Leann Shamash
Shake
#fromwheregoesthebreeze #thewind #sukkot #talkingtalmud #masechetsukkot In Talmud, Masechet Sukkah page 37b, there is a story about...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Endings, Begin Again
#newbeginnings #parshatvothabracha #wordshavewings And so a full cycle comes to an end. This page, this blog has been a home to me...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Four Corners
#fourcorners #yomkippur #ashkenazictraditions #honeyfourcorners #diphoney Sitting next to my father at synagogue in Medford so many years...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
Tzur Yisrael-Rock of Israel
#tzuryisrael #rock #rocksandminerals #rockofisrael #characteristicsofrocks #sedementaryrocks #metamorphicrocks #igneousrocks #comparisons...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
The Wind and The Leaf
#thewind #thewindandtheleaf #roshhashannah #teshuva #windsblow #leavesfall #theearth #thetrees #borninthesouth #groveofwillows...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 6, 2021
- 4 min
Late Summer Garden
#obsessedwithplants #thegardenisfull #themessygarden #nativeplants #invasiveplants #lookaroundandsee I am obsessed with plants. It is my...
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Leann Shamash
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
Write a Poem
#writeapoem #writeatorah #yourowntorah #writeasong #yoursong #yourpoem #parshatvayelech #vayelech #parsha #wordshavewings #moses...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Wed Me
#nitzavim #parshatnitzavim #marriage #wedme #forever #promises #onmountaintops #bemine #thechosen As we approach the end of the Five...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 29, 2021
- 1 min
The Hour Before Dawn
#thehourbeforedawn #earlymorning The Hour Before Dawn It is quiet in the hour before dawn. Quiet, but not still. The lone cricket sings...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 24, 2021
- 4 min
We Remember
#kitavo #parshatkitavo #elul #finalparshiyot #parsha #rememberwhereyoucamefrom #rememberyourroots Parshat Ki Tavo has the Hebrews on the...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 22, 2021
- 2 min
Morning Glory
#morningglory #opentothesun #openeachmorning #skyblue #thecolorofthesky #blue #latebloomer Morning Glory Your seed is as hard as stone....
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Ten Days, Ten Questions
#questionsforelul #elul #monthofelul #instropection #lookinginward #roshhashannah #tenquestions #tendaystenquestions The internet is...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 17, 2021
- 3 min
The Mother Bird
#motherbird #deuteronomy #birdnest #wordshavewings #astory Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha that needs to be studied; turned over and over...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Life
#life #lifeis #sirensong #erincarey #poetryandphotography #photographyandpoetry #griffinmuseum #wordshavewings #poetry #oldage #childhood...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
Be a Tree
#BeaTree Parshat Shoftim covers so much in one Parsha on the topic of government, governance and rules of war. Tucked into the section on...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 6, 2021
- 3 min
Oh, My Goodness!
#Ohmygoodness #ohmy #summercalendar #plantsthroughthesummer #summerplants not a poem, but maybe a love song to spring, summer and fall. ...
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Leann Shamash
- Aug 2, 2021
- 3 min
What Do You See?
#whatyousee #parshatreeh #reeh #youreyes #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #poetry Parshat Re'eh contains so much information, so many...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 27, 2021
- 3 min
A Moment Alone
#alone #parshateikev #afterthe #torah #eikev #moses #whilesittingalone #amomentalone #lessonslearned It is nearly a year since I have had...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 26, 2021
- 3 min
It Is Not Because Of You
#itisnotbecauseofyou #becauseofyou #responsible #irresponsible #eikev #parshateikev Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's talk with B'nei...
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Leann Shamash
- Jul 19, 2021
- 2 min
Six Words
#shema #shemayisrael #sixwords #awordisanidea #shmayisrael #fromamountaintop #shma #etchedinstone Parshat Va'etchanan continues to review...
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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.