Purple Sheet

I Promise… This week’s Torah portion starts off with a bit of an odd declaration that God makes to Moshe. God basically...

Karen and I had the good fortune of going to Israel this past week. Her mother lives in Herzliya so it’s a...

In this week’s parsha we have an epilogue to the story of Joseph and his brothers. After father Jacob dies and is...

All the Pain was Worth It There is a short exchange in this week’s Torah portion between Jacob/Yaakov and Pharaoh. After Joseph...

Has Chanukah Become Christmas? We are in the midst of Chanukah. For me, Chanukah looks a bit different this year compared to...

There is a concept in literature and philosophy called “contingency”. It is the idea that an entire life can be shaped by...

We are presently in the midst of the first of the five books of the Chumash, Sefer Bereshit – The Book of...

In this week’s Torah reading, we come across Jacob at a very difficult and precarious point in his life. He has been forced to...

Every man wants to be a macho macho man To have the kind of body always in demand Joggin’ in the mornings,...

In this week’s parsha we read the very lengthy and detailed episode of finding a wife for Isaac. After almost fatally losing...