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Zeresh
#Zeresh #purim #wordshavewings #haman #megilatesther #esther #villainess #villains Zeresh is mentioned twice in Megillat Esther. As...
Leann Shamash
Mar 16, 20224 min read
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Fasts: A Photography Project
#photography #leannshamashphotography #wordshavewings #masechettaanit #taanit #fasts #griffinmuseumofphotography #atelier35 #dafyomi...
Leann Shamash
Mar 14, 20224 min read
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Sisters
#sisters #bestfriends #sistersbestfriends #mysisterismybestfriend #family #myfamily #wordshavewings This post, written by my two nieces,...
Leann Shamash
Mar 11, 20222 min read
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Creating Mosaics
#mosaics #oldchina #repurposing #oceanwaves #wordshavewings #creativity #shards #cutglass #glasswork Amy seems to run on the juices of...
Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20222 min read
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Sometimes You Need to be Seen
#sometimesyouneedtobeseen #sometimesyoujustneedtobeseen #seen #heard #counted #makingadifference #talkthetalk #walkthewalk #reiyah...
Leann Shamash
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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Home Brewed Lattes
#latte #coffee #morningcoffee #makeityourself #coffeewithmilk #dance #wordshavewings This short piece, written by fellow dancer Miriam K...
Leann Shamash
Feb 17, 20221 min read
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Why I Write
#whyiwrite #writing #theartofwriting #writinghabits #writingeveryday #writingchildrensbooks #poetry #wordshavewings #proseandpoetry This...
Leann Shamash
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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A Few Updates on Irma G and The Hat Project
#irmag #mothersanddaughters #hats #thehatproject #aginggracefully #olderwomen #womenoverninety #beauty #elderly #seeing #findingthebeauty...
Leann Shamash
Feb 8, 20222 min read
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Cycling
#cycling #torahandcycling #wordshavewings #whatbringsusjoy #satisfaction #biking #recovery #resilience I was privileged to meet Rabbi...
Leann Shamash
Feb 6, 202211 min read
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A Visual of Parshat Mishpatim
#mishpatim #parshatmishatim #torahandphotography #wordshavewings #leannshamashphotography #hukim #law #ancientlaws Parshat Mishpatim is...
Leann Shamash
Jan 26, 20224 min read
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Mah Jongg
#mahjongg #whyilovemahjongg #creatingcommunity #wordshavewings #mj #mahjonggtiles #covid19 #buildingcommunity This is another piece on...
Leann Shamash
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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Knitting Through a Pandemic
#knitting #knittingthroughapandemic #yarn #knittingsocks #wordshavewings Here is another essay on what gives people satisfaction....Thank...
Leann Shamash
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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Music
#music #shemot #Beshalach #wordshavewings #song #dance #movement #movementandsong #thebeatofthedrums Parshat Be'Shalach is the Exodus. It...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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The Orchard Keeper
#theorchardkeeper #blessings #parshatvayechi #vayechi #jacob #joseph #wordshavewings #theorchard #whatareblessings In Parshat Vayechi, as...
Leann Shamash
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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Abba Hilkia's Wife
#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...
Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20214 min read
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Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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When the Rain Doesn’t Fall
#taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #apageaday #illustratingthedaf #wordshavewings What does a community do when the rains do not arrive...
Leann Shamash
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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Broken Dreams
#weallhavedreams #dreaming #snippetsofdreams #dreams #onceuponatime #parsha #parshatvayeisheiv #vayeishev #vayeisheiv #dreams...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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Gifts
#thegift #giftsandpresents #materialgoods #cowsandsheep #makingpeace #peacebetweenbrothers #gifts #siblings #twins #brokenrelationships...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20212 min read
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The Prayer of the Witnesses
#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...
Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20214 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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