Purple Sheet

Rosh HaShana – Where Are You Going?   In the second of last week’s double parsha, VaYeilech, Moshe is near the end... Read More

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

All Beginnings Are Hard All Beginnings Are Hard -The Talmud   At the outset of this week’s Torah portion is the mitzvah... Read More

Dealing With Desire This week’s Torah portion begins with a scenario most of us would not find ourselves in but is highly... Read More

Campaign Contribution or Bribery?   This week’s Torah portion begins with the commandments of appointing judges and officers to ensure a just and orderly... Read More

The Curse of Lazy Well, who d’you think you’re foolin’? You say you’re havin’ fun But you’re busy going nowhere Just lying... Read More

Money If I was rich girl (na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na nah) See, I’d have all the money in the world If I was a wealthy... Read More

The Best Way to Pray This week’s Torah portion contains the most seminal concept and credo in Judaism, The Shema. “Hear O... Read More

The Hardest Part of Life This week we begin the fifth and final book of the Torah, Devarim/Deuteronomy. It is a very... Read More

Are We There Yet? When we come to place where the road and the sky collide Throw me over the edge and... Read More