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A Final Goodnight
#whattomorrowbrings #ayeargoesby #finalkaddish #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish The part of this blog where I write mostly about my mom is...
Leann Shamash
Jan 13, 20212 min read
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On the Other Side
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #listening #listeninginsteadofspeaking #prayer #morningminyan #thememoryroom #achange #atransition...
Leann Shamash
Dec 23, 20202 min read
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Housekeeping
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #thememoryroom #housekeeping #wordshavewings An Update Housekeeping me? Nope, it is a strength that I do...
Leann Shamash
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah in 2020
#ablessingfortheeightnights #unity #tolerance #eyesopen #gratitude #creativity #innovation #resilience #family #generosity #community...
Leann Shamash
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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Something New
#somethingnew #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish #conqueringfears #wordshavewings A Reflection On Tuesday I led Shacharit for the first...
Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20202 min read
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The Memory Room
#thememoryroom #sayingkaddish #congki #remembering #zoomroom #zoom #community Suddenly it's almost here. In less than three weeks I will...
Leann Shamash
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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Yizkor- Leah Kanat Gershkowitz
#yizkor #elmaleirachamim #yitgadal #kaddish #sayingkaddish #eighthdaysukkot #sukkot #remembering #shoah #mygrandmother #holocaust...
Leann Shamash
Oct 13, 20204 min read
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Be the Glue
#papa #papasaul #atthecenter #familyresponsibility #keepingfamiliestogether #fathers #fathersandchildren #sayingkaddish #kaddish...
Leann Shamash
Sep 21, 20203 min read
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A Chapter a Day in Ten Words
#achapterintenwords #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #kaddish #remembering #memories #retrievingmemories #voicingmemories #selectedmemories...
Leann Shamash
Sep 3, 20203 min read
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Preparing for a Spiritual Marathon
#Kiteitzeh #parshatkiteitzeh #mercy #showingmercy #empathy #showingempathy #training #trainingforthemarathon #spiritualtraining...
Leann Shamash
Aug 28, 20203 min read
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The Blessing for Music
#roshchodesh #av #roshchodeshav #hallel #morningminyan #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #kaddish #music #listening #listeningtomusic...
Leann Shamash
Jul 23, 20204 min read
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Zoom Room Update: A Bit of Meandering, Finding a Home
#zoom #zoomroom #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #covid19 #morningminyan #mournerskaddish #peopleandstories #storieshelp This week we...
Leann Shamash
Jul 21, 20207 min read
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Painting a Tree Red
#paintatreered #thepaintedtree #redtree #talkingtalmud #hadran #dafyomi #whenbadthingshappen #talkingtalmudpodcast #talkingtalmud #mercy...
Leann Shamash
Jun 19, 20204 min read
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A Tale of Two Communities: the Gomel Blessing
#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity...
Leann Shamash
Jun 5, 20205 min read
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When I Play Alone
#Covid19 #whenIplayalone #apoemforgrandchildren #childrenstory #shortstory #playingalone #lookingoutmywindow #sayingkaddish...
Leann Shamash
May 28, 20203 min read
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Modeh Ani L'fanecha
#modeh #modehani #modehanilfanecha #iwakeup #iwakeupinthemorning #whoreturnsmybreath #deepbreath #breathdeeply #covid19...
Leann Shamash
May 22, 20205 min read
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Today I Bought a Green Plant
#greenplant #traderjoes #shabbatshalom #wordshavewings #covid19 #buyplants #lifeisbeautiful #breath #fieryredcarriages #shopping...
Leann Shamash
May 15, 20202 min read
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things we count during covid-19
#oneis #twois #countone #counttwo #covid19 #livingduringcorona #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #quarantine #counting #6feetapart...
Leann Shamash
May 12, 20202 min read
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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...
Leann Shamash
May 3, 20204 min read
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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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