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Shifting Winds
#naso #nazir #bracha #blessings #blessing #birkathakohanim #sotah #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshapoetry #wordshavewings This week, in the strange Parshat Naso, we read about the Sotah and the Nazir and then the parsha concludes, as though with an afterthought, with the immensely important priestly blessing. יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהֹוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ {ס} יָאֵ֨ר יְהֹוָ֧ה ׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ {ס} יִשָּׂ֨א יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁל

Leann Shamash
May 273 min read


One Blade of Grass
#bamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #bladeofgrass #bladesofgrass #census #wordshavewings #torahstudy #poetry Hi Everyone, I came up with this idea of blades of grass while walking the dog this week and noticing people's lawns. Parshat Bamidbar begins with a military census of males over twenty years old. The tribes are listed by the names of the sons of Jacob and includes large numbers, that lead to a total of approximately 603,000. Of this huge number, almost everyone rema

Leann Shamash
May 133 min read


Mycelium
#mycelium #fungi #connections #mushrooms #honeymushrooms #forestfloor #oak #forestfloor #ParshatMasai #parshatMatot #seferbamidbar...

Leann Shamash
Jul 24, 20254 min read


The Cloud הענן
#parshatchukat #chukat #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #bookofnumbers #aaron #moses #miriam #aaronsdeath #miriamsdeath #parshathashavua...

Leann Shamash
Jul 2, 20255 min read


Dream of Blue
#blue #shlach #shelach #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #parshathashavua #wordshavewings #parshacommentary...

Leann Shamash
Jun 18, 20253 min read


Cocoa Krispies
#behaalotecha #parshatbehaalotecha #seferbamidbar #bookofnumbers #foodmemories #memoriesoffood #cravings #foodandmemory Parshat...

Leann Shamash
Jun 10, 20254 min read


Count, Undercount, Miscount, Discount
#bamidbar #counting #thecount #census #thecountingparsha #seferbamidbar #numbers #bookofnumbers #thebookofnumbers #chumash...

Leann Shamash
May 29, 20252 min read


When You've Reached the Top of the Mountain
#theendofanera #parshatpinchas #retirement #jobs #leavingajobbehind #jobsthatdefineyou #yourjob #aging #wordshavewings #bookofnumbers...

Leann Shamash
Jun 29, 20213 min read


With These Hands
#mistakes #taptap #withthesehands #thefinalpage #finalcredits #parshatchukat #wordshavewings #moses #aaron #tapinsteadofspeak...

Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20213 min read


With a Gentle Kiss
#Roshchodeshelul #elul #roshchodesh #newmonth #morningminyan #ki #shacharit #prayer #torahreading #numbers #bookofnumbers...

Leann Shamash
Aug 21, 20204 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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