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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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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
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The Orchard Keeper
#theorchardkeeper #blessings #parshatvayechi #vayechi #jacob #joseph #wordshavewings #theorchard #whatareblessings In Parshat Vayechi, as...
Leann Shamash
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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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
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Immigrant
#refugees #joseph #jacob #jacobandjoseph #vayigash #immigrant #homeland #newhome #adjustments #memory #wordshavewings #parshapoetry...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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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
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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
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Deborah
#deborah #genesis #Rebecca #jacobstory #midrash #nurseofrebecca When I read Parshat Vayeishev, as it recounted Jacob's return to meet his...
Leann Shamash
Nov 27, 20215 min read
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Broken Dreams
#weallhavedreams #dreaming #snippetsofdreams #dreams #onceuponatime #parsha #parshatvayeisheiv #vayeishev #vayeisheiv #dreams...
Leann Shamash
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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Daf Yomi Photography Project
#taanit #masechettaanit #dafyomiproject I want to introduce you to a project that I have been working on. As a student of Daf Yomi,...
Leann Shamash
Nov 19, 20211 min read
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Gifts
#thegift #giftsandpresents #materialgoods #cowsandsheep #makingpeace #peacebetweenbrothers #gifts #siblings #twins #brokenrelationships...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20212 min read
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The Prayer of the Witnesses
#masechetroshhashannah #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #wordshavewings #talmudstudy #roshhashannah #calendars #mountaintops #waitingforthemoon...
Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20214 min read
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Who Knows?
#whoknows #thegatewaytoheaven #whoknew #heavenwashereandididnotknowit #parshatvayeitzei #yaakov #jacob #vayeitzei In Parshat Vayeitzei,...
Leann Shamash
Nov 9, 20212 min read
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What Would You Give?
#whatwouldyougive #wordshavewings #parshattoldot #yaakovandesav #yaakov #jacobandesau #stew #redlentils #redlentilstew Parshat Toldot...
Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20212 min read
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Potatoes
#potatoes Hello Everyone, My apologies to you for sending out this post before it was finished. I unpublished it, not realizing that you...
Leann Shamash
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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Eliezer
#Eliezer #parshatChayeiSarah #servants #immigrants #drivers #servant #maid In the long and detailed narrative of the search for a bride...
Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20213 min read
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The Squirrel and the Hawk
#thehawkandthesquirrel #wordshavewings #parshatvayera #hawk #squirrel #akeydatyitzhak #theakeydah #akedah #thesquirrelandthehawk There...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20213 min read
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Journeys
#journeys #journey #journeysalone #voyages #parshatlechlecha #avrahamandsarah #avramandsarai #getupandgo In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avram is...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20213 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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