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There's No Place Like Home
#oz #dorothygale #netzavim #nitzavim #devarim #seferdevarim #parshacommentary #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #theresnoplacelikehome #moses #deuteronomy #vayelech #parshatvayelech Welcome to Parshat Nitzavim, one of the two parshiyot we read this week, which contains a series of especially poignant messages. This is an edited re-post of something I posted in 2020. Moshe, the great teacher and leader, sees his end approaching and perhaps it is for this reason that these messa

Leann Shamash
Sep 13 min read


Together on Two Mountains
#mountain #parsha #bostonredsocks #sinai #dvarim #devarim #torah #community #curses #kitavo #deuteronomy #together #byachad It's a late post this week! Just in time for Shabbat! This blog piece is written for the full and speedy recovery of SK, who has filled the world with light and love. Wishing you well. Refuah Shelaymah. This week in Parshat Ki Tavo we read about what was to be a powerful ceremony as the tribes assemble on Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. Carefully gathered

Leann Shamash
Aug 273 min read


Late Summer Intersections
#elul #august #latesummer #summerwaning #earliersunsets #latersunrises #tiredflowers #seferdevarim #parsha #kiteitzei #parshatkiteitzei #parshathashavua #intersections #intersectionsoftime #intersectionsofmeanings #deuteronomy #wordshavewings #parshapoetry Asking forgiveness from Parshat Ki Teitzei for not writing about its many important mitzvot this week. Below you will find a few posts from the past on Parshat Ki Teitzei. Tiny Tales of Kindness (2025) is my favorite beca

Leann Shamash
Aug 182 min read


People of The Book
#parshatshoftim #shoftim #peopleofthebook #devarim #seferdevarim #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #deuteronomy #reading #books #torah Hi Everyone, If you would rather read a poem rather than this week's post about Jewish books, please consider opening these past posts on Parshat Shoftim. Be a Tree is one of my favorite posts and I would post it every year if I could! The Gardener equates the qualities of a gardener with the qualities of a leader. Since this post is about rea

Leann Shamash
Aug 125 min read


Words About Words
#parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #words #deuteronomy #usinglanguage #tishabav #mourning #nationalmourning #moses #moshe Dear Friends, It is the month of Av, and we have arrived at the fifth book of the Torah, Sefer Devarim, which translates as The Book of Words. How does Moshe, the man once afraid to speak, go from his hesitant beginnings to the man who narrates a massive, 955-verse speech? Somewhere between the start of Exodus and the cusp of the Promised Land in Sefer Devarim,

Leann Shamash
Jul 163 min read


A Day at the RMV and the Bikkurim Ceremony
#kitavo #seferdevarim #parashathashavua #parsha #deuteronomy #devarim #parshatkitavo #wordshavewings #bikkurim #thingswegetright #elul...

Leann Shamash
Sep 10, 20254 min read


K'zayit
#parshateikev #seferdevarim #eikev #romblaslavski #bread #olives #kezayit #thesizeofanolive #birkathamazon #deuteronomy Soon after we...

Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20254 min read


The Longest Car Ride
The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev #parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries ...

Leann Shamash
Aug 20, 20245 min read


At The End of the Day, Bless
#blessings #vzothaberacha #blessing #devarim #deuteronomy #finalparsha #fullcycle The final parsha of the Torah is Parshat V'Zot...

Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20223 min read


The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory An introduction to this re-post of The Mother Bird I published this post four...

Leann Shamash
Aug 17, 20214 min read


The Final Climb
#moses #crossingover #justreward #punishment #rewardandpunishment #endoflife #lookingback #lookingahead #reflections #mountnebo #mtnebo...

Leann Shamash
Sep 22, 20204 min read


The Long Car Ride: Parshat Eikev
#parsha #parshateikev #dvartorah #thelongcarride #goingtocollege #parentsandworries #parentsandchildren #parentsalwaysworry...

Leann Shamash
Aug 14, 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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