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The Light
#thelight #nertamid #light #theeternallight #eternallightkj Full disclosure....I wrote this poem on Leviticus 24:2, on the eternal light,...
Leann Shamash
May 10, 20222 min read
Thoughts About Holiness
#holy #holiness #kedoshim #parshatkedoshim #KI #KIMorningminyan #thinkingaboutholiness This week at the KI minyan, we shared thoughts on...
Leann Shamash
May 5, 20223 min read
Kedoshim Haikus
#kedoshim #parshatkedoshim #haiku This parsha is rich in mitzvot; fertile ground for mitzvot between one human and another. It was a...
Leann Shamash
May 4, 20222 min read
After the Death אחרי מות
#afterthedeath #achareimot #parsha #vayikra #parshatvayikra #moses #aaron #aaronssons #sonsofaaron After a break in the weekly parsha...
Leann Shamash
Apr 26, 20222 min read
When Holiness Finds You
#holiness #whenholinesscalls #waitingfortheholy #holiness #theholy During this glorious week of Pesach, when we hear the sounds of the...
Leann Shamash
Apr 20, 20222 min read
When There Are No Miracles
#passover #passover2022 #pesach #miracles #ukraine #russia #putin #warinukraine #zelensky As we approach the holiday of Passover we think...
Leann Shamash
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Living Waters
#livingwaters #mayyimhayyim #mikvah #immersion #water So much of what is written in Parshat Metzora concerning blood and emissions still...
Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Skin
#onesmallspot #tazria #sefervayikra #skinafflictions In the center of a book about a people, God and laws that guide our lives, appear a...
Leann Shamash
Mar 29, 20222 min read
The Boy Who Danced
#daniel #barryandberta #danielsstory #parshatshemini #shemini #sefervayikra #vayikra #aaron #nadavandavihu #firefromthesky Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Mar 23, 20222 min read
Zeresh
#Zeresh #purim #wordshavewings #haman #megilatesther #esther #villainess #villains Zeresh is mentioned twice in Megillat Esther. As...
Leann Shamash
Mar 16, 20224 min read
In Seven Days
#insevendays #sevendays #tzav #parshattzav #aaron #sacrifice #vayikra #aaronandhissons #sevendaysofcreation #covid #storms #disease #war...
Leann Shamash
Mar 15, 20222 min read
Sometimes You Need to be Seen
#sometimesyouneedtobeseen #sometimesyoujustneedtobeseen #seen #heard #counted #makingadifference #talkthetalk #walkthewalk #reiyah...
Leann Shamash
Mar 3, 20222 min read
Aaron and His Four Sons
#foursons #passover #passoverhagadah #parshatpekudei #pekudei #aaron #aaronandhisfoursons #nadavandavihu #sonsofaaron #thepriesthood With...
Leann Shamash
Mar 1, 20223 min read
For Those
#mishebeyrach #changethelightbulbs #sendoutthemail #thesmallthings #volunteers #volunteerskeepthingsrunning #vayakhel #congregations...
Leann Shamash
Feb 22, 20223 min read
Waiting
#waiting #worstimpulses #whenyouwait #kitisa #moses #mountsinai #thetencommandments #thehebrews #rumors #gold #goldearrings It is in this...
Leann Shamash
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Joy
#joy #moed #chol #cholhamoed #describingjoy #masechetmoedkatan Masechet Moed Katan is about the intermediate days of a holiday, such as...
Leann Shamash
Feb 13, 20222 min read
Heart Vignettes
#oz #thet inman #theheartliesburied #tetzaveh #parshattetzaveh #clothing #aaron #breastplate #carryingtheweight #et #ETphonehome...
Leann Shamash
Feb 9, 20222 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
Ten Thousand Stitches
#makemeahome #useyourgifts #artandsculpture #weaving #finematerials #aronkodesh #artists #home #givemeahome #terumah #parshatterumah...
Leann Shamash
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Music
#music #shemot #Beshalach #wordshavewings #song #dance #movement #movementandsong #thebeatofthedrums Parshat Be'Shalach is the Exodus. It...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20222 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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