Purple Sheet

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

A Chip Off the Old Block   This week’s Torah portion is dominated by the conflict between twin brothers, Jacob and Esau.... Read More

My Love My Land My Grave    This week’s Torah portion opens with the passing of Avraham’s wife, Sarah. It describes the... Read More

Better Than Meeting God  This week’s Torah portion opens right after God commanded Avraham to circumcise himself and all the males of... Read More

LOYALTY In this week’s Torah portion, we are introduced in earnest to Avraham, the forefather of the Jewish nation. He is told... Read More

The Loner Looking hard into your eyes There was nobody I’d ever known Such an empty surprise – to feel so alone... Read More

Life, Death… and Life Again We begin the annual Torah reading cycle once again this Shabbat. Bereshit – In the Beginning. As... Read More

Moshe is approaching the end of his life. He is about to die and is now giving his final words to the... Read More

The US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament is presently taking place in New York. Some fixtures of past years are missing such as... Read More

When I went to Aish way back in the summer of ’79 and was in the beginners program, there was a class... Read More