Purple Sheet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

A fellow who used to come to Aish back in the day once posted one of those silly food pics of his...

In the Haggadah that we just read this past week, there is a turning point for the Israelites where their enslavement drastically...

One of the central themes of the Passover story told in the Haggada is miracles. They were an integral part to the...