Leann Shamash
Tefillat Haderech
Many years ago, when I met my husband, he would begin any considerable drive in the car with the words, B'shem HaShem Na’aseh V’natzliach...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 263 min read
Dig That Well!
In Perek 26 of the Parsha Toldot, we veer from the classic tale of the birth of Esav and Yaakov and the drama associated with their...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 203 min read
Tzimtzum-צמצום
. It takes a colossus to squeeze himself small enough to allow another’s dreams to come true, in a world grown wild ...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 134 min read
Parshat Vayera-Searching
Parshat Vayera is a composed of a number of intertwined stories. The stories of three women appear through the thread of the stories. ...
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Leann Shamash
Nov 53 min read
Lech Lecha, Lechi Lach
#wedding #chuppah #parshatlechlecha #avraham #sarah #journeys Parshat Lech Lecha (translated as "You shall go") is a parsha that...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 293 min read
One Still Morning
#Parshatnoach #noach #destruction #storm #clouds #rainbow Dear Readers, Parshat Noach is about destruction. It is about a God that has...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 234 min read
B'tzelem Elokim (In the Image of God)
Hello, Shalom Aleichem, (peace to you), As it is with so many stages of our lives, we finish something and we begin anew, with a attitude...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 155 min read
Oh, Build Me a Sukkah!
#sukkot Last night, in advance of Sukkot, I remembered something from Daf Yomi, Masechet Sukah. It was one of those strange discussions...
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Leann Shamash
Oct 73 min read
Mother Tree
#october7 #endings #beginnings Today is October 7th. It is also the middle of Aseret Y'mai Teshuva, the days of repentance. There are...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 242 min read
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 183 min read
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 122 min read
Play!
Ki Teitzei contains 74 (!!!) mitzvot, 27 positive and 47 prohibitions (from Torah Tidbits). Some of these mitzvot are easy to understand...
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Leann Shamash
Sep 41 min read
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 301 min read
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 205 min read
The Longest Car Ride
The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev #parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries ...
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Leann Shamash
Aug 132 min read
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 72 min read
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 313 min read
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 242 min read
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 174 min read
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 103 min read
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 43 min read
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 303 min read
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 264 min read
Being Bill Buckner
#shelach #shlach #billbuckner #mistakes #thespies #thescouts #Bamidbar #bostonredsox #curseofthebambino #1986metsandbostonredsox...
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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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