Leann Shamash
To Be a Teacher
I sometimes think that the experience of Moshe Rabeinu with the Hebrews in the desert is akin to a classroom teacher's experience. Moshe...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 14
- 3 min
The Art of Writing Postcards
It’s overnight camp season for our grandchildren and I find myself seated at the kitchen table, not tapping on my phone, not typing on...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Dreaming Backwards From Station 42
Masai, the final parsha of Sefer Devarim, leaves us at the completion of the journey of the Hebrews before they reach the Promised Land....
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 4
- 4 min
To My Daughters- A Letter to Mahlah, Noa, Choglah, Milcah and Tirzah,
#noa #tirtzah #machlah #hoglah Parshat Pinchas is named for the zealot Pinchas, however the story of the daughters of Tzelophechad is a...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 27
- 3 min
Sing a New Song
Here we are again, in the warm (and rainy!) days of summer time. These parshiyot, Chukat and Balak, truly are the summer camp parshiyot. ...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 20
- 3 min
Common Ground
Parshat Korach is about dissension in the ranks and a charismatic individual who seeks to gain power by claiming that everyone is imbued...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 19
- 1 min
This Coveted Time
As summer approaches.... When the birds call out before dawn and dawn arrives before 5, this time I covet. When flowers vie for space...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Grasshopper
#grasshoppers #shlach #shelach #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #grasshoppers Parshat Sh'lach is the parsha of punishment and consequence,...
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Leann Shamash
- Jun 6
- 4 min
A Tale About Shoes
#leadership Entering Parshat B'ha'alotecha is like entering into a novel. There is emotion, law, drama and wisdom all contained in a few...
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Leann Shamash
- May 25
- 2 min
In 49 Days
#sefirathaomer #theomer #49days I'd like to close out the 49 days of counting the Omer with a few thoughts. I have tried to write...
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Leann Shamash
- May 22
- 3 min
Bamidbar- In the Desert
#bamidbar Please note that this post comes after Parshat BaMidbar, but before Shavuot. Let's call it an island between the two! Parshat...
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Leann Shamash
- May 19
- 4 min
5000- A Reflection on Masechet Sotah
In the continuing cycle of Daf Yomi, on Sunday we will will hold a siyum for Masechet Sotah. The initial focus and the title of this...
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Leann Shamash
- May 16
- 1 min
The Robin is Teaching
This was written pre-dawn on the 39th day of counting the omer. Tashma. Come and listen. The robin is teaching. A solitary voice trills...
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Leann Shamash
- May 9
- 3 min
Soil: A Meditation
#soil The combined Parshiyot of Behar/B'Chukotai complete this year's reading of the book of Leviticus. These two parshiyot cover the...
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Leann Shamash
- May 2
- 3 min
It’s Just Another Day Counting The Omer
#countingtheomer #iyar #leviticus #wordshavewings #omer #emor #parshatemor Parshat Emor proves again that Sefer VaYikra is full of hidden...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Four Hundredth Post
#fourhundred I wanted to mark this Words Have Wings post as my 400th. I wanted this special post to be a separate post from poetry, but a...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 25
- 3 min
Holiness is as Holiness Does
#Kedoshim #achareimot #wordshavewings #holiness #yomkippur דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל כּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וְאָמַרְתָּ֥ אֲלֵהֶ֖ם קְדֹשִׁ֣ים...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 18
- 3 min
Yankele- A Lullaby for Yom HaShoah
Dear Friends, This post on Yom HaShoah is inspired by Yiddish lullabies, so please do listen to the music while you read. We write what...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 17
- 3 min
Blood on Her Wings
#tazria #metzora #tazriametzora #blood #birds #sacrifice #ancientrituals #tzaraat This week we will read two highly unusual parshiyot,...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Postscripts
#postscripts #passover #sefira #seder #prep #work For those out there that do prep for Passover; whether it is for a month, a day or an...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 10
- 1 min
The Other End of the Rainbow
#rainbows #therainbow #theendoftherainbow #omer #sefirathaomer #49poems #fortynine Dear Readers, I hope that all of you had meaningful...
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Leann Shamash
- Apr 5
- 3 min
49 Days of Counting the Omer: 49 Days of Gratitude
#omer #sefirathaomer #countingtheomer Dear Readers, On the second night of Passover, Thursday evening, we begin to count the omer until...
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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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