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A Class Using the Poetry from Words Have Wings
#jackriemer #rabbijackriemer #wordshavewings #parshapoetry #poetry Hi Everyone, I don't really use this platform to advertise the poetry...
Leann Shamash
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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Lech Lecha- Courage
#abraham #avraham #lechlecha #parsha #parshatlechlecha The past few days have been so illuminating. Parshat Lech Lecha, one of my...
Leann Shamash
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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I am a Woman. I am.
#Iamawoman #eesha #masechetketubot #ketubot #dafyomi #talkingtalmud #hadran #women #marriage #contracts #dafyomiforwomen As is my...
Leann Shamash
Oct 26, 20223 min read
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The Window צוֹהַר
#thewindow #parshatnoach #noach #noah #parshat #breisheet #annefrank #thediaryofannefrank Parshat Noach is a tale of destruction,...
Leann Shamash
Oct 25, 20223 min read
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Ruach Elohim ר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים
#ruach #breisheet #parshatbreishit #genesis #firsts #creation #ruach #wind #breath #breathe I find it difficult to transition from the...
Leann Shamash
Oct 19, 20224 min read
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At The End of the Day, Bless
#blessings #vzothaberacha #blessing #devarim #deuteronomy #finalparsha #fullcycle The final parsha of the Torah is Parshat V'Zot...
Leann Shamash
Oct 12, 20223 min read
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Harvests
#harvests #sukkot #fallholidays #whatweharvested #garden As the holiday of Sukkot begins this evening it feels as though autumn is truly...
Leann Shamash
Oct 9, 20225 min read
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The Poem
#thepoem #haazinu #devarim #seferdevarim #parshathaazinu #endings #beginnings #poetry #parshapoetry "Put this song in their mouths," it...
Leann Shamash
Oct 4, 20223 min read
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If You Could See Us Now
#ifyoucouldseeusnow #vayelech #parshatvayelech Parshat Vayelech finds Moshe completing the writing of a Sefer Torah. On the final day of...
Leann Shamash
Sep 29, 20223 min read
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Penpals and A New Look at an Old Prayer by Rabbi Jack Riemer
#penpals #shabbatshuvah One never knows how connections between people begin. A few months ago Rabbi Jack Riemer was on the Kehillath...
Leann Shamash
Sep 23, 202211 min read
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The Final Act
#thefinalact #parshatnitzavim #theater #torah #fivebooks #theending #endingsandbeginnings Parshat Nitzavim, a short parsha found at the...
Leann Shamash
Sep 20, 20223 min read
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Why I Garden
#whyigarden #gardening #gardenseason #endofthesummer #fallgardening #summergardening #wordshavewings #whywedowhatwedo The gardening...
Leann Shamash
Sep 19, 20225 min read
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Today!
#today #parshatkitavo #kitavo Parshat Ki Tavo mentions the word TODAY thirteen times. In a D'var Torah on the website ONLINE TORAH,...
Leann Shamash
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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Messages Carved in Stone
#remember #parshatkitavo #kitavo #messagescarvedinstone #stonememorials #messages This is one of two poems this week on Parshat Ki...
Leann Shamash
Sep 13, 20222 min read
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Ikh Vel Nisht Fargesn-I Will Not Forget
#Iwillnotforget #fathersstory #fargesn #iwillremember This week as I danced with my dance class I listened to a piece of music and heard...
Leann Shamash
Sep 7, 20222 min read
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If We Could Just Remember
#remember #memory #whatweremember #whatweforget #cards וְזָכַרְתָּ֗ כִּ֣י עֶ֤בֶד הָיִ֙יתָ֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם Parshat Ki Teitzei is a parsha...
Leann Shamash
Sep 6, 20222 min read
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Green Yarn
#green #yarn #greenyarn #summer #laborday #schoolisstarting #endofsummer #asummerpoem #falliscoming The ball of green yarn which is...
Leann Shamash
Sep 2, 20221 min read
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The Colors of Justice: Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof
#tzedek #parshatmishpatim #mishpatim #justice #youshallpursuejustice #pursue #tzedektzedek Parshat Shoftim is about justice and how to...
Leann Shamash
Aug 30, 20224 min read
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When She Dances
#whenshedances #dance #thepowerofdance When she dances she glides like Fred Astaire. She swings like Ginger Rogers. She struts like...
Leann Shamash
Aug 25, 20221 min read
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Rivers
#crossingthejordan #thejordanriver #nile #thecharlesriver #flowingwater #theotherside #crosstheriver #transport #rivers #snakingrivers...
Leann Shamash
Aug 23, 20223 min read
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Let It Rain!
#letitrain #geshem #letitrain #mayitrain #thirst #drought #easterlywinds #harachaman #whenitrains Parshat Eikev contains the warning...
Leann Shamash
Aug 16, 20223 min read
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Morning Glory
#morningglories #morningglory #skyblue #blueflowers #asblueasthesky A morning glory came to visit me today. She appeared as a piece of...
Leann Shamash
Aug 15, 20221 min read
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Nachamu
#nachamu #comfort #shabbatnachamu #humbled #tears This is the Sabbath of comfort, called Shabbat Nachamu. It comes on the Shabbat...
Leann Shamash
Aug 11, 20221 min read
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Teachings
#yerusha #whatweinherit #ourteachings #mayyourteachingscontinue #ablessing #legacy In Parshat Vaetchanan, we recall milestones such as...
Leann Shamash
Aug 8, 20223 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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