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The Summer Orchestra
#crickets #therearecricketshidinginthegrass #irmag #Today Long ago, my mother sang a song to me, to my brothers and then to her...
Leann Shamash
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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To Be Almost Two
#tobealmosttwo #tobealmost2 #almost2 #almosttwo #garbagetrucks To Be Almost Two Life is good when you are almost two! You sit in your...
Leann Shamash
Jul 14, 20211 min read
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The Others
#weallhaveathey #parshatbamidbar #wordshavewings #theother Parshat Devarim, the first parsha in the final book of Torah, is an account of...
Leann Shamash
Jul 13, 20212 min read
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What if?
#whatif #whatifwomenweretheleaders #parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #wordshavewings #poetry #torahpoetry #leadership This is a bit of whimsy....
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20213 min read
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The Goat is Falling
#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...
Leann Shamash
Jul 9, 20213 min read
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The Power of Words
#thepowerofwords #matot #parsha #parshatmatot #parshatmasei #wordshavewings #words #wherearewordsborn #thebirthofwords #creation...
Leann Shamash
Jul 6, 20212 min read
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Sharing
#whenshared #sharingexperiences #sunsets #thunderstorms #icecream #sharingnews Is news better when it is shared? What’s a sunset without...
Leann Shamash
Jul 1, 20211 min read
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When You've Reached the Top of the Mountain
#theendofanera #parshatpinchas #retirement #jobs #leavingajobbehind #jobsthatdefineyou #yourjob #aging #wordshavewings #bookofnumbers...
Leann Shamash
Jun 29, 20213 min read
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While I Was Scrolling
#whileiwasscrolling #iphone #balam #parshatbalak #wordshavewings #whilemiracleshappened #whiletheworldended We read Parshat Balak after...
Leann Shamash
Jun 22, 20213 min read
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Bowling
#bowling #lifelessons #theartofbowling #bowlingwithlittlekids #philosophyandbowling #bowlingfun Bowling Bowling is learning the art of...
Leann Shamash
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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A Vision
#whatsyourvision #vision #asleepingvision Parshat Balak is a strange look into the world of prophecy. It is about the role that God...
Leann Shamash
Jun 21, 20213 min read
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Lunchtime
#lunchtime #apoemforlunch #messytables #solitarylunch #seeds #sodawater #kitchentables #saltshaker #saltshaker #eggplantsalad...
Leann Shamash
Jun 17, 20211 min read
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With These Hands
#mistakes #taptap #withthesehands #thefinalpage #finalcredits #parshatchukat #wordshavewings #moses #aaron #tapinsteadofspeak...
Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20213 min read
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To Miriam
#miriam #sisterofaaron #sisterofmose #miriamtheprophetess #miriamthedancer #miriamplayerofmusic In Parshat Chukat both Aaron and Miriam...
Leann Shamash
Jun 14, 20213 min read
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And One Wonders
#andonewonders #parshatkorach #korach #babiyar #holocaust Parshat Korach is surely a consequential Parshah. Ultimately it gives us a...
Leann Shamash
Jun 8, 20213 min read
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A Thread of Blue
#tzitzit #techaylet #bluethread #theearth #theheartofacandle #theeyeofastorm #remembering At the conclusion of Parshat Sh'lach a...
Leann Shamash
Jun 1, 20212 min read
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Those Who Fell in the Desert
#shalach #bones #missingthemark #slaves #paintingthelintels #thereatsinai #caleb #joshua #moses #thespies #onceaslave #shlach...
Leann Shamash
May 31, 20213 min read
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Gan Eden
#ganeden #gardenofeden For our friend Ahitza in memory of her mother. May her memory be a blessing always. What is the Garden of Eden?...
Leann Shamash
May 27, 20212 min read
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The Road Trip
#theroadtrip #wordshavewings #behaalotecha #parsha #inthedesert #likekids Parshat Behaalotecha can break your heart. In Torah we feel...
Leann Shamash
May 24, 20213 min read
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Postcards
#priestlyblessing #kohanim #blessingyourchildren Coming out of the Shavuot holiday, there is so much to learn from Parshat Naso. The...
Leann Shamash
May 18, 20213 min read
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Life
#life #sirensong #momentomori #lifeanddeath #deathattheendoflife Childhood drips like molasses Long summer afternoons ripple One event...
Leann Shamash
May 11, 20211 min read
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The Count in Fours
#thecount #counting #thecounted #theuncounted #iamcounted #iamuncounted #planning #census During our lives we all are classified into...
Leann Shamash
May 11, 20212 min read
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Eight Women April Update
#eightwomen #update #covid #jwa #jewishwomensarchive #generations #women #eightwomen #covid #herstory #covidstories March/April was a...
Leann Shamash
May 5, 20219 min read
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Add Your Haikus Here
#haiku #addyourhaikushere #haikupoetry I loved doing the Haiku challenge a few weeks ago. I enjoyed seeing how people's haikus reflected...
Leann Shamash
May 5, 20211 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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