Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the completion of Masechet Nedarim, which is the 14th volume of Talmud that we have studied in Daf Yomi. The current cycle of Daf Yomi began three years ago, at the beginning of January, 2020. It was weeks before my mother died and right at the beginning of the pandemic. I decided to take the challenge of Daf Yomi at that time. Little did I know

#photography #leannshamashphotography #wordshavewings #masechettaanit #taanit #fasts #griffinmuseumofphotography #atelier35 #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #hadran #womenlearningtalmud Why would anyone want to create a visual project about a volume of the Talmud? That is a question that I am asking myself a lot these days. For a while now I have wanted to set Jewish religious texts to image. Even when I participated in the Atelier (a portfolio building class for photographers) a f

#thoughtsondafyomi #dafyomi #dafyomistory I was fortunate to meet Reena through the Boston Hadran group. We recently began to meet once a week to discuss highlights of the Daf. This is Reena's story. I feel so fortunate to know her and that she would share her own powerful story on this page. Thank you, Reena. Thoughts on Daf Yomi - Reena Slovin This cycle of Daf Yomi began at a fortuitous time for me. In January 2020, while the rest of the world was beginning to deal with

#taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #apageaday #illustratingthedaf #wordshavewings What does a community do when the rains do not arrive when they should? What can a community do to change the natural course of weather? Do they look up at the sky and shake their fists? Perhaps they change their actions. Perhaps they blame, perhaps the pray. Do they cover themselves with sackcloth and apply ashes to their faces? As the earth continues to warm and weather patterns become unantici

#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood #whendowebless #birkhathamazon #mezuman #talkingtalmud #inmemoryofmom #mothersanddaughters #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #kaddish Imagine a group of dedicated rabbis whose job it is to create a new way of life after a people is decimated and scattered away from their land and their way of life. Judaism, such an ancient religion, was built o

#dafyomi #berakhot #masechetberakhot #fallingbehind #blessings #blessingsoverbread #shema #shmonaesrei #18benedictions #blessingfood #whendoyousayshema #shemayisrael #talmud #dailytalmudstudy #apageaday #onedafaday #siyum #finishingberakhot #mothersanddaughters #sayingkaddish #kaddishformom #kaddishalternatives #irmag #rememberingyou I'm not sure how to even start with this blog page. Words Have Wings reflects a period of my life, as I say kaddish to honor my mother's life. T