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#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
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
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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