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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
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
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
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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