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What Would You Give?
#whatwouldyougive #wordshavewings #parshattoldot #yaakovandesav #yaakov #jacobandesau #stew #redlentils #redlentilstew Parshat Toldot...
Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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The Squirrel and the Hawk
#thehawkandthesquirrel #wordshavewings #parshatvayera #hawk #squirrel #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #akedah #thesquirrelandthehawk There...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20213 min read
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No Ark For the Extinct
#extinctions #noahsark #therainbow #wordshavewings #parshatnoach #thereisnoarkfortheextinct #NYTIMES #catrineinhorn #Newyorktimes What...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20213 min read
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And it Was Very Good
#simchattorah #chatantorah #kallatbreisheet #breisheet #kehillathisrael #wordshavewings #shehecheyanu #anditwasverygood Two days ago was...
Leann Shamash
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20212 min read
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The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
Leann Shamash
Sep 9, 20212 min read
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Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
Leann Shamash
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory An introduction to this re-post of The Mother Bird I published this post four...
Leann Shamash
Aug 17, 20214 min read
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Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20212 min read
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What Do You See?
#whatyousee #parshatreeh #reeh #youreyes #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #poetry Parshat Re'eh contains so much information, so many...
Leann Shamash
Aug 2, 20213 min read
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The Others
#weallhaveathey #parshatbamidbar #wordshavewings #theother Parshat Devarim, the first parsha in the final book of Torah, is an account of...
Leann Shamash
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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What if?
#whatif #whatifwomenweretheleaders #parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #wordshavewings #poetry #torahpoetry #leadership This is a bit of whimsy....
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20213 min read
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The Power of Words
#thepowerofwords #matot #parsha #parshatmatot #parshatmasei #wordshavewings #words #wherearewordsborn #thebirthofwords #creation...
Leann Shamash
Jul 6, 20212 min read
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When You've Reached the Top of the Mountain
#theendofanera #parshatpinchas #retirement #jobs #leavingajobbehind #jobsthatdefineyou #yourjob #aging #wordshavewings #bookofnumbers...
Leann Shamash
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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While I Was Scrolling
#whileiwasscrolling #iphone #balam #parshatbalak #wordshavewings #whilemiracleshappened #whiletheworldended We read Parshat Balak after...
Leann Shamash
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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With These Hands
#mistakes #taptap #withthesehands #thefinalpage #finalcredits #parshatchukat #wordshavewings #moses #aaron #tapinsteadofspeak...
Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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The Road Trip
#theroadtrip #wordshavewings #behaalotecha #parsha #inthedesert #likekids Parshat Behaalotecha can break your heart. In Torah we feel...
Leann Shamash
May 24, 20213 min read
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Oh, Precious Land
#theland #jubileeyear #thelandshallgive #thelandshalltake #blessingsandcurses #theblessingsofland #behaalotecha #behar...
Leann Shamash
May 4, 20212 min read
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The Home of the Imperfect
#parshatemor #thehomeoftheimperfect #wordshavewings #imperfections A few reflections: Parshat Emor speaks at length about the special...
Leann Shamash
Apr 26, 20213 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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