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Slow Looking
Oh, Parshat Balak, you are a wild and crazy parsha! As we continue through Sefer Bamidbar, the stories become stranger and stranger,...

Leann Shamash
14 hours ago5 min read
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The Cloud ×”×¢× ×Ÿ
#parshatchukat #chukat #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #aaron #moses #miriam #aaronsdeath #miriamsdeath #parshathashavua...

Leann Shamash
Jul 25 min read
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On the Sixth Day: An Imagined Creation Story
#masechetshevuot #shevuot #oaths #oathsandpromises #modernmidrash #language #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #dafyomi #trust #parshatkorach...

Leann Shamash
Jun 244 min read
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Dream of Blue
#blue #shlach #shelach #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #parshathashavua #wordshavewings #parshacommentary...

Leann Shamash
Jun 183 min read
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Cocoa Krispies
#behaalotecha #parshatbehaalotecha #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #foodmemories #memoriesoffood #cravings #foodandmemory Parshat...

Leann Shamash
Jun 104 min read
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I Am Your Amen
#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...

Leann Shamash
Jun 54 min read
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Count, Undercount, Miscount, Discount
#bamidbar #counting #thecount #census #thecountingparsha #seferbamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #thebookofnumbers #chumash...

Leann Shamash
May 292 min read
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Vayikra
#vayikra #parshathashavua #sefervayikra #lessonswecanlearn #neverleavelearningbehind This week we complete Sefer Vayikra with a double...

Leann Shamash
May 212 min read
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Moadim: Calendar Musings
#emor #parshatemor #vayikra #sefervayikra #holidays #jewishholidays #jewishcalendar #rabbinicholidays #shaloshregalim Parshat Emor is...

Leann Shamash
May 132 min read
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Kedoshim Haikus
Hello, I'll begin with a word about Acharei Mot, the first of the double parshiyot of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim. Just as we read the...

Leann Shamash
May 66 min read
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That Mark on Her Arm
#tazria #parshattazria #metzora #parshattazriametzora #holocaust #skin #tattoo #marks #identity #wearingidentity #yomhashoah #auschwitz...

Leann Shamash
Apr 294 min read
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Elisheva
#shemini #parshatShemini #vayikra #sefervayikra #nadavandavihu #nadav #avihu #fire #sacrifice #mishkan Parshat Shemini continues onward...

Leann Shamash
Apr 234 min read
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OH GOLLY, WE FORGOT TO COUNT THE OMER!
Hello Everyone, First and foremost, I wish all of you a Moadim L'simcha , a happy semi-holiday, pressed between the first days of...

Leann Shamash
Apr 164 min read
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Passover Jumbles
#paassover #pesach #memories #seder #passoverseder #wordshavewings #family #passoversedermemories Hello Everyone, This post is a blessing...

Leann Shamash
Apr 111 min read
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If We Could : A Poem for Masechet Sanhedrin
#sanhedrin #takingtalmud #dafyomi #masechetsanhedrin #mashiach #moshiach #rabbiakiva #rabbiakiba #sing #singeveryday Hello! This is the...

Leann Shamash
Apr 64 min read
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Elokai Neshama: Of Souls and Purity and a Young Man Driving in a Car
#vayikra #sefervayikra #leviticus #elokaineshama #breathe #breath #breathe #yehudahbecker #avishai #eloheyneshama #pure #mysoulispure...

Leann Shamash
Apr 13 min read
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The Piano Player
#parshatpekudei #sefershemot #shemot #piano #thepianoteacher #playingthepiano #praticepractice #practicemakesperfect...

Leann Shamash
Mar 263 min read
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Come Together
#vayakhel #parshatvaykhel #sefershemot #shmot #shemot #cometogether #thebeatles #abbeyroad #cometogether #beatlesmusic #1969 Parshat...

Leann Shamash
Mar 184 min read
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Broken Tablets and the Fine Art of Kintsugi
#parshatkitisa #kitisa #kintsugi #brokentablets #broken #anger #exodus #shemot This week in the eventful Parsha of Ki Tisa, Moshe goes up...

Leann Shamash
Mar 123 min read
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About Parshat Tetzaveh and Project Runway
#projectrunway #parshattetzaveh #Tetzaveh #fashion #clothing #design #clothingdesign #kohengadol #highpriest #clothes If the title of...

Leann Shamash
Mar 44 min read
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Two Golden Cherubs
#terumah #parshatterumah. #sefershemot #shemot #shmot #exodus #cherubs #goldencherubs Parshat Terumah begins the long and detailed plan...

Leann Shamash
Feb 253 min read
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God is in the Details: Parshat Mishpatim (A Gallery)
#parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #torahdoodles Parshat Mishpatim presents the newly liberated Hebrews laws to live by. We are transitioning...

Leann Shamash
Feb 183 min read
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One Snowy Morning
#yitro #parshatyitro #whilewalkingthedog #earlymorningwalks #law #aseretdibrot #tencommandments #moses #government #changes #breakingdown...

Leann Shamash
Feb 114 min read
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The Account of the Clownfish
Parshat Beshalach is the Parshah of miracles and music. Aside from the revelation at Sinai, it is one of the memorable and descriptive of...

Leann Shamash
Feb 53 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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