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Leann Shamash
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
Kaddish-The Value of Community
#kaddish #elevenmonths #mournerskaddish #wordshavewings #mourning #community #transitions #chickensoup A Reflection as We Approach the...
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Leann Shamash
- Oct 13, 2020
- 4 min
Yizkor- Leah Kanat Gershkowitz
#yizkor #elmaleirachamim #yitgadal #kaddish #sayingkaddish #eighthdaysukkot #sukkot #remembering #shoah #mygrandmother #holocaust...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
Be the Glue
#papa #papasaul #atthecenter #familyresponsibility #keepingfamiliestogether #fathers #fathersandchildren #sayingkaddish #kaddish...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
A Chapter a Day in Ten Words
#achapterintenwords #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #kaddish #remembering #memories #retrievingmemories #voicingmemories #selectedmemories...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
With a Gentle Kiss
#Roshchodeshelul #elul #roshchodesh #newmonth #morningminyan #ki #shacharit #prayer #torahreading #numbers #bookofnumbers...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 23, 2020
- 4 min
The Blessing for Music
#roshchodesh #av #roshchodeshav #hallel #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #kaddish #music #listening #listeningtomusic...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 5, 2020
- 5 min
A Tale of Two Communities: the Gomel Blessing
#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity...
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Leann Shamash
- May 3, 2020
- 4 min
Can a Blind Person Say a Blessing Upon Witnessing a Miracle? A Top Ten List of Masekhet Berakhot
#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
The Dance of Prayer (part one)
#prayer #openyourhands #openyourheart #thedanceofprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #africandance #sufidance #hassidicdance...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Value of Time- "The Early Bird Catches the Worm"
#time #sevenoclock #eightoclock #wakeup #timetowakeup #covid #socialdistancing #morningprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #irmag...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 16, 2020
- 1 min
Chicago?!?
#kaddish #sayingkaddish #covid19 #lifeathetimeofthevirus #prayer #Chicago #synagogue #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish ...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 13, 2020
- 3 min
Kaddish Cancelled
#minyan #shabbat #socialdistancing #onlineservices #kaddish #wordshavewings #cancelled Who would have thought a few weeks ago when I...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
A Funny Thing Happened When We Got Down to Nine
#ten, #kaddish, #sayingkaddish, #wordshavewings, #minyan, #nine, #onepersonlefttheroom #countingwomen #dowomencount #idocount A funny...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 6, 2020
- 1 min
The Shape of Silence
#silence #poetry #kaddish #sayingkaddish #rememberingmom #amida #morningprayer #sephardicjews #irmag #irma #wordshavewings I usually...
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Leann Shamash
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
It's All About The Excuses
Mom is gone and saying kaddish looms (maybe that is not the right word...it sounds so negative) for the year to come. Since dad passed...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 29, 2020
- 1 min
Three Orphans Sitting on a Bench-February 3, 2020
I am 63 Barry is 62 Paul is 59. We sit on a bench following morning minyan. Heads bowed. Hands on our laps We are orphans now. We have...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
February 2, 2020- Jasmine
Inhale the scent of jasmine. I am a plant person. My husband and I collect plants like some people collect hats or jewelry or shoes....
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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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