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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
13 hours ago3 min read
Go Back For the Bones, Moses
#bshalach #parshatbshalach #beshallach #beshalach #gobackforthebones #rangvili #israel #sefershemot #moshe #moses Hello Friends, Parshat Beshalach comes to reward us with music in the middle of the winter in our hemisphere. The Exodus from Egypt comes to a towering pinnacle with the crossing of the sea, the drownings of the Egyptian soldiers and the subsequent songs of victory on the other side of the sea. Within one parsha exists both joy and sorrow, anxiety and exuberance.
Leann Shamash
Jan 274 min read
Sparks From Moshe Rabeinu
#vaera #parshatVaera #shemot #bookofExodus #Exodus #moshe #sparksfromMoshe #moshe #mosherabeinu #zohar #thezohar #parshathashavuah #wordshavewings #parshanut This week in Parshat Vaera we read of the plagues and the exchanges between Pharaoh and Moshe to free the Hebrews. Since we were introduced to Moshe we have read about his deep insecurities about being a spokesperson for Gd. וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י ו
Leann Shamash
Jan 142 min read
Gershom
#parshatpinchas #pinchas #summer2025 #wordshavewings #seferbamidbar #moshe #moses #gershon #gershonsonofmoses #joshua #desert #theexodus...
Leann Shamash
Jul 16, 20254 min read
Na
#elrefanala #moshe #miriam #behaalotecha #bhallotcha #prayer #na #please #prayeroftheheart I began this last week for Parsha...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20233 min read
The Staff of Moses
#moshesstaff #thestaffofmoshe #talktotherock #hittingtherock #seferdevarim #chukat #parshatchukat #moshe #crimeandpunishment Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jul 5, 20225 min read
Why Me?
#whome #leadership #noconfidence #ordinary #excuses #leadersandfollowers #moses #parsha #parshatshemot #shemot #moses #moshe...
Leann Shamash
Jan 5, 20212 min read
The Final Climb
#moses #crossingover #justreward #punishment #rewardandpunishment #endoflife #lookingback #lookingahead #reflections #mountnebo #mtnebo...
Leann Shamash
Sep 22, 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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