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Sinai Pianissimo
#Sinai #revelation #redemption #tencommandmants #mountsinai #wordshavewings Parshat Yitro is the last of the action packed Parshiyot of...
Leann Shamash
Feb 7, 20233 min read
I am a Tree, too, My Friend
A poem for the upcoming holiday of Tu B'Shevat, the new year for the trees. Written with gratitude to our silent, rooted companions, who...
Leann Shamash
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Three Days
#threedays #songofthesea #beshalach #shemot #shabbatshira #water #thirst The crossing of the sea is the pivotal experience of the Exodus,...
Leann Shamash
Jan 31, 20233 min read
We Are the Players of Parshat Bo
#remember #memories #Passover #seder #passoverseder #bo #parshatBo In Chapter 12 of Shemot, in Parshat Bo, the text travels with us far...
Leann Shamash
Jan 24, 20234 min read
Words, Words,
#words #nedarim #dafyomi #hadran #talkingtalmud #masechetnedarim #vows #promises #emptywords #justwords This is a poetry post for the...
Leann Shamash
Jan 20, 20232 min read
Hardened Hearts
#hardenhearts #Whenyourheartishardened #closedmind #closedheart In Parshat Va'era the Egyptians are introduced to the might and the...
Leann Shamash
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Mothers
#bityah #batyah #shemot #parshatShemot #exoduc #moses The story of Moses begins with brave women. Each of these women does something that...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Names Are Like Sweaters
#names #sweaters #sweater #grandmothers #naming #familytraditions As we change books and paths into Sefer Shemot, I feel the need to get...
Leann Shamash
Jan 10, 20233 min read
The Story of Joseph Through Images: A Gallery
#torahthroughimages #images #photographyandtorah #breisheet #joseph For the past number of weeks a group of women and I have been meeting...
Leann Shamash
Jan 9, 20234 min read
I See You
#Iseeyou #sight #seeing #blind #whatweseeinothers Parshat Vayechi finishes the eventful book of Breisheet, during which the family of...
Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Leave
#leave #vayigash #breisheet #parshatvayigash #danger #threats #immigrants #riskinglives #hurricane #storm #war Parshat Vayigash is when...
Leann Shamash
Dec 26, 20222 min read
A Prayer For Wisdom
#environment #aprayer #yosef #miketz #breisheet #Genesis #parshatmiketz Parshat Miketz, the story of Joseph in Egypt continues with all...
Leann Shamash
Dec 20, 20223 min read
The Dream Weaver
#dreamweaver #dream #weaver #Vayeshev #breisheet #genesis An important part of Parshat Vayeshev is the concept of dreams. Yosef’s dreams...
Leann Shamash
Dec 16, 20222 min read
Coat of Many Colors
#coatofmanycolors #vayeshev #parshatvayeshev #coat #breisheet Parshat Vayishlach is perhaps one of the most interesting stories in the...
Leann Shamash
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Limp With Me To The Finish Line
#finishline #completion #eisav #jacob #limp #breisheet #friends #couples #races #race #papercups This little poem is inspired by Jacob's...
Leann Shamash
Dec 9, 20222 min read
The Silence of a Father; The Voice of a Daughter
#dina #jacob #deena #yaakov #vayishlach #genesis #breisheet #parshathashavua #parshapoetry #poetry #rape #silence #voice Dear Readers, I...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20223 min read
Siblings
#siblings #brothersandsisters #jacob #rachelandleah #leahandrachel #leah #rachel #breisheet #parshatvayeitzei #vayeitzei #lavan...
Leann Shamash
Nov 29, 20223 min read
The Man in Between
#yitzhak #isaac #parshattoldot #toldot Parshat Toldot begins by informing us that Parshat Toldot is Yitzhak's story; perhaps this acts as...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20222 min read
Run, Brother, Run
#isaac #jacobandesav #jacobandesau #birthrite #runbrotherrun #heel #biblicalpoetry #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #breisheet #yinandyang...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20223 min read
Frozen Roses
#frozenroses #roses #november #Thanksgiving #lateNovember #rosebushes #lastflowers Happy end of November and Happy Thanksgiving...It is...
Leann Shamash
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Prayer
#prayer #parshatchayeisarah #chayeisarah #Breisheet #hitbodedut #talkingtoGod #outinthefield When a minyan gathers and prays each...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20223 min read
On the Head of a Pin
#goodhealth #balance #aging #growingolder #balance #balancing #barefootandcoatless For you who are aging. For you who are balancing....
Leann Shamash
Nov 14, 20221 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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