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Daily, Shabbat and Festival worship services at BEKI are traditional, egalitarian and participatory. The liturgy is the standard Conservative Ashkenazi Hebrew siddur as represented by Siddur Sim Shalom, Siddur Sim Shalom – Shabbat & Festivals edition and Or Hadash — A Commentary on Siddur Sim Shalom; the full Torah reading is read according to the traditional annual cycle. Doors open 15 minutes before scheduled service times. The building is accessible to those using wheelchairs and with limited mobility by entering through the front main doors on Harrison Street or through the East Entrance from the parking area. Most services take place at floor level enabling all to approach the reader's table and Torah reading table. Children's participation is encouraged in all services and special Youth Services are often available concurrent to main services.

Daily, Federal Holiday, Pesaḥ & Shavuot Services

Daily Service Times

Daily Service Times
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Shabbat
9:00a-9:30a 7:00a-7:45a 7:00a-7:30a 7:00a-7:30a 8:15a-9:00a 7:00a-7:30a 9:15a-noon
5:45p-6:15p 5:45p-6:15p 5:45p-6:15p 5:45p-6:15p 5:45p-6:15p 6:00p-6:45p *see below
For Federal Holidays, Special Days and Festivals see below

Federal Holidays & Special Days

Sunday and weekday morning services 9:00a (not 7:00a) on 1 January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (Fourth of July), Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and 25 December.

No Afternoon or Evening services on Thanksgiving and first and second nights of Passover unless otherwise announced. Veterans' Day service at usual time of daily or Shabbat service.

Pesaḥ & Shavuot Services

Festival Morning Services: 9:15a - noon
Festivals include the first and last two days of Pesaḥ, both days of Shavuot, the first two days of Sukkot, Shemini Atseret and Simḥat Torah
Hoshana Rabba Morning Service: 7:00a to 9:00a (2010)
Festival & Tisha BeAv Evening Services: Call 203-389-2108

Shabbat Services תפילות שבת

Shabbat (Sabbath - Saturday) Services תפילות שבת
Applies year-round except for Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur
Day Frequency Service Begins Ends Place
Friday Afternoon & Evening Every Week Qabbalat Shabbat & Maariv 6:00p 6:45p George Posener Daily Chapel
Saturday Morning Every Week Shaḥarit & Musaf 9:15a noon Sanctuary
Every Week Children's Ḥavura (Preschoolers) 10:45a noon Claire Goodwin Youth Room
Every Week K-2 Kehila
(Grades K-2)		 10:45a noon Classroom 6
Every Week Junior Congregation 10:45a noon Classroom 4
Most Weeks Cosmic Conversations for Youth 10:45a noon Lower Lobby
Every Other Week Learners' Minyan 10:45a noon Office
Saturday Afternoon Every Week Minḥa 5:45p (Apr-Oct) or
20 min. before Sundown
(Nov-Mar)		 40 minutes George Posener Daily Chapel
Nov-Mar Study
 After Minḥa
(Nov-Mar)		 30 minutes George Posener Daily Chapel
Nov-Mar Evening Service after Study
(Nov-Mar)		 15 minutes George Posener Daily Chapel
Nov-Mar Havdala
(Nov-Mar)		 after Maariv 5 minutes George Posener Daily Chapel

If you cannot attend services at BEKI, please consult the service schedule of other local United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism congregations.



Candle Lighting Times הדלקת נרות

The sanctuary of Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel is located at approximately North 41° 19' 43.10" West 72° 57' 41.80" and is about 70 feet (21 meters) above sea level. Candle lighting times are calculated for that location and are rounded back to the nearest minute so the lighting time will be 18 to 19 minutes before the halakhic (Jewish legal) definition of sunset. The halakhic sunset will be about one minute later than civil sunset. If you are within New Haven or its surrounding towns your recommended lighting time will be within a minute of the time listed below, well within the "safety margins" established by tradition.

For candle lighting times for the New Haven Area, enter ZIP Code 06515 at USCJ Candlelighting Times Guide.

For candle lighting times and additional time parameters, see MyZmanim for New Haven and adjust elevation to 21 meters where applicable. The bottom left of the screen provides a date menu.

For a Hebrew Calendar Add-on with candle lighting times for Mozilla Firefox, see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1379.

Want to know who is scheduled to lead the services? Consult the Service Leader Rotation Schedule to see who is doing what where on Shabbat Evenings, Mornings and Afternoons.



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Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
85 Harrison Street at Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT USA 06515-1724
(203) 389-2108
Fax (203) 389-5899

Email to the BEKI office: office@beki.org
Email to Rabbi Jon-Jay Tilsen: jjtilsen@beki.org