Leann Shamash
Home Brewed Lattes
#latte #coffee #morningcoffee #makeityourself #coffeewithmilk #dance #wordshavewings This short piece, written by fellow dancer Miriam K...
WORDS HAVE WINGS
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 14
- 2 min
Why I Exercise
#whyiexercise #swimming #running #biking #active #dailyexercise #itswhatido #walking #exerciseeveryday #yoga #bootcamp #swimandbike...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Why I Write
#whyiwrite #writing #theartofwriting #writinghabits #writingeveryday #writingchildrensbooks #poetry #wordshavewings #proseandpoetry This...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 9
- 2 min
Heart Vignettes
#oz #thet inman #theheartliesburied #tetzaveh #parshattetzaveh #clothing #aaron #breastplate #carryingtheweight #et #ETphonehome...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 8
- 2 min
A Few Updates on Irma G and The Hat Project
#irmag #mothersanddaughters #hats #thehatproject #aginggracefully #olderwomen #womenoverninety #beauty #elderly #seeing #findingthebeauty...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 7
- 2 min
A Thin Line
#mourning #joy #mourningandjoy When Masechet Moed Katan began, I understood it to be about the intermediate days of holidays, such as...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Coloring to While Away a Quiet Morning
#coloring #stressrelief #stress #colors #coloredpencils #crayons My good friend Heidi is an author of children’s books. She writes here...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 2
- 2 min
The Gift of Crafts
#craft Lisa Solomon lives on Kibbutz Ketura in Israel, where she has worked in the field of date production for her entire career. Lisa...
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Leann Shamash
- Feb 1
- 3 min
Ten Thousand Stitches
#makemeahome #useyourgifts #artandsculpture #weaving #finematerials #aronkodesh #artists #home #givemeahome #terumah #parshatterumah...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 27
- 2 min
My Passion for Rare Plants
#collectingrareplants #rareplants #plants #plantperson #iloveplants Each of us has our own interests and passions and they vary from...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 26
- 4 min
A Visual of Parshat Mishpatim
#mishpatim #parshatmishatim #torahandphotography #wordshavewings #leannshamashphotography #hukim #law #ancientlaws Parshat Mishpatim is...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Snowboarding- The Hike
#snowboarding #albert #thehike Albert Lew is an avid cyclist, photographer and snow boarder. I thank him for writing so beautifully about...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Why I Play the Piano
#whyiplaythepiano #piano #practicepractice #practicethepiano #audience #audienceornot #music #whymusic This thoughtful essay on playing...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 18
- 3 min
I am a Bird
#iamabird #tziporah #raptor #hunter #aloneinthenest #moses #wifeofmoses #parshatyitro #yitro #jethro #tzipora Indeed, Parshat Yitro is...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 16
- 1 min
Knitting Through a Pandemic
#knitting #knittingthroughapandemic #yarn #knittingsocks #wordshavewings Here is another essay on what gives people satisfaction....Thank...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 14
- 3 min
The Student in Row Twenty-four
#masechetmegilla #masechetmegila #reishlakish #learning #studentsandlearning #learningstyles I continue to write a poem about each of the...
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Leann Shamash
- Jan 12
- 1 min
Why I Enjoy Yiddish
#yiddish #whyIlove #satisfaction #translation #thjoysofyiddish #language #yiddishliterature This is part of a new series on my blog...
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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.