- 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
…a sort of “matching gift”. I am willing to start next week to add another day, Tuesday, to my daily minyan attendance if six of you (not counting the three Tuesday morning regulars) agree to follow suit. If Tuesday morning is not convenient for you, please respond with a challenge of your own for another day and time. Perhaps you and a friend or partner want to share a minyan day and time and alternate attendance between you. Since a daily minyan…
…s a quick reference guide to any student or judge. But unlike previous law books, this book did not include minority opinions, did not quote passages from the Talmud as its source of authority, did not present compelling argument. It simply said, “this is the law.” And for that reason, the book was burned by Rambam’s contemporaries as a threat to the Jewish way of law and life. So we see, you don’t have to be a Bible-thumping fundamentalist to hol…
…this year, several students mastered most of the services for Shabbat and weekday. A large contingent of 18 BEKI youth will attend Camp Ramah this summer. One in twenty-five campers is a BEKI member! BEKI has the largest Ramah contingent in Connecticut and the largest contingent proportional to membership. Thanks to the support of generous members, we were able to provide enough scholarship support to help a few kids attend Ramah who would not ot…
…2019 (1 Elul 5779) Penitential Psalm 27 Recited At the conclusion of each weekday evening & morning service Through Hoshana Rabba Sun Morning 20 Oct 2019 Beit Midrash Rosh Ḥodesh Elul – Sun 1 Sep 2019 (1 Elul 5779) Shofar Sounded 9:50a (at conclusion of 9:00a service) and at conclusion of each weekday morning thereafter Through Fri Morning 27 Sep 2019 Beit Midrash First Seliḥot Penitential Sat 21 Sep 2019 Selihot Program & Service at BEKI 9p (Pro…
…2019 (1 Elul 5779) Penitential Psalm 27 Recited At the conclusion of each weekday evening & morning service Through Hoshana Rabba Sun Morning 20 Oct 2019 Beit Midrash Rosh Ḥodesh Elul – Sun 1 Sep 2019 (1 Elul 5779) Shofar Sounded 9:50a (at conclusion of 9:00a service) and at conclusion of each weekday morning thereafter Through Fri Morning 27 Sep 2019 Beit Midrash First Seliḥot Penitential Sat 21 Sep 2019 Selihot Program & Service at BEKI 9p (Pro…
…2019 (1 Elul 5779) Penitential Psalm 27 Recited At the conclusion of each weekday evening & morning service Through Hoshana Rabba Sun Morning 20 Oct 2019 Beit Midrash Rosh Ḥodesh Elul – Sun 1 Sep 2019 (1 Elul 5779) Shofar Sounded 9:50a (at conclusion of 9:00a service) and at conclusion of each weekday morning thereafter Through Fri Morning 27 Sep 2019 Beit Midrash First Seliḥot Penitential Sat 21 Sep 2019 Selihot Program & Service at BEKI 9p (Pro…
…2019 (1 Elul 5779) Penitential Psalm 27 Recited At the conclusion of each weekday evening & morning service Through Hoshana Rabba Sun Morning 20 Oct 2019 Beit Midrash Rosh Ḥodesh Elul – Sun 1 Sep 2019 (1 Elul 5779) Shofar Sounded 9:50a (at conclusion of 9:00a service) and at conclusion of each weekday morning thereafter Through Fri Morning 27 Sep 2019 Beit Midrash First Seliḥot Penitential Sat 21 Sep 2019 Selihot Program & Service at BEKI 9p (Pro…
…choosing life and with at-onement. I believe that the Job of the good old days, the days before God began tormenting him with his own personal parade of plagues, is not at one with his fellows or with God. I’m not questioning that Job is “blameless and upright,” that he “fears God and shuns evil.” I’m not claiming that Job is guilty and deserves punishment. I’m saying that despite his blameless and upright conduct — or perhaps through it — Job se…
…uffering unending exile, Of eternal homelessness? * * * To understand this week, We need to return to last week: To the parshah of the rebels, Korach and Datan and Aviram, Men who asked: who are Moses and Aaron To set themselves above us? There the drama begins. Moses tells them to take their fire pans And put incense on it. Korach obeys, But not alone, And not just with the rebels: Vayak’hayl aleyhem Korach et kol ha-eydah el petach ohel moeyd. “…
…re we come to the month of Nisan; in fact Rosh Hodesh Nisan will be on Tuesday, this week. I would like to begin with a look at part of the haftarah for this special Shabbat, one of four special Shabbats which precede the holiday of Passover. Mostly this haftarah concerns commandments for special sacrifices and rituals relating to the new moon and Passover. But at the very end of the haftarah, which is from Ezekiel, it is written in 46:16, “Thus s…
