Leann Shamash
The Day After
#thedayafter #chalitza #yibum #yevamot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #talmudpoetry The Daf Yomi cycle continues. A number of months ago we...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 7
- 2 min
A Thin Line
#mourning #joy #mourningandjoy When Masechet Moed Katan began, I understood it to be about the intermediate days of holidays, such as...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Lipstick
#lipstick #mom #irmag #makeup #talmud #masechetmoedkatan #moedkatan #growingold #dementia For those who haven't followed this blog for...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 14
- 3 min
The Student in Row Twenty-four
#masechetmegilla #masechetmegila #reishlakish #learning #studentsandlearning #learningstyles I continue to write a poem about each of the...
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Leann Shamash
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
Abba Hilkia's Wife
#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
The Prayer of the Witnesses
#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...
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Leann Shamash
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
The Comma
#punctuation #thecomma #periodsandcommas #semicolons #masechetBeitzah #beitzah #DafYomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #rules...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Goat is Falling
#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 21, 2021
- 3 min
A Thousand Questions
#fourquestions #mahnishtana #passoverseder #askingquestions #onequestionisnotenough #keepaskingquestions Today was the Siyum for Masechet...
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Leann Shamash
- Nov 19, 2020
- 3 min
Imagine
#eruvin #masecheteruvin #siyum #imagine #cities #air #measuring #shabbat #measuring #outwards #inwards #poetryofspace Dear Friends, On...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 10, 2020
- 7 min
Daf Yomi: Completion of Masechet Shabbat
#dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetshabbat #shabbat #learning #apageaday #gleanings #reviewofdafyomi #whatisthetakeaway This blog...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Painting a Tree Red
#paintatreered #thepaintedtree #redtree #talkingtalmud #hadran #dafyomi #whenbadthingshappen #talkingtalmudpodcast #talkingtalmud #mercy...
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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.