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Why Me?
#whome #leadership #noconfidence #ordinary #excuses #leadersandfollowers #moses #parsha #parshatshemot #shemot #moses #moshe...
Leann Shamash
Jan 5, 20212 min read
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Anywhere, Anytime
#anywhere #anytime #cog #systems #failingsystems #parsha #parshatshemot #broken #workhard #hardwork #erosion #thingschange #usvsthem...
Leann Shamash
Jan 4, 20213 min read
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A Lesson From Trixie Noodle
#trixie #noodle #learningfromtrixie #travelswithtrixie #wordshavewings A Short Story Yesterday Trixie Noodle and I went for an early...
Leann Shamash
Jan 3, 20214 min read
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And Just Like That (?!?), There Goes 2020
#andjustlikethat #highlightsof2020 #theyear2020 And there it goes..... The remainder of 2020 is inelegantly pouring down the drain;...
Leann Shamash
Dec 30, 20204 min read
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And He Lived -Parshat Va'Yechi
#andheshalllive #abraham #isaac #jacob #breisheet #vayechi #wordshavewings #thememoryroom #lessonsforliving #honesty #cooperation...
Leann Shamash
Dec 29, 20202 min read
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Leadership
#leadership #josephstory #pharaoh #hunger #crisis #governing I don't want the story of Joseph to pass by without first mentioning how...
Leann Shamash
Dec 25, 20203 min read
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On the Other Side
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #listening #listeninginsteadofspeaking #prayer #morningminyan #thememoryroom #achange #atransition...
Leann Shamash
Dec 23, 20202 min read
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Housekeeping
#ontheotherside #sayingkaddish #thememoryroom #housekeeping #wordshavewings An Update Housekeeping me? Nope, it is a strength that I do...
Leann Shamash
Dec 22, 20203 min read
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May You See Miracles
#miraclesoccur #andiwokeupthismorning #grays #miracles #coatofmanycolors #rainbow #mayyouseemiracles #wordshavewings #jacobsstory...
Leann Shamash
Dec 21, 20203 min read
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Drawing Irma G
#drawingirma #irmag #mom #drawing #painting #portraits #essence #sharingstories #irmag #irmag #hats #thehatproject And so the eleven...
Leann Shamash
Dec 17, 20203 min read
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The Symphony
#hunger #josephstory #egypt #symphony #refugees #rice #corn #wheat #dwindlingsupplies #tempo #amounts #guarding One of the themes of...
Leann Shamash
Dec 15, 20202 min read
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Waiting
#goodintentions #waiting #takinglifeinyourownhands #getup #assertyourself The story of Tamar in Parshat VaYesheiv, is a complex study of...
Leann Shamash
Dec 14, 20203 min read
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Meditations for the Eight Nights of Chanukah in 2020
#ablessingfortheeightnights #unity #tolerance #eyesopen #gratitude #creativity #innovation #resilience #family #generosity #community...
Leann Shamash
Dec 12, 20202 min read
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Something New
#somethingnew #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish #conqueringfears #wordshavewings A Reflection On Tuesday I led Shacharit for the first...
Leann Shamash
Dec 10, 20202 min read
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Chance Encounters
#tothepersoninthefield #chanceencounters #joseph #angels #dreamers #wandering #daydreamers #inthefield #holocaust #hidden #partisangroup...
Leann Shamash
Dec 8, 20203 min read
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Kaddish-The Value of Community
#kaddish #elevenmonths #mournerskaddish #wordshavewings #mourning #community #transitions #chickensoup A Reflection as We Approach the...
Leann Shamash
Dec 6, 20203 min read
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Dancing with an Angel
#wrestlingwithangels #dancingwithangels #music #musicinmyears #parsha #vayishlach #danceatmidnight #danceatdawn #danceofthemoon #jacob...
Leann Shamash
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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The Memory Room
#thememoryroom #sayingkaddish #congki #remembering #zoomroom #zoom #community Suddenly it's almost here. In less than three weeks I will...
Leann Shamash
Dec 2, 20204 min read
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A Prayer
#jacob #esau #myprayer #prayer #wordshavewings #parshatvayishlach #birthright #areyouthere #doesgodhearourprayers In this poem, the first...
Leann Shamash
Nov 30, 20203 min read
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Leah
#iamnumber2 #leah #seemme #thosewhosee #secondbest #whatmakesusbest #thebestofus #leahandrachel #jacobandrachel #jacobandleah #weakeyes...
Leann Shamash
Nov 27, 20202 min read
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Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
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Ladders
#ladder #jacobsladder #ladderofangels #justice #mercy #godwaswithme #godiswithme #thepillowundermyhead #whereladderslead #workforjustice...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20203 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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