Purple Sheet

This week’s parsha beings with details about taking vows. Although there are many mitzvot associated with vow-taking – as well as many... Read More

This week’s Torah reading, Pinchas is named for the man who acted decisively, violently and somewhat controversially. As narrated at the end... Read More

I came across this piece from Rabbi Efrem Goldberg from the Boca Raton Synagogue (and also featured on aish.com this week) which... Read More

This week’s parsha bears the name of a man who led a rebellion against Moshe and his brother, Aaron. Korach was unhappy... Read More

I walked across an empty land I knew the pathway like the back of my hand I felt the earth beneath my... Read More

I recently read a rabbi’s essay which had some lengthy historical parts. I wondered whether the author wrote it all himself or... Read More

I’m more than a bird I’m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train -Five For Fighting* A... Read More

Birkat Hamazon – Grace After Meals. Bentsching in Yiddish. There are few prayers in Jewish tradition that are more familiar than the blessings... Read More

In one of this week’s double parshas we have the laws of Shmittah, the Sabbatical year. Every seventh year the Jewish people living... Read More

Who does God like? And is that even a question? Meaning, doesn’t God love everyone? If we are all created by God... Read More