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A Prayer
#jacob #esau #myprayer #prayer #wordshavewings #parshatvayishlach #birthright #areyouthere #doesgodhearourprayers In this poem, the first...
Leann Shamash
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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Lift up Your Eyes
#lookupmylove #liftupyoureyes #issac #yitzhak #lonely #sorrow #mourning #fillupmyheart #rebecca #isaacandrebecca #walkinginthefield...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20202 min read
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Painting a Tree Red
#paintatreered #thepaintedtree #redtree #talkingtalmud #hadran #dafyomi #whenbadthingshappen #talkingtalmudpodcast #talkingtalmud #mercy...
Leann Shamash
Jun 19, 20204 min read
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A Tale of Two Communities: the Gomel Blessing
#gomel #covid19 #sayingkaddish #kaddish #wordshavewings #mothersanddaughters #gomelblessing #reinventing #followinganillness #creativity...
Leann Shamash
Jun 5, 20205 min read
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When I Play Alone
#Covid19 #whenIplayalone #apoemforgrandchildren #childrenstory #shortstory #playingalone #lookingoutmywindow #sayingkaddish...
Leann Shamash
May 28, 20203 min read
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Today I Bought a Green Plant
#greenplant #traderjoes #shabbatshalom #wordshavewings #covid19 #buyplants #lifeisbeautiful #breath #fieryredcarriages #shopping...
Leann Shamash
May 15, 20202 min read
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things we count during covid-19
#oneis #twois #countone #counttwo #covid19 #livingduringcorona #sayingkaddish #mothersanddaughters #quarantine #counting #6feetapart...
Leann Shamash
May 12, 20202 min read
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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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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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