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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
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
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
Mah Jongg
#mahjongg #whyilovemahjongg #creatingcommunity #wordshavewings #mj #mahjonggtiles #covid19 #buildingcommunity This is another piece on...
Leann Shamash
Jan 19, 20222 min read
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
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
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
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
Music
#music #shemot #Beshalach #wordshavewings #song #dance #movement #movementandsong #thebeatofthedrums Parshat Be'Shalach is the Exodus. It...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20222 min read
Transcendence
#transcendence #snow #firstsnow #thefirstsnow #treadingsoftly #firststeps #dawn #snow #snowatdawn #steppinginsnow #firstsnow...
Leann Shamash
Jan 9, 20221 min read
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
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
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
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
Mahnee Jun
#mahneejun #grandmothers #iran #isfahan #visitstoisrael #sharedlanguage #love #rice #poolaki #tea #mint #greens #persianfood #kaddish...
Leann Shamash
Dec 24, 20215 min read
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
Firsts
#beingagrandparent #thingsthathappenjustonce #firsttime #batmitzvah #barmitzvah #grandparenting #firsts #children There is the first time...
Leann Shamash
Dec 20, 20212 min read
Oh, To Be a Dog on a Warm December Day
#warmdecemberdays #dogpark #happinessis #happy #dogsrunning #runningdogs Oh, to be a dog on a warm December day! To bound out of your...
Leann Shamash
Dec 16, 20211 min read
The Orchard Keeper
#theorchardkeeper #blessings #parshatvayechi #vayechi #jacob #joseph #wordshavewings #theorchard #whatareblessings In Parshat Vayechi, as...
Leann Shamash
Dec 14, 20213 min read
Abba Hilkia's Wife
#abbahilkia #masechettaanit #bringingtherain #rain #dafyomi #wordshavewings #talkingtalmud #taanit In Ta'anit 23b, there is the story of...
Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20214 min read
Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Before: A Thought For the Last Day of Chanukah
#chanukah #chanukahcandles #eightnights #8nights #thepoweroflight #tevet #tevetandtheendofchanukah 1. Before the candles drip down and...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20211 min read
When the Rain Doesn’t Fall
#taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomi #apageaday #illustratingthedaf #wordshavewings What does a community do when the rains do not arrive...
Leann Shamash
Dec 2, 20213 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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