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Harvests
#harvests #sukkot #fallholidays #whatweharvested #garden As the holiday of Sukkot begins this evening it feels as though autumn is truly...
Leann Shamash
Oct 9, 20225 min read
The Poem
#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20223 min read
If You Could See Us Now
#ifyoucouldseeusnow #vayelech #parshatvayelech Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20223 min read
Penpals and A New Look at an Old Prayer by Rabbi Jack Riemer
#penpals #shabbatshuvah One never knows how connections between people begin. A few months ago Rabbi Jack Riemer was on the Kehillath...
Leann Shamash
Sep 23, 202211 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
Why I Garden
#whyigarden #gardening #gardenseason #endofthesummer #fallgardening #summergardening #wordshavewings #whywedowhatwedo The gardening...
Leann Shamash
Sep 19, 20225 min read
Today!
#today #parshatkitavo #kitavo Parshat Ki Tavo mentions the word TODAY thirteen times. In a D'var Torah on the website ONLINE TORAH,...
Leann Shamash
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Messages Carved in Stone
#remember #parshatkitavo #kitavo #messagescarvedinstone #stonememorials #messages This is one of two poems this week on Parshat Ki...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20222 min read
Ikh Vel Nisht Fargesn-I Will Not Forget
#Iwillnotforget #fathersstory #fargesn #iwillremember This week as I danced with my dance class I listened to a piece of music and heard...
Leann Shamash
Sep 7, 20222 min read
If We Could Just Remember
#remember #memory #whatweremember #whatweforget #cards וְזָכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֙יתָ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha...
Leann Shamash
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Green Yarn
#green #yarn #greenyarn #summer #laborday #schoolisstarting #endofsummer #asummerpoem #falliscoming The ball of green yarn which is...
Leann Shamash
Sep 2, 20221 min read
The Colors of Justice: Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof
#tzedek #parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #justice #youshallpursuejustice #pursue #tzedektzedek Parshat Shoftim is about justice and how to...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20224 min read
When She Dances
#whenshedances #dance #thepowerofdance When she dances she glides like Fred Astaire. She swings like Ginger Rogers. She struts like...
Leann Shamash
Aug 25, 20221 min read
Rivers
#crossingthejordan #thejordanriver #nile #thecharlesriver #flowingwater #theotherside #crosstheriver #transport #rivers #snakingrivers...
Leann Shamash
Aug 23, 20223 min read
Let It Rain!
#letitrain #geshem #letitrain #mayitrain #thirst #drought #easterlywinds #harachaman #whenitrains Parshat Eikev contains the warning...
Leann Shamash
Aug 16, 20223 min read
Morning Glory
#morningglories #morningglory #skyblue #blueflowers #asblueasthesky A morning glory came to visit me today. She appeared as a piece of...
Leann Shamash
Aug 15, 20221 min read
Nachamu
#nachamu #comfort #shabbatnachamu #humbled #tears This is the Sabbath of comfort, called Shabbat Nachamu. It comes on the Shabbat...
Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Teachings
#yerusha #whatweinherit #ourteachings #mayyourteachingscontinue #ablessing #legacy In Parshat Vaetchanan, we recall milestones such as...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 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
To Be a Giant
#og #devarim #parshatdevarim #giants #tobeagiant #qualities #devarim Og, Melech Bashan, or Og, the King of Bashan, has a special place at...
Leann Shamash
Aug 1, 20223 min read
When It Is Five Minutes to Midnight
#fiveminutestilmidngiht #theendoftheline #almostfinished Parshat Matot/Masei is the conclusion of the Book of Numbers. In this double...
Leann Shamash
Jul 27, 20224 min read
Serach Bat Asher: The Memory Keeper
#serachbatasher #parshatpinchas #serach #ageless #oldwomen #wheniamold #olderwomen #ancientwomen Parshat Pinchas presents us with...
Leann Shamash
Jul 19, 20223 min read
In the World of Talking Donkeys
#talkingdonkeys #parshatbalak #balaam #balak #parshapoetry Parshat Balak highlights the idea of prophets and prophecy in a most unusual...
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20223 min read
Joan's Garden
#joansgarden #gardeningasapasttime #gardeningtocheer Joan's Garden Here is part two of showcasing gardeners and why they garden on Words...
Leann Shamash
Jul 10, 20222 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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