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The Day After
#thedayafter #chalitza #yibum #yevamot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #talmudpoetry The Daf Yomi cycle continues. A number of months ago we...
Leann Shamash
Jul 8, 20223 min read
Gardening
#gardening #summer #vegetablegardens #peaches #gardeninginmassachusetts #tomato #cucumber #squash #startingagarden #ilovegardening This...
Leann Shamash
Jul 7, 20225 min read
The Staff of Moses
#moshesstaff #thestaffofmoshe #talktotherock #hittingtherock #seferdevarim #chukat #parshatchukat #moshe #crimeandpunishment Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jul 5, 20225 min read
Chaos: You Know How it Feels
#youknowhowitfeels #chaos #korach #theearthswallowed #parshatkorach Here we are, in the month of Tamuz and summer is upon us. Korach is...
Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Fireflies and New Moons
#fireflies #newmoons #firefliesandnewmoons #roshchodeshtamuz The Parsha this week, Parshat Korach, is so dismal (poem coming tomorrow)....
Leann Shamash
Jun 29, 20221 min read
It's Camp Day!
#camp #summercamp #campyavneh #overnightcamp #camphire #itssummer #campisthebest Hello Everyone, Today would be the day that I should be...
Leann Shamash
Jun 28, 20227 min read
The Selection by Sally Kepnes
#selections #shelach #thescouts #thespies #parshatShelach #parshatshlach Hello Readers, I am publishing this story that was shared with...
Leann Shamash
Jun 24, 20222 min read
If Only
#ifonly #excuses #shelach #parshatshelach This is a second poem about Parshat Sh'lach....because there is so much to write about. The...
Leann Shamash
Jun 22, 20222 min read
The Land of Grapes
#shelach #parshatshelach #thespies #grapes #grasshoppers #ontheotherside #giantsintheland Such is Parshat Shelach. The Hebrews come so...
Leann Shamash
Jun 21, 20222 min read
Swimming (And Why I Love It!)
#whyiswim #swimming #swimmingisimportant #whyiswim #swim I remember when I first met Debbie, she was a nurse at Camp Yavneh. At various...
Leann Shamash
Jun 17, 20223 min read
The Book in the Middle
#thebookinbetween #behaalotecha #thebookinthemiddle Parshat B’Haalotecha is a unique parsha among the parshiyot. It is a parsha of...
Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20223 min read
Reflections on a Jewish Journey
#jewishjourney #ajewishjourney #conversion #bookofruth #conversiontojudaism I have only known Erica for a short time. During the...
Leann Shamash
Jun 13, 20225 min read
To The Gershonites and Merarites
#gershonites #merarites #bamidbar #parshatnaso #parshatnasso #naso #nasso #templeservice #menialwork The beginning of Parshat Nasso...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Hair
#hair #sotah #nazir #Naso #parshatnaso #bamidbar #parshah #hairaspower #hairascreativity #redheads #parshapoetry #absalom Long ago, many...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20222 min read
Count Me
#census #bamidbar #parshatBamidbar Well, the book of Vayikra is behind us for now and we find ourselves in the desert, along with the...
Leann Shamash
May 31, 20222 min read
Reading
#reading #agoodbook #novels #shortstories #curlupwithagoodbook #whyiread #pandemicreading Nancy and I go back a long time. Our origins...
Leann Shamash
May 27, 20222 min read
Hush
#hush #curses #blessingsandcurses #bechukotai #whispers #listening This Shabbat, in Parshat B'Chukotai, we read a series of blessings and...
Leann Shamash
May 24, 20222 min read
Let it Go
#letitgo #canyou #canyouletitgo #bechukotai #vayikra #parshapoetry #poetry This poem, "Let it Go," was inspired by a Romemu podcast by...
Leann Shamash
May 23, 20222 min read
Casting Full Circle
#fishing #whyfish #fish My dad was a fisherman, so I remember the preparations of an amateur fisherman well. The worms in the fridge and...
Leann Shamash
May 22, 20227 min read
The Teacher and the Girl
#teachers #choosingoneswords #words #roots #parshatbehar #behar #leviticus The lion's share of Parshat Behar is about Shmita, the...
Leann Shamash
May 17, 20223 min read
Growing up in Chelsea
#chelseama #chelseamassachusetts #growingupinchelsea When I think of Chelsea I think of my childhood. Although I didn't grow up there, my...
Leann Shamash
May 12, 20223 min read
The Light
#thelight #nertamid #light #theeternallight #eternallightkj Full disclosure....I wrote this poem on Leviticus 24:2, on the eternal light,...
Leann Shamash
May 10, 20222 min read
The Orange Tablecloth
#orangetablecloth A poem of remembrance for Mother’s Day The Orange Tablecloth The folds in my mother’s orange tablecloth are still...
Leann Shamash
May 8, 20221 min read
Thoughts About Holiness
#holy #holiness #kedoshim #parshatkedoshim #KI #KIMorningminyan #thinkingaboutholiness This week at the KI minyan, we shared thoughts on...
Leann Shamash
May 5, 20223 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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