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We're Still Standing
Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of his life he transfers leadership to Joshua. The...
Leann Shamash
Sep 26, 20254 min read
Elul
Parshat Netzavim, a parsha named for the act of standing, places us standing on the edge between Elul and Tishrei. The seasons are...
Leann Shamash
Sep 17, 20252 min read
A Day at the RMV and the Bikkurim Ceremony
#kitavo #seferdevarim #parashathashavua #parsha #deuteronomy #devarim #parshatkitavo #wordshavewings #bikkurim #thingswegetright #elul...
Leann Shamash
Sep 10, 20254 min read
Tiny Tales of Kindness 2025
#kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #talesofkindness #chesed #storytelling When I think about Parshat Ki Teitzei I think of kindness, so this...
Leann Shamash
Sep 3, 20259 min read
The Gardener
#parshatshoftim #shoftim #devarim #seferdevarim #Elul. #gardens #garden #vegetablegardens #orchards #vineyards Sefer Devarim continues...
Leann Shamash
Aug 26, 20255 min read
Parshat Re'eh and Heschel’s Radical Amazement
#reeh #parshatreeh #see #abrahamjoshuaheschel #heschel #radicalamazement #whatwesee #seeingforthefirsttime #whatwesee #mahrabumaasecha...
Leann Shamash
Aug 20, 20255 min read
K'zayit
#parshateikev #seferdevarim #eikev #romblaslavski #bread #olives #kezayit #thesizeofanolive #birkathamazon #deuteronomy Soon after we...
Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20254 min read
The Sea Captain’s House
Parshat Vaetchanan contains the beginnings of a rule book of how to do Jewish. The Ten Commandments are the basics of the commandments ,...
Leann Shamash
Aug 5, 20255 min read
Ourstories
#parshatdevarim #words #devarim #mosesspeaks #mishnehtorah #orallaw #ourstories #herstory #hisstory #storytelling #thepowerofstorytelling...
Leann Shamash
Jul 29, 20255 min read
Mycelium
#mycelium #fungi #connections #mushrooms #honeymushrooms #forestfloor #oak #forestfloor #ParshatMasai #parshatMatot #seferbamidbar...
Leann Shamash
Jul 24, 20254 min read
Gershom
#parshatpinchas #pinchas #summer2025 #wordshavewings #seferbamidbar #moshe #moses #gershon #gershonsonofmoses #joshua #desert #theexodus...
Leann Shamash
Jul 16, 20254 min read
Slow Looking
Oh, Parshat Balak, you are a wild and crazy parsha! As we continue through Sefer Bamidbar, the stories become stranger and stranger,...
Leann Shamash
Jul 9, 20255 min read
The Cloud הענן
#parshatchukat #chukat #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #aaron #moses #miriam #aaronsdeath #miriamsdeath #parshathashavua...
Leann Shamash
Jul 2, 20255 min read
Dream of Blue
#blue #shlach #shelach #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #parshathashavua #wordshavewings #parshacommentary...
Leann Shamash
Jun 18, 20253 min read
Cocoa Krispies
#behaalotecha #parshatbehaalotecha #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #foodmemories #memoriesoffood #cravings #foodandmemory Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jun 10, 20254 min read
I Am Your Amen
#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...
Leann Shamash
Jun 5, 20254 min read
Count, Undercount, Miscount, Discount
#bamidbar #counting #thecount #census #thecountingparsha #seferbamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #thebookofnumbers #chumash...
Leann Shamash
May 29, 20252 min read
Vayikra
#vayikra #parshathashavua #sefervayikra #lessonswecanlearn #neverleavelearningbehind This week we complete Sefer Vayikra with a double...
Leann Shamash
May 21, 20252 min read
Moadim: Calendar Musings
#emor #parshatemor #vayikra #sefervayikra #holidays #jewishholidays #jewishcalendar #rabbinicholidays #shaloshregalim Parshat Emor is...
Leann Shamash
May 13, 20252 min read
Kedoshim Haikus
Hello, I'll begin with a word about Acharei Mot, the first of the double parshiyot of Acharei Mot and Kedoshim. Just as we read the...
Leann Shamash
May 6, 20256 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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