Leann Shamash
We Are the Players of Parshat Bo
#remember #memories #Passover #seder #passoverseder #bo #parshatBo In Chapter 12 of Shemot, in Parshat Bo, the text travels with us far...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 20
- 2 min
Words, Words,
#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Hardened Hearts
#hardenhearts #Whenyourheartishardened #closedmind #closedheart In Parshat Va'era the Egyptians are introduced to the might and the...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Names Are Like Sweaters
#names #sweaters #sweater #grandmothers #naming #familytraditions As we change books and paths into Sefer Shemot, I feel the need to get...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 9
- 4 min
The Story of Joseph Through Images: A Gallery
#torahthroughimages #images #photographyandtorah #breisheet #joseph For the past number of weeks a group of women and I have been meeting...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
A Prayer For Wisdom
#environment #aprayer #yosef #miketz #breisheet #Genesis #parshatmiketz Parshat Miketz, the story of Joseph in Egypt continues with all...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
The Dream Weaver
#dreamweaver #dream #weaver #Vayeshev #breisheet #genesis An important part of Parshat Vayeshev is the concept of dreams. Yosef’s dreams...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Coat of Many Colors
#coatofmanycolors #vayeshev #parshatvayeshev #coat #breisheet Parshat Vayishlach is perhaps one of the most interesting stories in the...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 9, 2022
- 2 min
Limp With Me To The Finish Line
#finishline #completion #eisav #jacob #limp #breisheet #friends #couples #races #race #papercups This little poem is inspired by Jacob's...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
The Silence of a Father; The Voice of a Daughter
#dina #jacob #deena #yaakov #vayishlach #genesis #breisheet #parshathashavua #parshapoetry #poetry #rape #silence #voice Dear Readers, I...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
The Man in Between
#yitzhak #isaac #parshattoldot #toldot Parshat Toldot begins by informing us that Parshat Toldot is Yitzhak's story; perhaps this acts as...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 22, 2022
- 3 min
Run, Brother, Run
#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 20, 2022
- 1 min
Frozen Roses
#frozenroses #roses #november #Thanksgiving #lateNovember #rosebushes #lastflowers Happy end of November and Happy Thanksgiving...It is...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 14, 2022
- 1 min
On the Head of a Pin
#goodhealth #balance #aging #growingolder #balance #balancing #barefootandcoatless For you who are aging. For you who are balancing....
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
The Empty Stage (Part 2)
#spotlight #theemptystage #Sarah #sarai #lotswife #hagar #parshatvayeira #breisheet In Parshat Vayeira women play an important role. ...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 8, 2022
- 3 min
She is Gone (Part 1)
#sheisnomore #theram #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #thesacrificeofisaac #parshatvayera #vayeira #parshatVayeira Parshat Vayeira is a...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 6, 2022
- 1 min
Blue Plate
#blueplate #meals #mealstogether #eating #food #dinner #lunch #breakfast #rice #bread #cobaltblue #blue #blueplates #knives #forks...
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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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