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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


I Am Your Amen
#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...

Leann Shamash
Jun 54 min read


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


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...

Leann Shamash
Oct 15, 20245 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...

Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20243 min read


On Bava Kamma and a Dog
#babakama #dafyomi לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם אֶת הַכֶּלֶב אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן קָשׁוּר בְּשַׁלְשְׁלָאוֹת כּוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם...

Leann Shamash
Mar 3, 20243 min read


Mazal Tov. You are Divorced.
As it has been my custom since beginning to learn Daf Yomi more than three years ago, I deliver a poem when we finish a Masechet (a...

Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20234 min read


5000- A Reflection on Masechet Sotah
In the continuing cycle of Daf Yomi, on Sunday we will will hold a siyum for Masechet Sotah. The initial focus and the title of this...

Leann Shamash
May 19, 20234 min read


Words, Words,
#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the...

Leann Shamash
Jan 20, 20232 min read


I am a Woman. I am.
#Iamawoman #eesha #masechetketubot #ketubot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #hadran #women #marriage #contracts #dafyomiforwomen As is my...

Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20223 min read


The Day After
#thedayafter #chalitza #yibum #yevamot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #talmudpoetry The Daf Yomi cycle continues. A number of months ago we...

Leann Shamash
Jul 8, 20223 min read


A Thin Line
#mourning #joy #mourningandjoy When Masechet Moed Katan began, I understood it to be about the intermediate days of holidays, such as...

Leann Shamash
Feb 7, 20222 min read


The Student in Row Twenty-four
#masechetmegilla #masechetmegila #reishlakish #learning #studentsandlearning #learningstyles I continue to write a poem about each of the...

Leann Shamash
Jan 14, 20223 min read


Abba Hilkia's Wife
#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...

Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20214 min read


The Prayer of the Witnesses
#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...

Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20214 min read


The Goat is Falling
#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...

Leann Shamash
Jul 9, 20213 min read


A Thousand Questions
#fourquestions #mahnishtana #passoverseder #askingquestions #onequestionisnotenough #keepaskingquestions Today was the Siyum for Masechet...

Leann Shamash
Mar 21, 20213 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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