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Can a Blind Person Say a Blessing Upon Witnessing a Miracle? A Top Ten List of Masekhet Berakhot
#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood...

Leann Shamash
May 3, 20204 min read
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Gratitude
#gratitude #tehillim #iamgrateful #whyamigrateful #mindfulness #whyyouaregrateful #aware #goodhealth #family #sunrise #blessings...

Leann Shamash
Apr 29, 20205 min read
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Elijah's Visit
#elijahtheprophet #eliyahuhanavi #passoverseder #passovervisit #cupofwine #elijahscup #cupofelijah #childrenssstories...

Leann Shamash
Apr 23, 20205 min read
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Before the End of Nisan
#passover #seder #passoverseder #covid19 #coronavirus #innovations #innovate #newmodels #crisisbreedscreativity #wordshavewings...

Leann Shamash
Apr 21, 20209 min read
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The Dance of Prayer (part one)
#prayer #openyourhands #openyourheart #thedanceofprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #africandance #sufidance #hassidicdance...

Leann Shamash
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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I Miss Your Chin
#eyes #nose #mouths #mouth #coveringup #wearingamask #wearingmasks #wordshavewings #prayer #sayingkaddish #covid19...

Leann Shamash
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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How We Teach
#Passover #covid19 #coronavirus #sederplate #symbols #teaching #howtoteach #repetition #teachingandlearning #hagaddah #Pesach...

Leann Shamash
Apr 7, 20203 min read
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A Collection of Miracles: Dayeinu (It Would Have Been Enough For Us)
#miracles #covid19 #dayeinu #wemakemiracles #gratitude #acollectionofmiracles #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #irmag #mothersanddaughters...

Leann Shamash
Apr 6, 20202 min read
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The Dissonant Music of Prayer
#prayer #covid19 #chazzan #cantor #davening #shaliachtzibbur #leadingthecongregation #whatittakes #beautifulvoice #distortions ...

Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20203 min read
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A Poem For Freedom: Rosh Chodesh Nisan
Nisan Month of awakening Of red tulips Yellow forsythia Blue skies Grays turn to greens Nisan Month of new life Plants flex their muscles...

Leann Shamash
Mar 27, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing: A Covid-19 Gallery
#socialdistancing #covid19 #wordshavewings #apart #distance #separation #hamavdil #differentiate #connected #weareone #weareseparate...

Leann Shamash
Mar 21, 20201 min read
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The Toys Miss You- A Covid-19 Poem for our Grandkids
#family #covid19 #grandmothers #grandfathers #grandmashouse #bubby #missyou #wordshavewings #toys #hideandgoseek #patience #thingskidsdo...

Leann Shamash
Mar 19, 20201 min read
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Psalm 24: The Psalm for Sundays: Part 1
#washyourhands #cleanhands #psalm24 #psalms #tehillim #sayingkaddish #wordshavewings #cleanhandscleanheart #sayingkaddish #dailypsalms...

Leann Shamash
Mar 15, 20203 min read
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Kaddish Cancelled
#minyan #shabbat #socialdistancing #onlineservices #kaddish #wordshavewings #cancelled Who would have thought a few weeks ago when I...

Leann Shamash
Mar 13, 20203 min read
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A Funny Thing Happened When We Got Down to Nine
#ten, #kaddish, #sayingkaddish, #wordshavewings, #minyan, #nine, #onepersonlefttheroom #countingwomen #dowomencount #idocount A funny...

Leann Shamash
Mar 11, 20202 min read
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The Shape of Silence
#silence #poetry #kaddish #sayingkaddish #rememberingmom #amida #morningprayer #sephardicjews #irmag #irma #wordshavewings I usually...

Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20201 min read
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February 2, 2020- Jasmine
Inhale the scent of jasmine. I am a plant person. My husband and I collect plants like some people collect hats or jewelry or shoes....

Leann Shamash
Feb 27, 20201 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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