Leann Shamash
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
- 3 min
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 4
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 5 min
The Longest Car Ride
The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev #parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries ...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 13
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 4 min
Being Bill Buckner
#shelach #shlach #billbuckner #mistakes #thespies #thescouts #Bamidbar #bostonredsox #curseofthebambino #1986metsandbostonredsox...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 11
- 3 min
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
- 8 min
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 22
- 4 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- Apr 15
- 8 min
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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