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May You See Miracles
#miraclesoccur #andiwokeupthismorning #grays #miracles #coatofmanycolors #rainbow #mayyouseemiracles #wordshavewings #jacobsstory...
Leann Shamash
Dec 21, 20203 min read
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
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
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
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
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
Chance Encounters
#tothepersoninthefield #chanceencounters #joseph #angels #dreamers #wandering #daydreamers #inthefield #holocaust #hidden #partisangroup...
Leann Shamash
Dec 8, 20203 min read
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
Dancing with an Angel
#wrestlingwithangels #dancingwithangels #music #musicinmyears #parsha #vayishlach #danceatmidnight #danceatdawn #danceofthemoon #jacob...
Leann Shamash
Dec 4, 20202 min read
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
A Prayer
#jacob #esau #myprayer #prayer #wordshavewings #parshatvayishlach #birthright #areyouthere #doesgodhearourprayers In this poem, the first...
Leann Shamash
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Leah
#iamnumber2 #leah #seemme #thosewhosee #secondbest #whatmakesusbest #thebestofus #leahandrachel #jacobandrachel #jacobandleah #weakeyes...
Leann Shamash
Nov 27, 20202 min read
Post 101-Gratitude
#post101 #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #covid19 #pandemic #whathappened #adiary #awaytoremember #thememoryroom #zoomroom Here we are at...
Leann Shamash
Nov 26, 20203 min read
Ladders
#ladder #jacobsladder #ladderofangels #justice #mercy #godwaswithme #godiswithme #thepillowundermyhead #whereladderslead #workforjustice...
Leann Shamash
Nov 23, 20203 min read
Celebrating Lentils
#lentils #redlentils #brownlentils #greenlentils #eisav #jacob #iamhungry #lentilsoup #lentilsoup Once when Jacob was cooking a stew,...
Leann Shamash
Nov 16, 20203 min read
We are Family
#wearefamily #family #bcholdorvador #isaac #jacob #rebecca #esau #yitzhak #rivka #esav #yaakov #competition #withloveweruin ...
Leann Shamash
Nov 15, 20202 min read
The Parade
#aonewomanparade #iloveaparade #joy #relief #endingsandbeginnings #elections #neder #vows #makethingsbetter #thebestisyettocome A...
Leann Shamash
Nov 11, 20203 min read
Friday Afternoons at The Falls
#dementia #alzheimers #memories #memoryandforgetting #thepowerofmusic #thepowerofsong #musclememory #joy #aging #agingwomen...
Leann Shamash
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Endings and Beginnings
#endings #legacy #endingsandbeginnings #plans #receipts #parshatchayeisarah #weareplanners The beginning of Chayei Sarah enumerates the...
Leann Shamash
Nov 9, 20203 min read
Lift up Your Eyes
#lookupmylove #liftupyoureyes #issac #yitzhak #lonely #sorrow #mourning #fillupmyheart #rebecca #isaacandrebecca #walkinginthefield...
Leann Shamash
Nov 8, 20202 min read
Covenant
#brit #covenant #poetry #thecovenant #thejews #responsibilities #whatisacovenant Forgive me for two posts in one day. I am attempting to...
Leann Shamash
Nov 2, 20202 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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