Leann Shamash
The Squirrel and the Hawk
#thehawkandthesquirrel #wordshavewings #parshatvayera #hawk #squirrel #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #akedah #thesquirrelandthehawk There...
WORDS HAVE WINGS
Reflections on saying kaddish
"How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?"
—Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
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Leann Shamash
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Journeys
#journeys #journey #journeysalone #voyages #parshatlechlecha #avrahamandsarah #avramandsarai #getupandgo In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avram is...
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Leann Shamash
- Oct 8
- 2 min
The Comma
#punctuation #thecomma #periodsandcommas #semicolons #masechetBeitzah #beitzah #DafYomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #rules...
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Leann Shamash
- Oct 4
- 3 min
No Ark For the Extinct
#extinctions #noahsark #therainbow #wordshavewings #parshatnoach #thereisnoarkfortheextinct #NYTIMES #catrineinhorn #Newyorktimes What...
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Leann Shamash
- Oct 1
- 3 min
And it Was Very Good
#simchattorah #chatantorah #kallatbreisheet #breisheet #kehillathisrael #wordshavewings #shehecheyanu #anditwasverygood Two days ago was...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 30
- 3 min
The Open Table
#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 24
- 2 min
Shake
#fromwheregoesthebreeze #thewind #sukkot #talkingtalmud #masechetsukkot In Talmud, Masechet Sukkah page 37b, there is a story about...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 20
- 2 min
Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 17
- 3 min
The Four Corners
#fourcorners #yomkippur #ashkenazictraditions #honeyfourcorners #diphoney Sitting next to my father at synagogue in Medford so many years...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Tzur Yisrael-Rock of Israel
#tzuryisrael #rock #rocksandminerals #rockofisrael #characteristicsofrocks #sedementaryrocks #metamorphicrocks #igneousrocks #comparisons...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 9
- 2 min
The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 6
- 4 min
Late Summer Garden
#obsessedwithplants #thegardenisfull #themessygarden #nativeplants #invasiveplants #lookaroundandsee I am obsessed with plants. It is my...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 6
- 2 min
Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Wed Me
#nitzavim #parshatnitzavim #marriage #wedme #forever #promises #onmountaintops #bemine #thechosen As we approach the end of the Five...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 29
- 1 min
The Hour Before Dawn
#thehourbeforedawn #earlymorning The Hour Before Dawn It is quiet in the hour before dawn. Quiet, but not still. The lone cricket sings...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 24
- 4 min
We Remember
#kitavo #parshatkitavo #elul #finalparshiyot #parsha #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #rememberyourroots Parshat Ki Tavo has the Hebrews on the...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Morning Glory
#morningglory #opentothesun #openeachmorning #skyblue #thecolorofthesky #blue #latebloomer Morning Glory Your seed is as hard as stone....
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 19
- 3 min
Ten Days, Ten Questions
#questionsforelul #elul #monthofelul #instropection #lookinginward #roshhashannah #tenquestions #tendaystenquestions The internet is...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 17
- 3 min
The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha that needs to be studied; turned over and over...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
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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.