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Can a Blind Person Say a Blessing Upon Witnessing a Miracle? A Top Ten List of Masekhet Berakhot
#masekhetbrakhot #brakhot #dafyomi #apageaday #whendowesayshema #blessingourfood #theshmonehesrei #drbanan #doreita #blessingsoverfood...
Leann Shamash
May 3, 20204 min read
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The Maze of Daf Yomi
#dafyomi #berakhot #masechetberakhot #fallingbehind #blessings #blessingsoverbread #shema #shmonaesrei #18benedictions #blessingfood...
Leann Shamash
Apr 30, 20204 min read
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Gratitude
#gratitude #tehillim #iamgrateful #whyamigrateful #mindfulness #whyyouaregrateful #aware #goodhealth #family #sunrise #blessings...
Leann Shamash
Apr 29, 20205 min read
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A Final Bath- Thank You
#schwartzrounds #rememberingmom #irmag #hebrewseniorlife #thefalls #memorycare #healthcareworkers #healthcare #cnas...
Leann Shamash
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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Elijah's Visit
#elijahtheprophet #eliyahuhanavi #passoverseder #passovervisit #cupofwine #elijahscup #cupofelijah #childrenssstories...
Leann Shamash
Apr 23, 20205 min read
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Before the End of Nisan
#passover #seder #passoverseder #covid19 #coronavirus #innovations #innovate #newmodels #crisisbreedscreativity #wordshavewings...
Leann Shamash
Apr 21, 20209 min read
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Small Miracles Do Occur-Yom HaShoah
#yomhashoah #reunions #reconnected #shoah #bindermichel #linzaustria #holocaustsurvivors #dpcamp #postww2 #survival #theysurvived...
Leann Shamash
Apr 20, 20204 min read
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The Garden of Eden Imagined
#Gardenofeden #ganeden #thegarden #whereisyourgarden #describeyourgardenofeden #whereisthegarden #fruittrees #flowers #sayingfarewell...
Leann Shamash
Apr 17, 20204 min read
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The Dance of Prayer (part one)
#prayer #openyourhands #openyourheart #thedanceofprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #africandance #sufidance #hassidicdance...
Leann Shamash
Apr 14, 20202 min read
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The Holy Counting Exercise
##countingtheomer #whatdoyouliketocount #theomer #49days #thelinkbetween #thebridgebetweenholidays #shavuot #pesach #wecounteachevening...
Leann Shamash
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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I Miss Your Chin
#eyes #nose #mouths #mouth #coveringup #wearingamask #wearingmasks #wordshavewings #prayer #sayingkaddish #covid19...
Leann Shamash
Apr 12, 20201 min read
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How We Teach
#Passover #covid19 #coronavirus #sederplate #symbols #teaching #howtoteach #repetition #teachingandlearning #hagaddah #Pesach...
Leann Shamash
Apr 7, 20203 min read
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A Collection of Miracles: Dayeinu (It Would Have Been Enough For Us)
#miracles #covid19 #dayeinu #wemakemiracles #gratitude #acollectionofmiracles #wordshavewings #sayingkaddish #irmag #mothersanddaughters...
Leann Shamash
Apr 6, 20202 min read
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The Dissonant Music of Prayer
#prayer #covid19 #chazzan #cantor #davening #shaliachtzibbur #leadingthecongregation #whatittakes #beautifulvoice #distortions ...
Leann Shamash
Apr 5, 20203 min read
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As March Turns Toward April: A Prayer
#march #april #prayer #bakashah #plead #asmarchturnstowardapril #2020 #outlikealamb #themonthofmarch #covid19 #poetry...
Leann Shamash
Mar 31, 20202 min read
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A Poem For Freedom: Rosh Chodesh Nisan
Nisan Month of awakening Of red tulips Yellow forsythia Blue skies Grays turn to greens Nisan Month of new life Plants flex their muscles...
Leann Shamash
Mar 27, 20201 min read
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The Value of Time- "The Early Bird Catches the Worm"
#time #sevenoclock #eightoclock #wakeup #timetowakeup #covid #socialdistancing #morningprayer #sayingkaddish #kaddish #irmag...
Leann Shamash
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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Covid-19 and the Blizzard of 78'
#blizzardof78 #westmedford #umassamherst #1978 #covid19 #socialdistance #lookaround #shovelout #walk #keepyourdistance #exercise ...
Leann Shamash
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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Underground Bomb Shelters, Atlantic City and the Draft
#20-90 #90s #beautyofaging #wisdomofage #covid19 #coronavirus #lookbackwards #lookingforward #thebenefitofhistory #reflections...
Leann Shamash
Mar 22, 20203 min read
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Social Distancing: A Covid-19 Gallery
#socialdistancing #covid19 #wordshavewings #apart #distance #separation #hamavdil #differentiate #connected #weareone #weareseparate...
Leann Shamash
Mar 21, 20201 min read
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The Toys Miss You- A Covid-19 Poem for our Grandkids
#family #covid19 #grandmothers #grandfathers #grandmashouse #bubby #missyou #wordshavewings #toys #hideandgoseek #patience #thingskidsdo...
Leann Shamash
Mar 19, 20201 min read
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Clean Hands- a Poem
#cleanhands #washyourhands #prayer #washing #washinghands #covid19 The song of the day speaks about Who shall ascend into the mountain of...
Leann Shamash
Mar 18, 20202 min read
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Welcome to Overland Park, Kansas-I made a minyan!
#overlandparkkansas #overlandpark #kansas #sayingkaddish #irmag #prayer #covid19 #shacharit #travelingwithoutmoving #internettravels...
Leann Shamash
Mar 18, 20203 min read
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Chicago?!?
#kaddish #sayingkaddish #covid19 #lifeathetimeofthevirus #prayer #Chicago #synagogue #davening #shacharit #sayingkaddish ...
Leann Shamash
Mar 16, 20201 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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