Purple Sheet

With this week’s parsha, the fun and exciting weekly readings come to an abrupt end. The sagas and stories of the forefathers...

This week’s Torah portion, Yitro contains perhaps the most famous part of the entire Torah: The Ten Commandments. A quick review:...

This week’s Torah reading contains the very dramatic Splitting of the Sea episode. Exactly one week after the Israelites left Egypt, they...

We are presently in the midst of the parshas about the Exodus of Egypt. Last week’s parsha described the first seven of...

I Promise… This week’s Torah portion starts off with a bit of an odd declaration that God makes to Moshe. God basically...

Karen and I had the good fortune of going to Israel this past week. Her mother lives in Herzliya so it’s a...

In this week’s parsha we have an epilogue to the story of Joseph and his brothers. After father Jacob dies and is...

All the Pain was Worth It There is a short exchange in this week’s Torah portion between Jacob/Yaakov and Pharaoh. After Joseph...

Has Chanukah Become Christmas? We are in the midst of Chanukah. For me, Chanukah looks a bit different this year compared to...

There is a concept in literature and philosophy called “contingency”. It is the idea that an entire life can be shaped by...