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The Torah of Hospital Corners
#tzav #ritual #sacrifice #leviticus #vayikra #parsha #wordshavewings #sheets #memories #hospitalcorners #everydaythings #thingswedo #brushingourteeth #makingthebed #torah #seder #passover #order #orderliness #rituals #ritual Is it any surprise that Parshat Tzav comes in advance of Pesach? For both Pesach and Shabbat have something in common and that is that in life there is a certain order to things. In the case of Korbanot, you can be sure that whether it is the Korban Toda

Leann Shamash
Mar 254 min read


Passover Jumbles
#paassover #pesach #memories #seder #passoverseder #wordshavewings #family #passoversedermemories Hello Everyone, This post is a blessing...

Leann Shamash
Apr 11, 20251 min read


In Living Color
#memories #exodus #shemot #thewizardofoz #tetzaveh Parshat Tetzaveh is the second parsha where directions are given for the building of...

Leann Shamash
Mar 1, 20232 min read


We Are the Players of Parshat Bo
#remember #memories #Passover #seder #passoverseder #bo #parshatBo In Chapter 12 of Shemot, in Parshat Bo, the text travels with us far...

Leann Shamash
Jan 24, 20234 min read


The Memory Room
#thememoryroom #covid #congregationkehillathisrael #ki #morningminyan #memory #buildingcommunity #memories #sharingmemories As I have...

Leann Shamash
Apr 14, 20213 min read


Friday Afternoons at The Falls
#dementia #alzheimers #memories #memoryandforgetting #thepowerofmusic #thepowerofsong #musclememory #joy #aging #agingwomen...

Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20202 min read


Yizkor- Leah Kanat Gershkowitz
#yizkor #elmaleirachamim #yitgadal #kaddish #sayingkaddish #eighthdaysukkot #sukkot #remembering #shoah #mygrandmother #holocaust...

Leann Shamash
Oct 13, 20204 min read


A Chapter a Day in Ten Words
#achapterintenwords #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #kaddish #remembering #memories #retrievingmemories #voicingmemories #selectedmemories...

Leann Shamash
Sep 3, 20203 min read


A Letter to You, Dad
#saul #dad #daddy #ourdad #95 #happybirthday #birthday #memories #rememberingdad #dadwhatwouldyouthink #thinkingofyou #politics...

Leann Shamash
Jul 6, 20204 min read


YIZKOR: WE ARE BUT A SUM OF OUR PARTS
#yizkor #sumofourparts #weareasumofourparts #remember #zachor #weremember #placesinourlives #piecesofourlives #memories...

Leann Shamash
Jun 1, 20202 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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