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#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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 those...
Leann Shamash
Mar 6, 20246 min read
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On Bava Kamma and a Dog
#babakama #dafyomi לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם אֶת הַכֶּלֶב אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן קָשׁוּר בְּשַׁלְשְׁלָאוֹת כּוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: לֹא יְגַדֵּל אָדָם...
Leann Shamash
Mar 3, 20243 min read
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Still
Parshat Ki Tisa informs us about the sabbath and the census, but it also speaks about uncontrolled rage. When the golden calf is...
Leann Shamash
Feb 28, 20242 min read
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A Pleasing Scent רֵ֣יחַ נִיח֔וֹחַ
In this parsha where the clothing of the high priest is described in great detail, we also learn of the sacrifices made before God. These...
Leann Shamash
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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Between
Reading about the golden cherubs in Parshat Terumah made me think of the concept of the space between two points as being the passageway...
Leann Shamash
Feb 13, 20243 min read
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Blue סַּפִּ֔יר
Parshat Mishpatim is a turning point in our study of Torah, but also in the lives of the Israelites. The ten utterances have been heard...
Leann Shamash
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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Breaking Bread
During this notable Parsha, Parshat Yitro, when the Israelites receive the Aseret Hadibrot (The Ten Commandments), I have chosen to write...
Leann Shamash
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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Just for a Moment
The Song of the Sea is recalled each morning when the congregation rises and sings aloud its words. God is declared powerful, a God of...
Leann Shamash
Jan 23, 20243 min read
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Lift Up Your Arms
”For Elisheva” Parshat Bo describes the physical action that Moses takes to bring the plague of locusts . Later in Exodus, God instructs...
Leann Shamash
Jan 17, 20242 min read
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River Red
Parshat Vaera, the parsha where seven of the ten plagues are listed in all of their horror, is part of our yearly celebration of our...
Leann Shamash
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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The Five
#parshatshemot A certain member of the house of Levi went and took [into his household as his wife] a woman of Levi. The woman conceived...
Leann Shamash
Jan 2, 20243 min read
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Seventeen Years: A Song of Gratitude
Jacob lived seventeen years in the land of Egypt, so that the span of Jacob’s life came to one hundred and forty-seven years. Genesis...
Leann Shamash
Dec 26, 20233 min read
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It's OK to Cry
#Vayigash #breisheet #joseph Someone I know posted on his Facebook feed this morning that today is October 78, 2023, which is exactly how...
Leann Shamash
Dec 20, 20232 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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