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The Gift
#thegift #shabbat #vshamru #shabbatmemories #whatshabbatmeanstome Dear Friends, Next Shabbat, for Parshat Ki Tisa, we are privileged to...
Leann Shamash
Mar 1, 20213 min read
A Shot in the Arm
#dad #survivor #vaccineclinic #covid19 #congki A Little Story Today was a little life changing for me as I know your first vaccines will...
Leann Shamash
Feb 26, 20212 min read
We are Transformed
#ourclothing #wearetransformed #tetzaveh #parsha #masks #purim #covid #wordshavewings I knew there was another poem here..... This is a...
Leann Shamash
Feb 23, 20213 min read
To Aaron
#aaron #kohen #priesthood #parsha #parshattetzaveh #parshapoetry #wordshavewings #responsibility #twelvetribes #aaronandmoses #aharon...
Leann Shamash
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Eight Women- February, 2021
#8women #eightwomen #covid19 #wedosurvive #wecreate #covid19 #resilience #wordshavewings Our group of 8 Women continues to meet monthly,...
Leann Shamash
Feb 18, 20214 min read
Of Golden Spaces
#thespacebetween #angels #cherubim #goldenlight #goldenleaves #goldfinch #goldenlight #shabbatcandles #lightingcandles...
Leann Shamash
Feb 16, 20213 min read
This You Can Do!
#yesyoucan #changehappens #change #justice #mishpatim #parsha #poetry #wordshavewings #thebelloffreedom #ringthebelloffreedom Parshat...
Leann Shamash
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Help Me
#helpme #mothers #pamdemic תִּבֹּ֔ל גַּם־אַתָּ֕ה גַּם־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמָּ֑ךְ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֤ד מִמְּךָ֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר לֹא־תוּכַ֥ל...
Leann Shamash
Feb 7, 20212 min read
Every Day is an Opportunity to Celebrate
#shallwedance #dancing #joy #release #stress #dance I've been thinking lately, now that we are almost a year into our quarantine, about...
Leann Shamash
Feb 4, 20214 min read
As God's Mountain Trembled
#MtSinai #tencommandments #sinai #andthemountaintrembled #witnessatsinai #revelation Parshat Yitro documents the giving of the ten...
Leann Shamash
Feb 1, 20213 min read
What We Remember
#holocaustremembranceday #76yearsliberation #aushwitz #whatwechoosetoremember #rememberingandforgetting Yesterday was Holocaust...
Leann Shamash
Jan 28, 20214 min read
What's Your Manna?
#manna #mannafromtheheavens #parshatbeshalach #imagine #wordshavewings In Parshat B'Shalach there is much talk of food and water. The...
Leann Shamash
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Crossing the Sea
#bshalach #parsha #poetry #wordshavewings #thesongofthesea #crossingthesea #parshapoetry #poetry #commentary This coming Shabbat we...
Leann Shamash
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Inauguration
#inauguration #presidentbiden #vicepresidentharris #january2021 Inauguration insanity, farewell initiate the new indelible images instill...
Leann Shamash
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Nine Women
#8women #eightwomen #pandemic #acrossgenerations #sharingourlives For the past number of months I have been working on a project called...
Leann Shamash
Jan 20, 20215 min read
We Wear the Memory of Freedom
#wewearthememory #memoriesoffreedom #tefillin #parsha #parshatBo #bo #wordshavewings #wecarrytheweight #freedom #MLKday...
Leann Shamash
Jan 18, 20212 min read
The Playground
#playground #seesaw #slide #swings For Ellen, When we were small We would run to the neighborhood playground The hot top would form tar...
Leann Shamash
Jan 16, 20212 min read
On Shabbat Eve at Twilight
A short question and thought When listening to my Daf Yomi podcast early this morning, my teachers spoke briefly about a piece of Page...
Leann Shamash
Jan 15, 20212 min read
A Final Goodnight
#whattomorrowbrings #ayeargoesby #finalkaddish #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish The part of this blog where I write mostly about my mom is...
Leann Shamash
Jan 13, 20212 min read
You Have a Voice
#avoice #voice #parsha #moses #frespeech #watchyourwords #expressyourself #thevoice #challenges #bewise #youhaveavoice #parshatVaeira...
Leann Shamash
Jan 11, 20212 min read
It's Only a Place
#washingtondc #itsonlyaplace #democracy #january62021 #thecapitol January 6, 2021 It's only a place that sits on a hill, shines white in...
Leann Shamash
Jan 8, 20211 min read
Why Me?
#whome #leadership #noconfidence #ordinary #excuses #leadersandfollowers #moses #parsha #parshatshemot #shemot #moses #moshe...
Leann Shamash
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Anywhere, Anytime
#anywhere #anytime #cog #systems #failingsystems #parsha #parshatshemot #broken #workhard #hardwork #erosion #thingschange #usvsthem...
Leann Shamash
Jan 4, 20213 min read
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
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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