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#torah #yourtorah #parshastdevarim #parashatdevarim #devarim #fivebooks One of the most important things that I learned from Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Aug 5, 20222 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Gardening
#gardening #summer #vegetablegardens #peaches #gardeninginmassachusetts #tomato #cucumber #squash #startingagarden #ilovegardening This...
Leann Shamash
Jul 7, 20225 min read
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The Staff of Moses
#moshesstaff #thestaffofmoshe #talktotherock #hittingtherock #seferdevarim #chukat #parshatchukat #moshe #crimeandpunishment Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Jul 5, 20225 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hair
#hair #sotah #nazir #Naso #parshatnaso #bamidbar #parshah #hairaspower #hairascreativity #redheads #parshapoetry #absalom Long ago, many...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20222 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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