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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
Journeys
#journeys #journey #journeysalone #voyages #parshatlechlecha #avrahamandsarah #avramandsarai #getupandgo In Parshat Lech Lecha, Avram is...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20213 min read
No Ark For the Extinct
#extinctions #noahsark #therainbow #wordshavewings #parshatnoach #thereisnoarkfortheextinct #NYTIMES #catrineinhorn #Newyorktimes What...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20213 min read
And it Was Very Good
#simchattorah #chatantorah #kallatbreisheet #breisheet #kehillathisrael #wordshavewings #shehecheyanu #anditwasverygood Two days ago was...
Leann Shamash
Oct 1, 20213 min read
The Open Table
#theopentable #parshatbreisheet #opentable #study #invitationtostudy #talmud #dafyomi #daysofcreation #andGodcreated...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20213 min read
Shake
#fromwheregoesthebreeze #thewind #sukkot #talkingtalmud #masechetsukkot In Talmud, Masechet Sukkah page 37b, there is a story about...
Leann Shamash
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20212 min read
The Four Corners
#fourcorners #yomkippur #ashkenazictraditions #honeyfourcorners #diphoney Sitting next to my father at synagogue in Medford so many years...
Leann Shamash
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Tzur Yisrael-Rock of Israel
#tzuryisrael #rock #rocksandminerals #rockofisrael #characteristicsofrocks #sedementaryrocks #metamorphicrocks #igneousrocks #comparisons...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20212 min read
The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
Leann Shamash
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Late Summer Garden
#obsessedwithplants #thegardenisfull #themessygarden #nativeplants #invasiveplants #lookaroundandsee I am obsessed with plants. It is my...
Leann Shamash
Sep 6, 20214 min read
Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
Leann Shamash
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Wed Me
#nitzavim #parshatnitzavim #marriage #wedme #forever #promises #onmountaintops #bemine #thechosen As we approach the end of the Five...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20212 min read
The Hour Before Dawn
#thehourbeforedawn #earlymorning The Hour Before Dawn It is quiet in the hour before dawn. Quiet, but not still. The lone cricket sings...
Leann Shamash
Aug 29, 20211 min read
We Remember
#kitavo #parshatkitavo #elul #finalparshiyot #parsha #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #rememberyourroots Parshat Ki Tavo has the Hebrews on the...
Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 20214 min read
Morning Glory
#morningglory #opentothesun #openeachmorning #skyblue #thecolorofthesky #blue #latebloomer Morning Glory Your seed is as hard as stone....
Leann Shamash
Aug 22, 20212 min read
Ten Days, Ten Questions
#questionsforelul #elul #monthofelul #instropection #lookinginward #roshhashannah #tenquestions #tendaystenquestions The internet is...
Leann Shamash
Aug 19, 20213 min read
The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory An introduction to this re-post of The Mother Bird I published this post four...
Leann Shamash
Aug 17, 20214 min read
Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Be a Tree
#BeaTree Parshat Shoftim covers so much in one Parsha on the topic of government, governance and rules of war. Tucked into the section on...
Leann Shamash
Aug 9, 20212 min read
Oh, My Goodness!
#Ohmygoodness #ohmy #summercalendar #plantsthroughthesummer #summerplants not a poem, but maybe a love song to spring, summer and fall. ...
Leann Shamash
Aug 6, 20213 min read
What Do You See?
#whatyousee #parshatreeh #reeh #youreyes #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #poetry Parshat Re'eh contains so much information, so many...
Leann Shamash
Aug 2, 20213 min read
A Moment Alone
#alone #parshateikev #afterthe #torah #eikev #moses #whilesittingalone #amomentalone #lessonslearned It is nearly a year since I have had...
Leann Shamash
Jul 27, 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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