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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
That Mark on Her Arm
#tazria #parshattazria #metzora #parshattazriametzora #holocaust #skin #tattoo #marks #identity #wearingidentity #yomhashoah #auschwitz...
Leann Shamash
Apr 29, 20254 min read
Elisheva
#shemini #parshatShemini #vayikra #sefervayikra #nadavandavihu #nadav #avihu #fire #sacrifice #mishkan Parshat Shemini continues onward...
Leann Shamash
Apr 23, 20254 min read
Elokai Neshama: Of Souls and Purity and a Young Man Driving in a Car
#vayikra #sefervayikra #leviticus #elokaineshama #breathe #breath #breathe #yehudahbecker #avishai #eloheyneshama #pure #mysoulispure...
Leann Shamash
Apr 1, 20253 min read
The Piano Player
#parshatpekudei #sefershemot #shemot #piano #thepianoteacher #playingthepiano #praticepractice #practicemakesperfect...
Leann Shamash
Mar 26, 20253 min read
Come Together
#vayakhel #parshatvaykhel #sefershemot #shmot #shemot #cometogether #thebeatles #abbeyroad #cometogether #beatlesmusic #1969 Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Mar 18, 20254 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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