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The Dream Weaver
#dreamweaver #dream #weaver #Vayeshev #breisheet #genesis An important part of Parshat Vayeshev is the concept of dreams. Yosef’s dreams...
Leann Shamash
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Coat of Many Colors
#coatofmanycolors #vayeshev #parshatvayeshev #coat #breisheet Parshat Vayishlach is perhaps one of the most interesting stories in the...
Leann Shamash
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Limp With Me To The Finish Line
#finishline #completion #eisav #jacob #limp #breisheet #friends #couples #races #race #papercups This little poem is inspired by Jacob's...
Leann Shamash
Dec 9, 20222 min read
The Silence of a Father; The Voice of a Daughter
#dina #jacob #deena #yaakov #vayishlach #genesis #breisheet #parshathashavua #parshapoetry #poetry #rape #silence #voice Dear Readers, I...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Siblings
#siblings #brothersandsisters #jacob #rachelandleah #leahandrachel #leah #rachel #breisheet #parshatvayeitzei #vayeitzei #lavan...
Leann Shamash
Nov 29, 20223 min read
The Man in Between
#yitzhak #isaac #parshattoldot #toldot Parshat Toldot begins by informing us that Parshat Toldot is Yitzhak's story; perhaps this acts as...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Run, Brother, Run
#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Prayer
#prayer #parshatchayeisarah #chayeisarah #Breisheet #hitbodedut #talkingtoGod #outinthefield When a minyan gathers and prays each...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20223 min read
The Empty Stage (Part 2)
#spotlight #theemptystage #Sarah #sarai #lotswife #hagar #parshatvayeira #breisheet In Parshat Vayeira women play an important role. ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
She is Gone (Part 1)
#sheisnomore #theram #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #thesacrificeofisaac #parshatvayera #vayeira #parshatVayeira Parshat Vayeira is a...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20223 min read
Blue Plate
#blueplate #meals #mealstogether #eating #food #dinner #lunch #breakfast #rice #bread #cobaltblue #blue #blueplates #knives #forks...
Leann Shamash
Nov 6, 20221 min read
Lech Lecha- Courage
#abraham #avraham #lechlecha #parsha #parshatlechlecha The past few days have been so illuminating. Parshat Lech Lecha, one of my...
Leann Shamash
Nov 1, 20224 min read
The Window צוֹהַר
#thewindow #parshatnoach #noach #noah #parshat #breisheet #annefrank #thediaryofannefrank Parshat Noach is a tale of destruction,...
Leann Shamash
Oct 25, 20223 min read
Ruach Elohim ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים
#ruach #breisheet #parshatbreishit #genesis #firsts #creation #ruach #wind #breath #breathe I find it difficult to transition from the...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20224 min read
At The End of the Day, Bless
#blessings #vzothaberacha #blessing #devarim #deuteronomy #finalparsha #fullcycle The final parsha of the Torah is Parshat V'Zot...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20223 min read
The Poem
#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20223 min read
If You Could See Us Now
#ifyoucouldseeusnow #vayelech #parshatvayelech Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20223 min read
The Final Act
#thefinalact #parshatnitzavim #theater #torah #fivebooks #theending #endingsandbeginnings Parshat Nitzavim, a short parsha found at the...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Today!
#today #parshatkitavo #kitavo Parshat Ki Tavo mentions the word TODAY thirteen times. In a D'var Torah on the website ONLINE TORAH,...
Leann Shamash
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Messages Carved in Stone
#remember #parshatkitavo #kitavo #messagescarvedinstone #stonememorials #messages This is one of two poems this week on Parshat Ki...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20222 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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