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Seventy Faces of Torah
#torah #birthdays #torahstudy #seventy #70 Today is a special day for me, so asking Parshat Shemini for forgiveness for not posting about on its varied topics, but instead concentrating on the number seventy. Wishing you a sweet final days of Pesach. You will find some links for Words Have Wings posts for Parshat Shemini at the end of this post. Chag Sameach to you. Leann there are seventy faces of Torah and as many ways to interpret as there are minds that think and moments
Leann Shamash
2 days ago2 min read
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
Mother Stories
#shemot #parshatshemot #sefershemot #exodus #torah #tanach The books of Breisheet and Shemot are connected by the listing the names of the sons of Jacob. After that preliminary step and necessary connection we are introduced to a new set of characters, most of whom remain unnamed for now. Central to Parshat Shemot is the power of mothers. Both Yocheved and Bityah (the daughter of Pharaoh) are fighters and are willing to defy the system. One mother, Yocheved, is willing to r
Leann Shamash
Jan 631 min read
The Blank Space: A Post For the Final Parsha of the Torah: V'Zot HaBracha
#vzothabracha #parshatvzothabracha #seferdevarim #parasha #parashathashavua #simchattorah #torah #finalparsha #endings #endingsandbeginnings This is a post for the final words of Torah that we will read on Simchat Torah next week. _____________________________________________________________________________ V'Zot Habracha. And This is the Blessing. How fitting a title for this, the final parasha of the year; a parasha of blessings, endings and yet, potential. Isn't it intere
Leann Shamash
Oct 9, 20252 min read
The Final Act
#thefinalact #parshatnitzavim #theater #torah #fivebooks #theending #endingsandbeginnings Parshat Nitzavim, a short parsha found at the...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20223 min read
Your Torah
#torah #yourtorah #parshastdevarim #parashatdevarim #devarim #fivebooks One of the most important things that I learned from Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Aug 5, 20222 min read
A Moment Alone
#alone #parshateikev #afterthe #torah #eikev #moses #whilesittingalone #amomentalone #lessonslearned It is nearly a year since I have had...
Leann Shamash
Jul 27, 20213 min read
Remember Me- Sarah
#sarah #sarahimeinu #abraham #isaac #forefathers #foremothers #tanach #torah #wheniwasyoung #poetry #poem #breisheet #hagar #mistakes...
Leann Shamash
Oct 29, 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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