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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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