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Tiny Tales of Kindness: Parshat Ki Teitzei
Blog posts on Words Have Wings usually take between two to five minutes to read. This post will take you longer to read, but I hope it...
Leann Shamash
Aug 24, 202315 min read
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The World Was Upside Down: A Tale of Kindness
Parshat Shoftim is an important and relevant parsha, largely focusing on the the three pillars of leadership in the community, the king,...
Leann Shamash
Aug 15, 20235 min read
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Mazal Tov. You are Divorced.
As it has been my custom since beginning to learn Daf Yomi more than three years ago, I deliver a poem when we finish a Masechet (a...
Leann Shamash
Aug 13, 20234 min read
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Hamakom
Re'eh means"see." In Parshat Re'eh we learn about making sacrifices once the people enter the land. The people are told to bring their...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 20233 min read
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The Sisterhood of The Moosewood Cookbooks
My copies of The Moosewood Cookbook and The Enchanted Broccoli Forest were gently put to rest this year after gracing kitchen after...
Leann Shamash
Aug 4, 20234 min read
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The Storyteller
Parshat Eikev continues Moshe's speech to B'nai Yisrael as they prepare to cross the Jordan. Contained in Parshat Eikev there are a...
Leann Shamash
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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From the Center of the Flame and Nachamu, Nachamu Ami
Parshat Va'etchanan is always read after the nine days of mourning and the fast of Tisha B'Av, when we mourn the many tragic events in...
Leann Shamash
Jul 25, 20232 min read
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To Be a Teacher
I sometimes think that the experience of Moshe Rabeinu with the Hebrews in the desert is akin to a classroom teacher's experience. Moshe...
Leann Shamash
Jul 18, 20233 min read
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The Art of Writing Postcards
It’s overnight camp season for our grandchildren and I find myself seated at the kitchen table, not tapping on my phone, not typing on...
Leann Shamash
Jul 14, 20233 min read
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Dreaming Backwards From Station 42
Masai, the final parsha of Sefer Devarim, leaves us at the completion of the journey of the Hebrews before they reach the Promised Land....
Leann Shamash
Jul 12, 20232 min read
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To My Daughters- A Letter to Mahlah, Noa, Choglah, Milcah and Tirzah,
#noa #tirtzah #machlah #hoglah Parshat Pinchas is named for the zealot Pinchas, however the story of the daughters of Tzelophechad is a...
Leann Shamash
Jul 4, 20234 min read
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Sing a New Song
Here we are again, in the warm (and rainy!) days of summer time. These parshiyot, Chukat and Balak, truly are the summer camp parshiyot. ...
Leann Shamash
Jun 27, 20233 min read
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Common Ground
Parshat Korach is about dissension in the ranks and a charismatic individual who seeks to gain power by claiming that everyone is imbued...
Leann Shamash
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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This Coveted Time
As summer approaches.... When the birds call out before dawn and dawn arrives before 5, this time I covet. When flowers vie for space...
Leann Shamash
Jun 19, 20231 min read
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Grasshopper
#grasshoppers #shlach #shelach #parshatshelach #parshatshlach #grasshoppers Parshat Sh'lach is the parsha of punishment and consequence,...
Leann Shamash
Jun 13, 20232 min read
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Na
#elrefanala #moshe #miriam #behaalotecha #bhallotcha #prayer #na #please #prayeroftheheart I began this last week for Parsha...
Leann Shamash
Jun 11, 20233 min read
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A Tale About Shoes
#leadership Entering Parshat B'ha'alotecha is like entering into a novel. There is emotion, law, drama and wisdom all contained in a few...
Leann Shamash
Jun 6, 20234 min read
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Yosemite
Two weeks ago we were fortunate to travel briefly through Yosemite National Park. For those of you who have experienced its beauty and...
Leann Shamash
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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In 49 Days
#sefirathaomer #theomer #49days I'd like to close out the 49 days of counting the Omer with a few thoughts. I have tried to write...
Leann Shamash
May 25, 20232 min read
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Bamidbar- In the Desert
#bamidbar Please note that this post comes after Parshat BaMidbar, but before Shavuot. Let's call it an island between the two! Parshat...
Leann Shamash
May 22, 20233 min read
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5000- A Reflection on Masechet Sotah
In the continuing cycle of Daf Yomi, on Sunday we will will hold a siyum for Masechet Sotah. The initial focus and the title of this...
Leann Shamash
May 19, 20234 min read
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The Robin is Teaching
This was written pre-dawn on the 39th day of counting the omer. Tashma. Come and listen. The robin is teaching. A solitary voice trills...
Leann Shamash
May 16, 20231 min read
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Soil: A Meditation
#soil The combined Parshiyot of Behar/B'Chukotai complete this year's reading of the book of Leviticus. These two parshiyot cover the...
Leann Shamash
May 9, 20233 min read
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It’s Just Another Day Counting The Omer
#countingtheomer #iyar #leviticus #wordshavewings #omer #emor #parshatemor Parshat Emor proves again that Sefer VaYikra is full of hidden...
Leann Shamash
May 2, 20233 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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