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#tazria #metzora #tazriametzora #vayikra #sefervayikra #parshattazria #space #artemis #home #return #thereturn #moon #darksideofthemoon #nasa #April2026expedition With a double parsha the likes of as Tazria-Metzora it is easy to look away from the many details of the status of being Tamei or Tahor . Whether it is childbirth, attending to the dead, various sexual emissions or contact with "creepy crawlies," there are ways to become Tamei . And then there are those who develop
Leann Shamash
Apr 153 min read
Vayikra
#vayikra #parshathashavua #sefervayikra #lessonswecanlearn #neverleavelearningbehind This week we complete Sefer Vayikra with a double...
Leann Shamash
May 21, 20252 min read
Moadim: Calendar Musings
#emor #parshatemor #vayikra #sefervayikra #holidays #jewishholidays #jewishcalendar #rabbinicholidays #shaloshregalim Parshat Emor is...
Leann Shamash
May 13, 20252 min read
Elisheva
#shemini #parshatShemini #vayikra #sefervayikra #nadavandavihu #nadav #avihu #fire #sacrifice #mishkan Parshat Shemini continues onward...
Leann Shamash
Apr 23, 20254 min read
Elokai Neshama: Of Souls and Purity and a Young Man Driving in a Car
#vayikra #sefervayikra #leviticus #elokaineshama #breathe #breath #breathe #yehudahbecker #avishai #eloheyneshama #pure #mysoulispure #breath #breathe Hello Friends, We are beginning the book of Vayikra, or Leviticus. Vayikra is the third book of the Torah, the middle book set between the first two and final two books. Vayikra stands alone in its subject matter. It is almost (not quite!) devoid of stories and instead focuses on the duties of the priests and the sacrifices t
Leann Shamash
Apr 1, 20253 min read
Hope
#bechukotai #sefervayikra This week we read Parshat B'chukotai, the final parsha in Sefer Vayikra. B'chukotai is not an easy parsha to...
Leann Shamash
May 28, 20243 min read
A Song of Kashrut
#parshatshemini #sefervayikra #shemini #kashrut #keepingkosher Parshat Shemini continues onward with the drama of the first sacrifices....
Leann Shamash
Apr 2, 20243 min read
The Summit
#vayikra #parshatvayikra #sefervayikra Parshat Vayikra is the book in the middle. It seems to be separate from the other books of the...
Leann Shamash
Mar 19, 20243 min read
Skin
#onesmallspot #tazria #sefervayikra #skinafflictions In the center of a book about a people, God and laws that guide our lives, appear a...
Leann Shamash
Mar 29, 20222 min read
The Boy Who Danced
#daniel #barryandberta #danielsstory #parshatshemini #shemini #sefervayikra #vayikra #aaron #nadavandavihu #firefromthesky Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Mar 23, 20222 min read
The Small Aleph
#aleph #alef #smallalef #smallaleph #sefervayikra #vayikra #parshatvayikra #resist #ukraine And so we begin the book at the center of the...
Leann Shamash
Mar 8, 20222 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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