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#Matot #parshatmatot #Masai #parshatMasai #combinedparshahs #doubleparsha #thethreeweeks #threeweeks #tamuz #itinerary #itineraries #cruise #vacations #fortyyearsinthedesert #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #numbers #schedules #unexpected About Last Week: Parshat Pinchas Last week was the first week that I didn't post in Words Have Wings in a very long time. It was an uncomfortable place for me, as it is my custom to record thoughts each week. With apologies to Parshat Pincha
Leann Shamash
1 day ago4 min read
Get Up, Pick Up and Start Again
#chukat #parshatchukat #getup #pickup #pickup #startagain Hi Everyone, Usually at this point in the year I begin a post by saying that these are the summer camp parshiyot, so for those kids heading off to camp in the northeast, you are in for some interesting summer Parsha material! Although this week we read a double Parsha, Chukat and Balak (It’s catch-up time to the Torah cycle in Israel) this piece is written for Parshat Chukat following the deaths of Miriam and Aaron an
Leann Shamash
Jun 233 min read
Maybe
#parshatkorach #firepans #250 #revolutions #populism #revolution #seferbamidbar #aaron #moses #imsorry #apologies #mistakes #learnfrommistakes #riseabove In the eventful Parshat Korach we read about failed revolutions and revolutionaries and their subsequent punishments. We learn about the 250 revolutionaries carrying copper fire pans who challenged the system along with Korach, who are swiftly consumed by fire. Following this strange and alarming event God instructs Elazar
Leann Shamash
Jun 174 min read
Paradise?
#shelach #shlach #shlachlech #shelachlech #numbers #bamidbar #mygarden #thespies #wordshavewings #dvartorah #thejoyofgardening #mymessygarden Hello! Parshat Sh'lach is a consequential parsha; one from which there is no return. Although the parsha speaks about tzitzit, the idea of taking challah and concludes with the strange story of the Sabbath wood gatherer, it is the story of the scouts or sometimes referred to as the spies that changes the trajectory of our story. In the
Leann Shamash
Jun 104 min read
A Meteor on a Shabbat Afternoon
#sonicboom #meteors #newenglandcoast #meteor #capecodbay #shabbatafternoon #psalms #psalm8 With respect to Parshat Be'haalotecha, which I am not writing about this week, here is a post about a little bit of history that was made last Shabbat. I have a list of posts specifically written on PARSHAT BE'HAALOTECHA below this post. I hope you check them out and that they give you some context for this interesting parsha. Wishing you a Shabbat Shalom, Leann On Shabbat afternoon,
Leann Shamash
Jun 34 min read
Shifting Winds
#naso #nazir #bracha #blessings #blessing #birkathakohanim #sotah #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshapoetry #wordshavewings This week, in the strange Parshat Naso, we read about the Sotah and the Nazir and then the parsha concludes, as though with an afterthought, with the immensely important priestly blessing. יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ {ס} יָאֵ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה ׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ {ס} יִשָּׂ֨א יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁל
Leann Shamash
May 273 min read
Sefirat Ha’Omer Haikus Part 2: From Early Spring to Summer
#sefira #sefirathaomer #countingtheomer #haiku #spring #winter #springtosummer #wintertospring Dear Friends and Readers, Here is part two of my Sefirat Ha'Omer project for this year. It is a journal in haiku, mostly written during my morning walks, but occasionally in the evening. As someone who loves capturing nature through photos, this project was invaluable. It added language to what I was seeing and experiencing. Fitting my thoughts into the strict 5-7-5 syllable structu
Leann Shamash
May 208 min read
One Blade of Grass
#bamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #bladeofgrass #bladesofgrass #census #wordshavewings #torahstudy #poetry Hi Everyone, I came up with this idea of blades of grass while walking the dog this week and noticing people's lawns. Parshat Bamidbar begins with a military census of males over twenty years old. The tribes are listed by the names of the sons of Jacob and includes large numbers, that lead to a total of approximately 603,000. Of this huge number, almost everyone rema
Leann Shamash
May 133 min read
She CallsTo Me
#Behar #parshatBehar #shemita #Vayikra #wordshavewings #parshapoetry This week we read two Parshiyot to complete the book of Vayikra. Behar and Bechukotai are uncomfortably paired to deliver a powerful lesson as we leave the "Book of the Kohanim" behind. The book concludes with a demand to let the land rest every seven years, followed by a special fiftieth year involving not only agricultural rest but the release of slaves and debts. This section is followed by a short list
Leann Shamash
May 73 min read
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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