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Broken Tablets and the Fine Art of Kintsugi
#parshatkitisa #kitisa #kintsugi #brokentablets #broken #anger #exodus #shemot This week in the eventful Parsha of Ki Tisa, Moshe goes up...
Leann Shamash
Mar 12, 20253 min read
About Parshat Tetzaveh and Project Runway
#projectrunway #parshattetzaveh #Tetzaveh #fashion #clothing #design #clothingdesign #kohengadol #highpriest #clothes If the title of...
Leann Shamash
Mar 4, 20254 min read
Two Golden Cherubs
#terumah #parshatterumah. #sefershemot #shemot #shmot #exodus #cherubs #goldencherubs Parshat Terumah begins the long and detailed plan...
Leann Shamash
Feb 25, 20253 min read
God is in the Details: Parshat Mishpatim (A Gallery)
#parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #torahdoodles Parshat Mishpatim presents the newly liberated Hebrews laws to live by. We are transitioning...
Leann Shamash
Feb 18, 20253 min read
One Snowy Morning
#yitro #parshatyitro #whilewalkingthedog #earlymorningwalks #law #aseretdibrot #tencommandments #moses #government #changes #breakingdown...
Leann Shamash
Feb 11, 20254 min read
The Account of the Clownfish
Parshat Beshalach is the Parshah of miracles and music. Aside from the revelation at Sinai, it is one of the memorable and descriptive of...
Leann Shamash
Feb 5, 20253 min read
Now I Remember
#passover #pesach #remember #rememberpassover #Zachor #parshatbo #bo Hello! Acknowledging that both Parshat Vaera and Parshat Bo are...
Leann Shamash
Jan 28, 20254 min read
Oh Yes, We Have Witnessed a Plague
#Vaera #shmot #shemot #exodus #plagues #makot #pharaoh I have a nickname for this week’s parsha, which is Passover in January . In...
Leann Shamash
Jan 21, 20254 min read
That Hand Upon Your Shoulder
Welcome to first parsha of Sefer Shemot. Within the first chapters, we are introduced to Moshe and a whole new cast of characters as our...
Leann Shamash
Jan 14, 20253 min read
Seven Blessings
#blessings #parshatvayechi #parshatvayehi #sevenblessings #weddings #weddingblessings #breisheet #yaakov #blessingsofjacob A few weeks...
Leann Shamash
Jan 7, 20254 min read
Seventy Souls
Hi! This is a day or two late since my server has not been working. We read Parshat Vayigash yesterday, but I hope it is not too late for...
Leann Shamash
Jan 5, 20252 min read
The Agunah: Parshat Vayeishev
#breisheet #parshatvayeishev #vayeishev Hello Readers, Welcome to the last part of Genesis where we explore the story of Joseph. Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Dec 18, 20244 min read
On the Murmurations of Starlings
#parshatvayishlach Greetings, Events around us seem to pass so quickly these past months. As news stories tumble into one another,...
Leann Shamash
Dec 12, 20244 min read
Tefillat Haderech
Many years ago, when I met my husband, he would begin any considerable drive in the car with the words, B'shem HaShem Na’aseh V’natzliach...
Leann Shamash
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Dig That Well!
In Perek 26 of the Parsha Toldot, we veer from the classic tale of the birth of Esav and Yaakov and the drama associated with their...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20243 min read
Tzimtzum-צמצום
. It takes a colossus to squeeze himself small enough to allow another’s dreams to come true, in a world grown wild ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 20, 20243 min read
Parshat Vayera-Searching
Parshat Vayera is a composed of a number of intertwined stories. The stories of three women appear through the thread of the stories. ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 13, 20244 min read
Lech Lecha, Lechi Lach
#wedding #chuppah #parshatlechlecha #avraham #sarah #journeys Parshat Lech Lecha (translated as "You shall go") is a parsha that...
Leann Shamash
Nov 5, 20243 min read
One Still Morning
#Parshatnoach #noach #destruction #storm #clouds #rainbow Dear Readers, Parshat Noach is about destruction. It is about a God that has...
Leann Shamash
Oct 29, 20243 min read
B'tzelem Elokim (In the Image of God)
Hello, Shalom Aleichem, (peace to you), As it is with so many stages of our lives, we finish something and we begin anew, with a attitude...
Leann Shamash
Oct 23, 20244 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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