Purple Sheet

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

In one of this week’s parshas, Kedoshim, we have one of the most well-known verses in all of Torah. “You shall love... Read More

This Shabbat, the 5th of Iyar, is Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israel’s 77th  birthday. This year, because it falls on Shabbat, it was celebrated on Wednesday... Read More