Purple Sheet

Who Are You?   This week we begin the fifth and final book of the Torah, Sefer Devarim – The Book of... Read More

A Life Filled with Blessing   May the good Lord be with you down every road you roam And may sunshine and... Read More

Standing Up for What’s Right   This week’s Torah portion has a lesser-known episode of Jewish history. The Israelites were about to... Read More

The Enemy’s View This week’s parsha, Balak has to be one of the strangest parshas in the entire Torah. Parts of it... Read More

Life Isn’t All or Nothing Recently someone was telling me of his trip to a modestly sized city that has a small... Read More

Happy, High and Holy   This week’s Torah portion outlines mitzvot pertaining to the priestly class, the Kohanim. There is a greater level... Read More

Love Is All You Need   In this week’s Torah portion we have one of the most famous lines of all time.... Read More

Dedicated in memory of my dear mother, Eva Nightingale, Chava bat Shlomo and Tova whose first yahrtzeit is the first day of... Read More

Dedicated in memory of my grandmother, Toby Kalchman (Tova bat Sena) whose yahrtzeit is Friday, erev Shabbat. And also for a complete recovery... Read More

The Annual 2018 Wine Review It’s that time of year again – the Pre-Pesach annual wine review. This is my eighth and,... Read More