Purple Sheet

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

And so it begins again. Bereshit/Genesis. Once again we commence the cycle of the weekly Torah readings. Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know... Read More

The holiday of Sukkot begins this Wednesday night. A number of years back, Rabbi Kalman Bauman – the principal of the excellent elementary school,... Read More

All vows, prohibitions, oaths, consecrations … that we may vow, swear, consecrate, or prohibit upon ourselves – [from the last Yom Kippur... Read More

It’s Rosh HaShana and while it is a joyous day like all Jewish holidays, there is also an element of anxiousness. I... Read More

This week’s Torah reading has us near the end of Moshe’s epic speech he delivered to the Israelites before they enter the... Read More

All Beginnings Are Hard -The Talmud At the outset of this week’s Torah portion is the mitzva of Bikkurim, First Fruits. It refers to the practice of... Read More

This week’s parsha begins with a scenario which is highly unlikely for most of us but is instructive nevertheless. It speaks of a situation... Read More

We are living in a time where we see a recurring problem affecting many leaders of different nations. And it’s not something... Read More

Well, who d’you think you’re foolin’? You say you’re havin’ fun But you’re busy going nowhere Just lying in the sun -Supertramp... Read More