Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#masechetzevachim #dafyomi #apageaday #talkingtalmud #siyum #sacrifice #daf56azevachim #whyiremember #memory #sharingplace #pastandpresent #storiesmyfathertoldus #holocaust #poland Occasionally in Words Have Wings I write two posts in one week instead of one. This occurs on weeks when we complete a tractate of the Talmud and mark it with a siyum. As I skate across the very wide sea of Daf Yomi, for each of the tractates that we complete I write one poem. The poem may just poi

#Haazinu #seferdevarim #devarim #parashathaazinu #yomkippur #thegatesofheaven #rain #taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #wordshavewings #theprayerforrain #maymydiscoursecomedownasrain #autumn #clouds Parshat Ha'azinu, Moshe's poem to the people, speaks in the rich language of poetry, and is a final plea to the Israelites to listen (הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ) to the voice of Gd, no matter how undeserving they are of Gd's attention. The parsha calls upon the heavens and earth to witness this fi

#dafyomi #avodazara #masechet #dafyomijourney #2020until2025 Hello Friends, This is a Daf Yomi post for Masechet Avoda Zara, but it is...

#masechetshevuot #shevuot #oaths #oathsandpromises #modernmidrash #language #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #dafyomi #trust #parshatkorach...

#nazir #sotah #parshatnasso #seferbamidbar #bamidbar #hair #longhair #vows #vowsandpromises #wine #nowine #willpower #deprivation...

#sanhedrin #takingtalmud #dafyomi #masechetsanhedrin #mashiach #moshiach #rabbiakiva #rabbiakiba #sing #singeveryday Hello! This is the...

#babakama #dafyomi לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם אֶת הַכֶּלֶב אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן קָשׁוּר בְּשַׁלְשְׁלָאוֹת כּוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם...

#mishpatim #parshatmishpatim #law #originsoflaw #dafyomi #jewishlaw #talmud #mishna Parshat Mishpatim seals the covenant for the...

#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the...

#Iamawoman #eesha #masechetketubot #ketubot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #hadran #women #marriage #contracts #dafyomiforwomen As is my...

#thedayafter #chalitza #yibum #yevamot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #talmudpoetry The Daf Yomi cycle continues. A number of months ago we...

#sometimesyouneedtobeseen #sometimesyoujustneedtobeseen #seen #heard #counted #makingadifference #talkthetalk #walkthewalk #reiyah...

#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...

#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...

#punctuation #thecomma #periodsandcommas #semicolons #masechetBeitzah #beitzah #DafYomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #rules...

#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...

#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...