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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
It Is Not Because Of You
#itisnotbecauseofyou #becauseofyou #responsible #irresponsible #eikev #parshateikev Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's talk with B'nei...
Leann Shamash
Jul 26, 20213 min read
Six Words
#shema #shemayisrael #sixwords #awordisanidea #shmayisrael #fromamountaintop #shma #etchedinstone Parshat Va'etchanan continues to review...
Leann Shamash
Jul 19, 20212 min read
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
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
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
What if?
#whatif #whatifwomenweretheleaders #parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #wordshavewings #poetry #torahpoetry #leadership This is a bit of whimsy....
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20213 min read
The Goat is Falling
#masechetyoma #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #thegoat #azazel #yom #yomkippur #avodaservice #repentance #scarlet #whiteandscarlet #scarletthread...
Leann Shamash
Jul 9, 20213 min read
The Power of Words
#thepowerofwords #matot #parsha #parshatmatot #parshatmasei #wordshavewings #words #wherearewordsborn #thebirthofwords #creation...
Leann Shamash
Jul 6, 20212 min read
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
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
While I Was Scrolling
#whileiwasscrolling #iphone #balam #parshatbalak #wordshavewings #whilemiracleshappened #whiletheworldended We read Parshat Balak after...
Leann Shamash
Jun 22, 20213 min read
Bowling
#bowling #lifelessons #theartofbowling #bowlingwithlittlekids #philosophyandbowling #bowlingfun Bowling Bowling is learning the art of...
Leann Shamash
Jun 21, 20211 min read
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
Lunchtime
#lunchtime #apoemforlunch #messytables #solitarylunch #seeds #sodawater #kitchentables #saltshaker #saltshaker #eggplantsalad...
Leann Shamash
Jun 17, 20211 min read
With These Hands
#mistakes #taptap #withthesehands #thefinalpage #finalcredits #parshatchukat #wordshavewings #moses #aaron #tapinsteadofspeak...
Leann Shamash
Jun 15, 20213 min read
To Miriam
#miriam #sisterofaaron #sisterofmose #miriamtheprophetess #miriamthedancer #miriamplayerofmusic In Parshat Chukat both Aaron and Miriam...
Leann Shamash
Jun 14, 20213 min read
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
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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