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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
Kedoshim Haikus
#kedoshim #parshatkedoshim #haiku This parsha is rich in mitzvot; fertile ground for mitzvot between one human and another. It was a...
Leann Shamash
May 4, 20222 min read
Mourning and Celebrating in Israel
#mourningandcelebrating #yomhazikaron #yomhashoa #yomhaatzmaut #yomyerushalayim #yerushalayim #jerusalem #livinginjerusalem Many years...
Leann Shamash
May 3, 20222 min read
Sports: "The Glue and The Opium of the People"
#meandtombrady #tombrady #fordaniel #daniel #Gabrielsstory #sports #football #achareimot #vayikra #parshatachareimot It has been a few...
Leann Shamash
Apr 28, 20222 min read
After the Death אחרי מות
#afterthedeath #achareimot #parsha #vayikra #parshatvayikra #moses #aaron #aaronssons #sonsofaaron After a break in the weekly parsha...
Leann Shamash
Apr 26, 20222 min read
Counting the Omer
#countingtheomer #counting #omer #beingmindful #pesach #shavuot #connections Please forgive that I am sending two posts in 24...
Leann Shamash
Apr 21, 20224 min read
When Holiness Finds You
#holiness #whenholinesscalls #waitingfortheholy #holiness #theholy During this glorious week of Pesach, when we hear the sounds of the...
Leann Shamash
Apr 20, 20222 min read
When There Are No Miracles
#passover #passover2022 #pesach #miracles #ukraine #russia #putin #warinukraine #zelensky As we approach the holiday of Passover we think...
Leann Shamash
Apr 12, 20222 min read
Weave Me a Healing
#healing #weavemeahealing #threads #yarn #transitions #colors That healing is complicated and a word that doesn't encompass the long and...
Leann Shamash
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Words Have Wings Speech
#wordshavewings #congki #kehillathisrael #morningminyan On this page is the speech that I gave this morning at Kehillath Israel. The...
Leann Shamash
Apr 9, 20227 min read
L'Dor va Dor: A Holistic Approach to Music
#music #micahshapiro #ldorvador #micahshapiromusic #music #spring When I think of spring I think of music. The songs of the seder and the...
Leann Shamash
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Living Waters
#livingwaters #mayyimhayyim #mikvah #immersion #water So much of what is written in Parshat Metzora concerning blood and emissions still...
Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Pandemic Posits
#pandemicposits #lyrics #rhymes #shpiel #writingpoetry #poems #tutors #midwest #broadway #ohio Suzanne is the kind of person who makes me...
Leann Shamash
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Words Have Wings Has Been Published
#wordshavewings #published #morningminyan #KImorningminyan #abookpublished #poetry #parshathashavuah Hello Everyone, This is a brief post...
Leann Shamash
Apr 1, 20222 min read
Jigsaw Puzzles
#jigsawpuzzles #libertypuzzles #libertypuzzles #puzzle Susan is a regular volunteer at the Newton Food Pantry and that is where we met....
Leann Shamash
Mar 31, 20222 min read
Skin
#onesmallspot #tazria #sefervayikra #skinafflictions In the center of a book about a people, God and laws that guide our lives, appear a...
Leann Shamash
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Why I Bake
#elen #ellen #whyibake #baketherapeutics #bagels #challah #bread #wholewheat #flour #outoftheoven #oventotable Purim is over and in three...
Leann Shamash
Mar 28, 20224 min read
Skinny Little Kids
#skinnyboy #crocus #firstflowers #spring Skinny little kids gangly arms and legs Feet stuck in the mud and heads swollen with spring...
Leann Shamash
Mar 25, 20221 min read
Ten Years of Dancing
#kirsten #dancing #dancingafteracertainage #ballroomdancing Kirsten loves to dance. Her energy and grace on the dance floor of various...
Leann Shamash
Mar 24, 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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