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Leann Shamash

Oct 26, 2022
3 min

Daf Yomi

I am a Woman. I am.

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

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Leann Shamash

Jul 8, 2022
3 min

Daf Yomi

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, 2022
2 min

Parsha Poetry

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, 2022
4 min

Daf Yomi

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, 2022
3 min

Daf Yomi

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

Daf Yomi

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

Daf Yomi

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

Daf Yomi

The Comma

#punctuation #thecomma #periodsandcommas #semicolons #masechetBeitzah #beitzah #DafYomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #rules...

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Leann Shamash

Jul 9, 2021
3 min

Parsha Poetry

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

Parsha Poetry

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

Daf Yomi

Imagine

#eruvin #masecheteruvin #siyum #imagine #cities #air #measuring #shabbat #measuring #outwards #inwards #poetryofspace Dear Friends, On...

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Daf Yomi: Completion of Masechet Shabbat

Leann Shamash

Aug 10, 2020
7 min

Daf Yomi

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

Daf Yomi

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.

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