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If We Could Just Remember
#remember #memory #whatweremember #whatweforget #cards וְזָכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֙יתָ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha...
Leann Shamash
Sep 6, 20222 min read
The Colors of Justice: Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof
#tzedek #parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #justice #youshallpursuejustice #pursue #tzedektzedek Parshat Shoftim is about justice and how to...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Rivers
#crossingthejordan #thejordanriver #nile #thecharlesriver #flowingwater #theotherside #crosstheriver #transport #rivers #snakingrivers...
Leann Shamash
Aug 23, 20223 min read
Teachings
#yerusha #whatweinherit #ourteachings #mayyourteachingscontinue #ablessing #legacy In Parshat Vaetchanan, we recall milestones such as...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 20223 min read
Your Torah
#torah #yourtorah #parshastdevarim #parashatdevarim #devarim #fivebooks One of the most important things that I learned from Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Aug 5, 20222 min read
To Be a Giant
#og #devarim #parshatdevarim #giants #tobeagiant #qualities #devarim Og, Melech Bashan, or Og, the King of Bashan, has a special place at...
Leann Shamash
Aug 1, 20223 min read
When It Is Five Minutes to Midnight
#fiveminutestilmidngiht #theendoftheline #almostfinished Parshat Matot/Masei is the conclusion of the Book of Numbers. In this double...
Leann Shamash
Jul 27, 20224 min read
Serach Bat Asher: The Memory Keeper
#serachbatasher #parshatpinchas #serach #ageless #oldwomen #wheniamold #olderwomen #ancientwomen Parshat Pinchas presents us with...
Leann Shamash
Jul 19, 20223 min read
In the World of Talking Donkeys
#talkingdonkeys #parshatbalak #balaam #balak #parshapoetry Parshat Balak highlights the idea of prophets and prophecy in a most unusual...
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20223 min read
The Staff of Moses
#moshesstaff #thestaffofmoshe #talktotherock #hittingtherock #seferdevarim #chukat #parshatchukat #moshe #crimeandpunishment Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jul 5, 20225 min read
Chaos: You Know How it Feels
#youknowhowitfeels #chaos #korach #theearthswallowed #parshatkorach Here we are, in the month of Tamuz and summer is upon us. Korach is...
Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20222 min read
If Only
#ifonly #excuses #shelach #parshatshelach This is a second poem about Parshat Sh'lach....because there is so much to write about. The...
Leann Shamash
Jun 22, 20222 min read
The Land of Grapes
#shelach #parshatshelach #thespies #grapes #grasshoppers #ontheotherside #giantsintheland Such is Parshat Shelach. The Hebrews come so...
Leann Shamash
Jun 21, 20222 min read
The Book in the Middle
#thebookinbetween #behaalotecha #thebookinthemiddle Parshat B’Haalotecha is a unique parsha among the parshiyot. It is a parsha of...
Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20223 min read
To The Gershonites and Merarites
#gershonites #merarites #bamidbar #parshatnaso #parshatnasso #naso #nasso #templeservice #menialwork The beginning of Parshat Nasso...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Hair
#hair #sotah #nazir #Naso #parshatnaso #bamidbar #parshah #hairaspower #hairascreativity #redheads #parshapoetry #absalom Long ago, many...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Count Me
#census #bamidbar #parshatBamidbar Well, the book of Vayikra is behind us for now and we find ourselves in the desert, along with the...
Leann Shamash
May 31, 20222 min read
Hush
#hush #curses #blessingsandcurses #bechukotai #whispers #listening This Shabbat, in Parshat B'Chukotai, we read a series of blessings and...
Leann Shamash
May 24, 20222 min read
Let it Go
#letitgo #canyou #canyouletitgo #bechukotai #vayikra #parshapoetry #poetry This poem, "Let it Go," was inspired by a Romemu podcast by...
Leann Shamash
May 23, 20222 min read
The Teacher and the Girl
#teachers #choosingoneswords #words #roots #parshatbehar #behar #leviticus The lion's share of Parshat Behar is about Shmita, the...
Leann Shamash
May 17, 20223 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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