Purple Sheet

Tu B’Shvat: The Giving Tree This coming Sunday evening and Monday is Tu B’Shvat. According to Jewish tradition, it is the Rosh HaShanah,... Read More

Fake It Till You Make It Parshat Bo marks the first time in the Torah where the young Israelite nation are given... Read More

Losing My Religion This week’s Torah portion begins the details of the redemption of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Last week... Read More

You Can’t Handle the Truth   In this week’s Torah portion there is a little known epilogue to the story of Joseph... Read More

The Final Piece of Your Puzzle   This week’s Torah portion has the finale of the intense drama and conflict between Joseph... Read More

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream   This week’s Torah portion describes Joseph’s meteoric rise to power as second in command to Pharaoh... Read More

Chanukah  – My Big Fat Greek Fight   This coming Sunday evening we begin to celebrate Chanukah. Over two thousand years ago a... Read More

Neurotic Jews   This week’s Torah portion describes a meeting of two brothers who have not seen each other in decades. Jacob... Read More

The Narcissist   This week’s Torah portion speaks about a type of person that probably has at one time or another unfortunately... Read More