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Cycling
#cycling #torahandcycling #wordshavewings #whatbringsusjoy #satisfaction #biking #recovery #resilience I was privileged to meet Rabbi...
Leann Shamash
Feb 6, 202211 min read
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Coloring to While Away a Quiet Morning
#coloring #stressrelief #stress #colors #coloredpencils #crayons My good friend Heidi is an author of children’s books. She writes here...
Leann Shamash
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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The Gift of Crafts
#craft Lisa Solomon lives on Kibbutz Ketura in Israel, where she has worked in the field of date production for her entire career. Lisa...
Leann Shamash
Feb 2, 20222 min read
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Ten Thousand Stitches
#makemeahome #useyourgifts #artandsculpture #weaving #finematerials #aronkodesh #artists #home #givemeahome #terumah #parshatterumah...
Leann Shamash
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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My Pups
#pets #dogs #blacklabs #dogsandpeople #whyilovemydogs #petowners #mypetismyfriend #lovepets #walkingmydogs A perfect post for the Sunday...
Leann Shamash
Jan 30, 20222 min read
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My Passion for Rare Plants
#collectingrareplants #rareplants #plants #plantperson #iloveplants Each of us has our own interests and passions and they vary from...
Leann Shamash
Jan 27, 20222 min read
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A Visual of Parshat Mishpatim
#mishpatim #parshatmishatim #torahandphotography #wordshavewings #leannshamashphotography #hukim #law #ancientlaws Parshat Mishpatim is...
Leann Shamash
Jan 26, 20224 min read
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Snowboarding- The Hike
#snowboarding #albert #thehike Albert Lew is an avid cyclist, photographer and snow boarder. I thank him for writing so beautifully about...
Leann Shamash
Jan 24, 20222 min read
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Why I Play the Piano
#whyiplaythepiano #piano #practicepractice #practicethepiano #audience #audienceornot #music #whymusic This thoughtful essay on playing...
Leann Shamash
Jan 21, 20222 min read
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Mah Jongg
#mahjongg #whyilovemahjongg #creatingcommunity #wordshavewings #mj #mahjonggtiles #covid19 #buildingcommunity This is another piece on...
Leann Shamash
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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I am a Bird
#iamabird #tziporah #raptor #hunter #aloneinthenest #moses #wifeofmoses #parshatyitro #yitro #jethro #tzipora Indeed, Parshat Yitro is...
Leann Shamash
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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Knitting Through a Pandemic
#knitting #knittingthroughapandemic #yarn #knittingsocks #wordshavewings Here is another essay on what gives people satisfaction....Thank...
Leann Shamash
Jan 16, 20221 min read
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The Student in Row Twenty-four
#masechetmegilla #masechetmegila #reishlakish #learning #studentsandlearning #learningstyles I continue to write a poem about each of the...
Leann Shamash
Jan 14, 20223 min read
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Why I Enjoy Yiddish
#yiddish #whyIlove #satisfaction #translation #thjoysofyiddish #language #yiddishliterature This is part of a new series on my blog...
Leann Shamash
Jan 12, 20221 min read
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Music
#music #shemot #Beshalach #wordshavewings #song #dance #movement #movementandsong #thebeatofthedrums Parshat Be'Shalach is the Exodus. It...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20222 min read
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Transcendence
#transcendence #snow #firstsnow #thefirstsnow #treadingsoftly #firststeps #dawn #snow #snowatdawn #steppinginsnow #firstsnow...
Leann Shamash
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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A Follow-up to "And the New Year Begins"
#andthenewyearbegins #newyear #lookingforhappiness I am happy to share a few responses that I received from you regarding things that...
Leann Shamash
Jan 5, 20227 min read
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Passover Polaroids in Two Parts
#passover #holidayoffreedom #parshatbo #bo #passover Here we are in January and we are full into the sources for Passover. Parshat Bo...
Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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And a New Year Begins
#countlessstories #newyear #yourstory Dear Friends, As this new year begins, please read this little message and send me your best...
Leann Shamash
Dec 31, 20212 min read
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Before the Plague Struck
#parsha #parshatvaeira #plague #before #expectations #unexpected #after #theplagues #hail #frogs #pharaoh #moses The second parsha of the...
Leann Shamash
Dec 27, 20213 min read
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Mahnee Jun
#mahneejun #grandmothers #iran #isfahan #visitstoisrael #sharedlanguage #love #rice #poolaki #tea #mint #greens #persianfood #kaddish...
Leann Shamash
Dec 24, 20215 min read
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Four Women and a Girl Changed the World
#fourwomen #fourwomenandagirl #changedtheworld #angels #itisnottrhoughanangel In Parshat Shemot the scene is set. The players are...
Leann Shamash
Dec 21, 20213 min read
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Firsts
#beingagrandparent #thingsthathappenjustonce #firsttime #batmitzvah #barmitzvah #grandparenting #firsts #children There is the first time...
Leann Shamash
Dec 20, 20212 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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