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Dancing with an Angel
#wrestlingwithangels #dancingwithangels #music #musicinmyears #parsha #vayishlach #danceatmidnight #danceatdawn #danceofthemoon #jacob...
Leann Shamash
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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A Prayer
#jacob #esau #myprayer #prayer #wordshavewings #parshatvayishlach #birthright #areyouthere #doesgodhearourprayers In this poem, the first...
Leann Shamash
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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Leah
#iamnumber2 #leah #seemme #thosewhosee #secondbest #whatmakesusbest #thebestofus #leahandrachel #jacobandrachel #jacobandleah #weakeyes...
Leann Shamash
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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Ladders
#ladder #jacobsladder #ladderofangels #justice #mercy #godwaswithme #godiswithme #thepillowundermyhead #whereladderslead #workforjustice...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20203 min read
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We are Family
#wearefamily #family #bcholdorvador #isaac #jacob #rebecca #esau #yitzhak #rivka #esav #yaakov #competition #withloveweruin ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 15, 20202 min read
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Endings and Beginnings
#endings #legacy #endingsandbeginnings #plans #receipts #parshatchayeisarah #weareplanners The beginning of Chayei Sarah enumerates the...
Leann Shamash
Nov 9, 20203 min read
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Lift up Your Eyes
#lookupmylove #liftupyoureyes #issac #yitzhak #lonely #sorrow #mourning #fillupmyheart #rebecca #isaacandrebecca #walkinginthefield...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20202 min read
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Covenant
#brit #covenant #poetry #thecovenant #thejews #responsibilities #whatisacovenant Forgive me for two posts in one day. I am attempting to...
Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20202 min read
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Remember Me- Sarah
#sarah #sarahimeinu #abraham #isaac #forefathers #foremothers #tanach #torah #wheniwasyoung #poetry #poem #breisheet #hagar #mistakes...
Leann Shamash
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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Your Name
#yourname #names #anameisimportant #naming #children #parents #grandparents #whatsinaname Tonight I begin teaching a five session course...
Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20203 min read
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The Voice: For Parshat Lech Lecha
#closeyoureyes #thesand #lechlecha #parshathashavua #comfort #courage #thevoice #listen #hearthevoice #thecomfortsofhome #awhisper...
Leann Shamash
Oct 25, 20202 min read
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The Raindrop
#iamaraindrop #raindrops #flood #noah #parshatnoach #floods #unwilling #covertheearth #rain #wind #join #theflood #rainbows #rainbow Long...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Morid HaGeshem: The Prayer for Rain
#geshem #rain #prayerforrain #autumn #moridhageshem #sheminiatzeret #winteriscoming #tishrei #dew #rainanddew Outside the autumn sky...
Leann Shamash
Oct 16, 20205 min read
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Yizkor- Leah Kanat Gershkowitz
#yizkor #elmaleirachamim #yitgadal #kaddish #sayingkaddish #eighthdaysukkot #sukkot #remembering #shoah #mygrandmother #holocaust...
Leann Shamash
Oct 13, 20204 min read
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Bet
#breisheet #beginnings #simchattorah #beginningagain #newbeginnings #startingover #weeklyparsha #poetry #aleph #alef #bet #breisheet...
Leann Shamash
Oct 9, 20202 min read
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The Holiday of Our Joy
#joy #sukkot #holidayofjoy #sukkah #structure #flimsystructure #holiday #jewishholidays #sleepinthesukkah #eatinthesukkah...
Leann Shamash
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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I am Teshuvah
#teshuva #teshuvah #yomkippur #aseretmyeiteshuva #asweetyear #ahealthyyear #ayearofpeace #avinumalkeynu #redeemus #grantusgoodhealth...
Leann Shamash
Sep 25, 20201 min read
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The Final Climb
#moses #crossingover #justreward #punishment #rewardandpunishment #endoflife #lookingback #lookingahead #reflections #mountnebo #mtnebo...
Leann Shamash
Sep 22, 20204 min read
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Hagar's Prayer
#hagar #mothers #safetyofchildren #amothersprayer #nomunualformotherhood #prayforsafety #poverty #motherslove #roshhashannahtorahreading...
Leann Shamash
Sep 14, 20203 min read
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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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