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First Fruits
#parshatkitavo Parshat Ki Tavo is known for its blessings and curses. Although the blessings and curses take up a good part of this...
Leann Shamash
Aug 29, 20233 min read
Tiny Tales of Kindness: Parshat Ki Teitzei
Blog posts on Words Have Wings usually take between two to five minutes to read. This post will take you longer to read, but I hope it...
Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 202315 min read
The World Was Upside Down: A Tale of Kindness
Parshat Shoftim is an important and relevant parsha, largely focusing on the the three pillars of leadership in the community, the king,...
Leann Shamash
Aug 15, 20236 min read
Hamakom
Re'eh means"see." In Parshat Re'eh we learn about making sacrifices once the people enter the land. The people are told to bring their...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 20233 min read
The Storyteller
Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's speech to B'nai Yisrael as they prepare to cross the Jordan. Contained in Parshat Eikev there are a...
Leann Shamash
Aug 1, 20233 min read
From the Center of the Flame and Nachamu, Nachamu Ami
Parshat Va'etchanan is always read after the nine days of mourning and the fast of Tisha B'Av, when we mourn the many tragic events in...
Leann Shamash
Jul 25, 20233 min read
To Be a Teacher
I sometimes think that the experience of Moshe Rabeinu with the Hebrews in the desert is akin to a classroom teacher's experience. Moshe...
Leann Shamash
Jul 18, 20233 min read
Dreaming Backwards From Station 42
Masai, the final parsha of Sefer Devarim, leaves us at the completion of the journey of the Hebrews before they reach the Promised Land....
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20232 min read
To My Daughters- A Letter to Mahlah, Noa, Choglah, Milcah and Tirzah,
#noa #tirtzah #machlah #hoglah The Daughters of Tzelophachad, from Parshat pinchas,their request for inheritance, their process appears...
Leann Shamash
Jul 4, 20234 min read
Sing a New Song
Here we are again, in the warm (and rainy!) days of summer time. These parshiyot, Chukat and Balak, truly are the summer camp parshiyot. ...
Leann Shamash
Jun 27, 20233 min read
Common Ground
Parshat Korach is about dissension in the ranks and a charismatic individual who seeks to gain power by claiming that everyone is imbued...
Leann Shamash
Jun 20, 20233 min read
This Coveted Time
As summer approaches.... When the birds call out before dawn and dawn arrives before 5, this time I covet. When flowers vie for space...
Leann Shamash
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Grasshopper
#grasshoppers #shlach #shelach #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #grasshoppers Parshat Sh'lach is the parsha of punishment and consequence,...
Leann Shamash
Jun 13, 20233 min read
Na
#elrefanala #moshe #miriam #behaalotecha #bhallotcha #prayer #na #please #prayeroftheheart I began this last week for Parsha...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20233 min read
A Tale About Shoes
#leadership Entering Parshat B'ha'alotecha is like entering into a novel. There is emotion, law, drama and wisdom all contained in a few...
Leann Shamash
Jun 6, 20234 min read
Bamidbar- In the Desert
#bamidbar Please note that this post comes after Parshat BaMidbar, but before Shavuot. Let's call it an island between the two! Parshat...
Leann Shamash
May 22, 20233 min read
5000- A Reflection on Masechet Sotah
In the continuing cycle of Daf Yomi, on Sunday we will will hold a siyum for Masechet Sotah. The initial focus and the title of this...
Leann Shamash
May 19, 20234 min read
Soil: A Meditation
#soil The combined Parshiyot of Behar/B'Chukotai complete this year's reading of the book of Leviticus. These two parshiyot cover the...
Leann Shamash
May 9, 20233 min read
Holiness is as Holiness Does
#Kedoshim #achareimot #wordshavewings #holiness #yomkippur דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל כּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים...
Leann Shamash
Apr 25, 20233 min read
Blood on Her Wings
#tazria #metzora #tazriametzora #blood #birds #sacrifice #ancientrituals #tzaraat This week we will read two highly unusual parshiyot,...
Leann Shamash
Apr 17, 20233 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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