamidbar- In the Desert
#bamidbar Please note that this post comes after Parshat BaMidbar, but before Shavuot. Let's call it an island between the two! Parshat...
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Leann Shamash
- May 19
- 4 min
5000- A Reflection on Masechet Sotah
In the continuing cycle of Daf Yomi, on Sunday we will will hold a siyum for Masechet Sotah. The initial focus and the title of this...
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Leann Shamash
- May 16
- 1 min
The Robin is Teaching
This was written pre-dawn on the 39th day of counting the omer. Tashma. Come and listen. The robin is teaching. A solitary voice trills...
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Leann Shamash
- May 9
- 3 min
Soil: A Meditation
#soil The combined Parshiyot of Behar/B'Chukotai complete this year's reading of the book of Leviticus. These two parshiyot cover the...
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Leann Shamash
- May 2
- 3 min
It’s Just Another Day Counting The Omer
#countingtheomer #iyar #leviticus #wordshavewings #omer #emor #parshatemor Parshat Emor proves again that Sefer VaYikra is full of hidden...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Four Hundredth Post
#fourhundred I wanted to mark this Words Have Wings post as my 400th. I wanted this special post to be a separate post from poetry, but a...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Holiness is as Holiness Does
#Kedoshim #achareimot #wordshavewings #holiness #yomkippur דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל כּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 18
- 3 min
Yankele- A Lullaby for Yom HaShoah
Dear Friends, This post on Yom HaShoah is inspired by Yiddish lullabies, so please do listen to the music while you read. We write what...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Blood on Her Wings
#tazria #metzora #tazriametzora #blood #birds #sacrifice #ancientrituals #tzaraat This week we will read two highly unusual parshiyot,...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Postscripts
#postscripts #passover #sefira #seder #prep #work For those out there that do prep for Passover; whether it is for a month, a day or an...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 10
- 1 min
The Other End of the Rainbow
#rainbows #therainbow #theendoftherainbow #omer #sefirathaomer #49poems #fortynine Dear Readers, I hope that all of you had meaningful...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 5
- 3 min
49 Days of Counting the Omer: 49 Days of Gratitude
#omer #sefirathaomer #countingtheomer Dear Readers, On the second night of Passover, Thursday evening, we begin to count the omer until...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 2
- 5 min
Elijah's Visit (re-post)
#elijahtheprophet #eliyahuhanavi #passoverseder #passovervisit #cupofwine #elijahscup #cupofelijah #childrenssstories...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 30
- 3 min
To Be or Not to Be
#nazir #masechetnazir #pesach #passover #passoverseder #seder #trash #garbage #outwiththetrash Hello Everyone, For those of you who are...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 28
- 3 min
The Morning After
#themorningafter #pesach #passover #seder #parshattzav #tzav #cohanim #removingtheashes Parshat Tzav, the second parsha of Sefer Vayikra,...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 21
- 3 min
A Tale of Perfection
#perfection #parshatvayikra #vayikra Sefer Vayikra has begun and the family drama and nation building of Genesis and Exodus are behind us....
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Someone Dreamed
Before we finish the book of Exodus in the combined parshiyot of Vayakhel and Pekudei and we leave behind the many chapters devoted to...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 14
- 2 min
White Linen, Turquoise Threads
#women Tucked into Parshat Vayakhel/Pekudei is a remarkable pasuk. Exodus 38:8 states, "He (B'tzalel) made the laver of copper and its...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 9
- 2 min
Stuffed Dog
This is a daughter story and also a grandparent story and a story about memory. I think that my story of Stuffed Dog is not unique. We...
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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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