WORDS HAVE WINGS

Collections of Thoughts and Poetry

Jun 24
2 min

The Selection by Sally Kepnes

#selections #shelach #thescouts #thespies #parshatShelach #parshatshlach Hello Readers, I am publishing this story that was shared with me by Sally Kepnes, a woman who recently wrote a post about growing up in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Sally is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and she shared this story about her father, which parallels choosing the individuals who served as scouts. Wishing you all the best. Leann ********* Hi, I am sending you one of the stories my father (A

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Leann Shamash

Jun 21
2 min

Parsha Poetry

The Land of Grapes

#shelach #parshatshelach #thespies #grapes #grasshoppers #ontheotherside #giantsintheland Such is Parshat Shelach. The Hebrews come so close to achieving the goal of entering the land. So close and yet, so far away. Due to fear, perhaps to a lack of psychological preparedness and perhaps, worst of all, in this narrative of preparation that we have followed week by week, a deficit of belief in the Great Power, the Creator, merits them the punishment of never entering The Lan

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Leann Shamash

May 31, 2021
3 min

Parsha Poetry

Those Who Fell in the Desert

#shalach #bones #missingthemark #slaves #paintingthelintels #thereatsinai #caleb #joshua #moses #thespies #onceaslave #shlach #parshatshlach Parshat Sh'lach describes the scouts who leave the camp of the Israelites and go to explore the land that was promised to them. Their encounter with the land left them impressed with the quality of the produce, but frightened of the tribes living there. They feared their size and the military prowess. Ten of the twelve scouts returned t

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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.

WORDS HAVE WINGS

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