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Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Broken Dreams
#weallhavedreams #dreaming #snippetsofdreams #dreams #onceuponatime #parsha #parshatvayeisheiv #vayeishev #vayeisheiv #dreams...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20212 min read
Who Knows?
#whoknows #thegatewaytoheaven #whoknew #heavenwashereandididnotknowit #parshatvayeitzei #yaakov #jacob #vayeitzei In Parshat Vayeitzei,...
Leann Shamash
Nov 9, 20212 min read
What Would You Give?
#whatwouldyougive #wordshavewings #parshattoldot #yaakovandesav #yaakov #jacobandesau #stew #redlentils #redlentilstew Parshat Toldot...
Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Eliezer
#Eliezer #parshatChayeiSarah #servants #immigrants #drivers #servant #maid In the long and detailed narrative of the search for a bride...
Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20213 min read
The Squirrel and the Hawk
#thehawkandthesquirrel #wordshavewings #parshatvayera #hawk #squirrel #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #akedah #thesquirrelandthehawk There...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20213 min read
Journeys
#journeys #journey #journeysalone #voyages #parshatlechlecha #avrahamandsarah #avramandsarai #getupandgo In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avram is...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20213 min read
No Ark For the Extinct
#extinctions #noahsark #therainbow #wordshavewings #parshatnoach #thereisnoarkfortheextinct #NYTIMES #catrineinhorn #Newyorktimes What...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20213 min read
And it Was Very Good
#simchattorah #chatantorah #kallatbreisheet #breisheet #kehillathisrael #wordshavewings #shehecheyanu #anditwasverygood Two days ago was...
Leann Shamash
Oct 1, 20213 min read
The Open Table
#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Shake
#fromwheregoesthebreeze #thewind #sukkot #talkingtalmud #masechetsukkot In Talmud, Masechet Sukkah page 37b, there is a story about...
Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20212 min read
The Four Corners
#fourcorners #yomkippur #ashkenazictraditions #honeyfourcorners #diphoney Sitting next to my father at synagogue in Medford so many years...
Leann Shamash
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Tzur Yisrael-Rock of Israel
#tzuryisrael #rock #rocksandminerals #rockofisrael #characteristicsofrocks #sedementaryrocks #metamorphicrocks #igneousrocks #comparisons...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20212 min read
The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
Leann Shamash
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
Leann Shamash
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Wed Me
#nitzavim #parshatnitzavim #marriage #wedme #forever #promises #onmountaintops #bemine #thechosen As we approach the end of the Five...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20212 min read
We Remember
#kitavo #parshatkitavo #elul #finalparshiyot #parsha #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #rememberyourroots Parshat Ki Tavo has the Hebrews on the...
Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 20214 min read
The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory An introduction to this re-post of The Mother Bird I published this post four...
Leann Shamash
Aug 17, 20214 min read
Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20212 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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