- Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…s-Part2.mp3 Hallel — Celebratory Psalms Hallel – Simple (part 1) https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/08-Track-8-Hallel-Simple.mp3 Hallel – Simple (part 2) https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/09-Track-9-Hallel-Simple-part2.mp3 Hallel – Elaborate (part 1) https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/10-Track-10-Hallel-Elaborate-part1.mp3 Hallel – Elaborate (part 2) https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/11-Track-11-Hallel-Elaborate-part2.mp3 H…
…Keser Israel in New Haven on April 19, 2019. Let My Matzah Go: Stop & Shop Purchases Deemed Not Kosher For Passover, www.newhavenindependent.org, April 15, 2019 In one hand he had his cell phone, with mom on the line for shopping advice. In the other hand was a handout with a Westville rabbi’s admonition against crossing a picket line to buy food for the Feast of Freedom. His basket was empty. There David stood amid walls of macaroons, white fish,…
…ood. For this is what Hillel warned against: One who uses Torah for personal gain perishes. (Avot 4:7) For information on BEKI’s kashrut policies, see www.beki.org under “kashrut.” For communal standards, see www.kinahara.org….
…schedule of our region linked to our Service Schedule page. Go to https://www.beki.org/worship/daily-services-and-other-holidays/ to find the link. Want to preview the next newsletter? Past, current and future editions of the BEKI Bulletin are available at https://www.beki.org/calendar-events/news-happenings-and-beki-bulletins/. Find out what happened or is going to happen. A Message from Rabbi Tilsen Doing it the Hard Way – Part 2 In last month’…
…23 Sep Deadline to Purchase High Holiday Tickets September 23, 2022 2:00 pm More Info…
…n try to keep in shape and try to maintain their male status in the public eye. This is all right with me, besides the fact that about half of the males I’ve ever met flaunt their strength somehow. I often wonder about guys who have to do that. Are they that insecure? Luckily women today don’t have to wonder about what they can attain physically. Just look at the US women’s soccer team, and our own undefeated UCONN women Huskies. Not to make the g…
…cation of the “devar hadash” principle is a problem, since in the public’s eye gelatin is always viewed as an animal-derived product. The BEKI kitchen does not permit the use of any animal-derived gelatins. And the last time I looked, Yoplait had a plain “K” symbol, which is not an acceptable indication of rabbinic supervision. This product would not be accepted for use in the BEKI kitchen. Dear Rabbi, Quick question: Kids want a cat. Is kitty r…
…f blessed memory in the dedication on the inside front cover. Our website, www.beki.org, went up in 1997. Every issue of the BEKI Bulletin is available on-line going back to June 1997. Go back and look – we all sure looked goofy back then; now we all look very dignified. According to Google Analytics, our web site gets over 100 visits per day. Seventy-five percent of visits are by new visitors; 25 percent are returning visitors. The heaviest traff…
…ty — brings with it an obligation to share, or tithe. Thus our decision to purchase this new siddur. We were also intrigued by the unequivocal value on the importance of remembering we were once slaves in Egypt and to therefore release those that are beholden to us, to give them what they need to succeed, and to torture them if they should choose bondage over freedom. We have a heightened consciousness as women — and particularly as women who for…
…represented by “a” in “lakh,” and the long vowel “a” at the end of “lekha” drops off altogether. “Lakh” and “otakh” are thus masculine singular forms, as we know from the rest of the sentence. Dear Rabbi, Is the prayer “ya`ale ve-yavo” added to Birkat HaMazon during Hol HaMoed? Signed, Prayerful Dear Prayerful, Yes. According to the early law code `Arba Turim (“The Tur”), O.H. 188, “…[O]n Rosh Hodesh and Hol HaMoed we say in it [birkat hamazon…
