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Siblings
#siblings #brothersandsisters #jacob #rachelandleah #leahandrachel #leah #rachel #breisheet #parshatvayeitzei #vayeitzei #lavan...
Leann Shamash
Nov 29, 20223 min read
The Man in Between
#yitzhak #isaac #parshattoldot #toldot Parshat Toldot begins by informing us that Parshat Toldot is Yitzhak's story; perhaps this acts as...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Run, Brother, Run
#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Prayer
#prayer #parshatchayeisarah #chayeisarah #Breisheet #hitbodedut #talkingtoGod #outinthefield When a minyan gathers and prays each...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20223 min read
The Empty Stage (Part 2)
#spotlight #theemptystage #Sarah #sarai #lotswife #hagar #parshatvayeira #breisheet In Parshat Vayeira women play an important role. ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
She is Gone (Part 1)
#sheisnomore #theram #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #thesacrificeofisaac #parshatvayera #vayeira #parshatVayeira Parshat Vayeira is a...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Blue Plate
#blueplate #meals #mealstogether #eating #food #dinner #lunch #breakfast #rice #bread #cobaltblue #blue #blueplates #knives #forks...
Leann Shamash
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Lech Lecha- Courage
#abraham #avraham #lechlecha #parsha #parshatlechlecha The past few days have been so illuminating. Parshat Lech Lecha, one of my...
Leann Shamash
Nov 1, 20224 min read
The Window צוֹהַר
#thewindow #parshatnoach #noach #noah #parshat #breisheet #annefrank #thediaryofannefrank Parshat Noach is a tale of destruction,...
Leann Shamash
Oct 25, 20223 min read
Ruach Elohim ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים
#ruach #breisheet #parshatbreishit #genesis #firsts #creation #ruach #wind #breath #breathe I find it difficult to transition from the...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20224 min read
At The End of the Day, Bless
#blessings #vzothaberacha #blessing #devarim #deuteronomy #finalparsha #fullcycle The final parsha of the Torah is Parshat V'Zot...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20223 min read
The Poem
#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20223 min read
If You Could See Us Now
#ifyoucouldseeusnow #vayelech #parshatvayelech Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20223 min read
The Final Act
#thefinalact #parshatnitzavim #theater #torah #fivebooks #theending #endingsandbeginnings Parshat Nitzavim, a short parsha found at the...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Today!
#today #parshatkitavo #kitavo Parshat Ki Tavo mentions the word TODAY thirteen times. In a D'var Torah on the website ONLINE TORAH,...
Leann Shamash
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Messages Carved in Stone
#remember #parshatkitavo #kitavo #messagescarvedinstone #stonememorials #messages This is one of two poems this week on Parshat Ki...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20222 min read
If We Could Just Remember
#remember #memory #whatweremember #whatweforget #cards וְזָכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֙יתָ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha...
Leann Shamash
Sep 6, 20222 min read
The Colors of Justice: Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof
#tzedek #parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #justice #youshallpursuejustice #pursue #tzedektzedek Parshat Shoftim is about justice and how to...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Rivers
#crossingthejordan #thejordanriver #nile #thecharlesriver #flowingwater #theotherside #crosstheriver #transport #rivers #snakingrivers...
Leann Shamash
Aug 23, 20223 min read
Teachings
#yerusha #whatweinherit #ourteachings #mayyourteachingscontinue #ablessing #legacy In Parshat Vaetchanan, we recall milestones such as...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 20223 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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