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Nachamu, Nachamu Ami
Parshat Vaetchanan is read following the fast of the ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av. It is called the Shabbat of Consolation, which comes from...
Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20242 min read
Devarim: The Book of Words
#Parshatdevarim #seferdevarim #words #grammar #sentencestructure אֵ֣לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־כּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל...
Leann Shamash
Aug 7, 20242 min read
A Scene From Priorities
The double Parshiyot of Matot and Masei teach us about the relationship of women and vows, the rules of war and taking booty. Still,...
Leann Shamash
Jul 31, 20243 min read
The Sons of Korach: A Psalm is Born
Within in the latest census found in Parshat Pinchas, we, the readers, find a number of interesting stories. The daughters of...
Leann Shamash
Jul 24, 20242 min read
Talking Donkeys and Trixie
Oh, what a parsha Parshat Balak is! Sefer Bamidbar contains a number of unusual events, including rebellion, the earth swallowing...
Leann Shamash
Jul 17, 20244 min read
Thirty Eight Years
#38 #38years #parshatchukat #chukat To begin this week’s post, if you are old enough, I ask you to do the math and bring yourself back 38...
Leann Shamash
Jul 10, 20243 min read
Leadership- Moshe, Korach and Beyond
#korach #parshatkorach #leadership #leaders This week we read one of the summer camp parshiyot, Parshat Korach. One cannot read...
Leann Shamash
Jul 4, 20243 min read
Fine Print
#fineprint #masechetbavametzia #talkingtalmud A poem for the Siyyum of Bava Metzia, a Masechet of details and law. This is the 22d...
Leann Shamash
Jun 30, 20243 min read
Being Bill Buckner
#shelach #shlach #billbuckner #mistakes #thespies #thescouts #Bamidbar #bostonredsox #curseofthebambino #1986metsandbostonredsox...
Leann Shamash
Jun 26, 20244 min read
Longings
#behaalotecha #bamidbar #wordshavewings #torahpoetry Parshat B'haalotecha is not a parsha to hastily skim over as there are so many...
Leann Shamash
Jun 18, 20244 min read
None of Us Know
Tomorrow we will read Megillat Ruth as we do each year on the second day of Shavuot. This short story seems to speak of ordinary...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20243 min read
Tee Shirts: We Wear Our Hearts on our Sleeves and Our Flags on Our Shirts
For those of you not interested in a post about teeshirts, here is a post from a few years ago on the census and identity which is an...
Leann Shamash
Jun 4, 20248 min read
Hope
#bechukotai #sefervayikra This week we read Parshat B'chukotai, the final parsha in Sefer Vayikra. B'chukotai is not an easy parsha to...
Leann Shamash
May 28, 20243 min read
The Song of the Land
#parshatbehar First sentence. I am someone who loves to watch plants grow. I am an enthusiastic gardener,(if messy and not always so...
Leann Shamash
May 22, 20244 min read
I'll Meet You at 50
Parshat Emor includes a list of the holy days of the year. Included in the terse description of the biblical holy days are detailed...
Leann Shamash
May 14, 20243 min read
Searching For The Self in The Selfie
לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם וְלֹֽא־תִטֹּר֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י עַמֶּ֔ךָ וְאָֽהַבְתָּ֥ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ כָּמ֑וֹךָ אֲנִ֖י יְ-הֹ-וָֽ-ה׃ You shall not take vengeance or...
Leann Shamash
May 7, 20243 min read
Pink Moon
This week, after leaving the weekly parshiyot behind for the Passover holidays, we will read Parshat Acharei Mot. Acharei Mot, meaning...
Leann Shamash
May 1, 20242 min read
More Selections From ANU: A Haggadah of Many Voices
#ANU #haggadahofmanyvoices #passover #pesach #seder #passoverhaggadah Hello Everyone, Here are a few more posts from ANU. I hope to do...
Leann Shamash
Apr 15, 20248 min read
ANU
#anu #passoverhaggadah #community #creativity #communityparticipation Hi Everyone! A different sort of post this week. I want to...
Leann Shamash
Apr 9, 20246 min read
A Song of Kashrut
#parshatshemini #sefervayikra #shemini #kashrut #keepingkosher Parshat Shemini continues onward with the drama of the first sacrifices....
Leann Shamash
Apr 2, 20243 min read
Concentric Circles of Gratitude
Have you recently Crossed the sea? Crossed a desert? Recently recovered from an illness? Freed from prison? If so, you might be, or might...
Leann Shamash
Mar 27, 20242 min read
The Summit
#vayikra #parshatvayikra #sefervayikra Parshat Vayikra is the book in the middle. It seems to be separate from the other books of the...
Leann Shamash
Mar 19, 20243 min read
The Gifts of Betzalel
With Parshat Pekudei we complete the book of Shemot/Exodus. It feels that time has been passing so swiftly lately. It seems like...
Leann Shamash
Mar 12, 20243 min read
A Post on Parshat Vayakhel and ANU the Haggadah
This is a double post. The first, on Parshat Vayakhel, is one of my favorite posts from a few years ago. It is about the beauty of...
Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20246 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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