Leann Shamash
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...
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Leann Shamash
- May 9
- 3 min
Soil: A Meditation
#soil The combined Parshiyot of Behar/B'Chukotai complete this year's reading of the book of Leviticus. These two parshiyot cover the...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Holiness is as Holiness Does
#Kedoshim #achareimot #wordshavewings #holiness #yomkippur דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל כּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Blood on Her Wings
#tazria #metzora #tazriametzora #blood #birds #sacrifice #ancientrituals #tzaraat This week we will read two highly unusual parshiyot,...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 10
- 1 min
The Other End of the Rainbow
#rainbows #therainbow #theendoftherainbow #omer #sefirathaomer #49poems #fortynine Dear Readers, I hope that all of you had meaningful...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 30
- 3 min
To Be or Not to Be
#nazir #masechetnazir #pesach #passover #passoverseder #seder #trash #garbage #outwiththetrash Hello Everyone, For those of you who are...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 28
- 3 min
The Morning After
#themorningafter #pesach #passover #seder #parshattzav #tzav #cohanim #removingtheashes Parshat Tzav, the second parsha of Sefer Vayikra,...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 22
- 2 min
Salt
#salt #vayikra #parshatvayikra #challah #tables #shabbattable Parshat Vayikra speaks about the different types of sacrifices that Hebrews...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Someone Dreamed
Before we finish the book of Exodus in the combined parshiyot of Vayakhel and Pekudei and we leave behind the many chapters devoted to...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 14
- 2 min
White Linen, Turquoise Threads
#women Tucked into Parshat Vayakhel/Pekudei is a remarkable pasuk. Exodus 38:8 states, "He (B'tzalel) made the laver of copper and its...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 7
- 3 min
Firefly
#theletters #broken #kitisa #parshathashavua #parshatkitisa #poetry #thetablets #tencommandments #goldencalf Parshat Ki Tisa is one of...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 3
- 3 min
For Olive
Dear Readers, First of all, I wanted to apologize to you for a poorly edited introduction to my other poem for Parshat Tetzaveh, called...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 1
- 2 min
In Living Color
#memories #exodus #shemot #thewizardofoz #tetzaveh Parshat Tetzaveh is the second parsha where directions are given for the building of...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Be My Sanctuary
#sanctuary #terumah #parshatterumah #donations #giving #synagogues #commonspace #supportingeachother #support #stories #hearing...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 14
- 3 min
Ta Sh'ma- Come and Learn!
#mishpatim #parshatmishpatim #law #originsoflaw #dafyomi #jewishlaw #talmud #mishna Parshat Mishpatim seals the covenant for the...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 7
- 3 min
Sinai Pianissimo
#Sinai #revelation #redemption #tencommandmants #mountsinai #wordshavewings Parshat Yitro is the last of the action packed Parshiyot of...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 31
- 3 min
Three Days
#threedays #songofthesea #beshalach #shemot #shabbatshira #water #thirst The crossing of the sea is the pivotal experience of the Exodus,...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 24
- 4 min
We Are the Players of Parshat Bo
#remember #memories #Passover #seder #passoverseder #bo #parshatBo In Chapter 12 of Shemot, in Parshat Bo, the text travels with us far...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 17
- 2 min
Hardened Hearts
#hardenhearts #Whenyourheartishardened #closedmind #closedheart In Parshat Va'era the Egyptians are introduced to the might and the...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 11
- 3 min
Mothers
#bityah #batyah #shemot #parshatShemot #exoduc #moses The story of Moses begins with brave women. Each of these women does something that...
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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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