Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#sefira #sefirathaomer #countingtheomer #haiku #spring #winter #springtosummer #wintertospring Dear Friends and Readers, Here is part two of my Sefirat Ha'Omer project for this year. It is a journal in haiku, mostly written during my morning walks, but occasionally in the evening. As someone who loves capturing nature through photos, this project was invaluable. It added language to what I was seeing and experiencing. Fitting my thoughts into the strict 5-7-5 syllable structu

#haiku #sefirathaomer #sefira #parshatemor #emor #jewishholidays #countingtheomer #vayikra #sefervayikra #jewishholidaycalendar #theomer #littleprojects #49days #sevenweeks Hello Everyone, It seems that for each of the years that I have written Words Have Wings, I have written with some ideas for counting the Omer. I guess this will be another one of those posts. I'll say what I have said before. I love the Omer! I don't know why?!? Maybe just because it is a challenge? Ma

Hello Everyone, First and foremost, I wish all of you a Moadim L'simcha , a happy semi-holiday, pressed between the first days of...

#paassover #pesach #memories #seder #passoverseder #wordshavewings #family #passoversedermemories Hello Everyone, This post is a blessing...

The match lives for but three seconds. It lies sleeping for months, maybe years, in a sealed and dry box, deep in a kitchen junk drawer,...

#sukkot Last night, in advance of Sukkot, I remembered something from Daf Yomi, Masechet Sukah. It was one of those strange discussions...

Parshat Emor includes a list of the holy days of the year. Included in the terse description of the biblical holy days are detailed...

What could be finer than the holiday of Sukkot which follows on the coattails or Rosh HaShannah and Yom Kippur. As we make transitions...

#sefirathaomer #theomer #49days I'd like to close out the 49 days of counting the Omer with a few thoughts. I have tried to write...

#postscripts #passover #sefira #seder #prep #work For those out there that do prep for Passover; whether it is for a month, a day or an...

#omer #sefirathaomer #countingtheomer Dear Readers, On the second night of Passover, Thursday evening, we begin to count the omer until...

#elijahtheprophet #eliyahuhanavi #passoverseder #passovervisit #cupofwine #elijahscup #cupofelijah #childrenssstories...

A poem for the upcoming holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the new year for the trees. Written with gratitude to our silent, rooted companions, who...

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

#ablessingfortheeightnights #unity #tolerance #eyesopen #gratitude #creativity #innovation #resilience #family #generosity #community...

#amemory #dayspast #daysthatwillcomeagain #covid19 #pandemic #backtonormal #remembering A Memory: This memory might be yours or it might...

#lentils #redlentils #brownlentils #greenlentils #eisav #jacob #iamhungry #lentilsoup #lentilsoup Once when Jacob was cooking a stew,...

#zman #zmansimchateynu #sukkot #timeofourjoy #thetimeofyourlife #booths #theholidayofbooths #theholidayofjoy #holidayofhappiness As I...

#roshhashannah #jewishnewyear #tishrei #roshhashanna #igettheurgeforcooking #tomrush #andigettheurgeforgoing #brisket #honeycake...

#Kiteitzeh #parshatkiteitzeh #mercy #showingmercy #empathy #showingempathy #training #trainingforthemarathon #spiritualtraining...