- 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
…Hanukat HaBayit LeDavid https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/PdZ-Weekday-1-of-3.mp3 Pesuqei deZimra – Weekday – Part 2 – Yehi Khavod https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/PdZ-Weekday-2-of-3.mp3 Pesuqei deZimra – Weekday – Part 3 – Barukh Adonai Le`Olam https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/PdZ-Weekday-3-of-3.mp3 Rosh Hodesh & Festival Pesuqei deZimra — Psalms & Poetry of Praise Pesuqei deZimra – Shabbat & Festival Additions – Part 1 https…
…ised Catholic by his mother Maria who immigrated at the age of six to the U.S. from Oaxaca, a state in the south of Mexico. Welcome to Westville: Celebrating our Chapel Haven Community, Youtube.com, May 19, 2021 BEKI was included among other Westville businesses and organizations that make up the Westville Chapel Haven community. Carl Astor Interim Rabbi, jewishnewhaven.org, May 13, 2021 Carl Astor, who moved to Westville with his wife, Sharon, th…
…the figures below. Last year, a record twenty-five new membership units (a.k.a. families) joined; this year, we set a new record with twenty-seven new units. (We also lost 17 families, which is less than last year, the majority through death or relocation.) We also set a new record for net growth with ten new units. About eighty-seven percent (87%) of our adult members (including spouses) joined the congregation in 1993 or later; stated different…
…ers that are switched around. In old English, the word “ask” was spelled “a-k-s” but then became too confusing with an axe with which one chops wood. Tson was a word used to describe sheep and goats together. The Tanakh only separates goats from sheep once by referring to goats as izzim. In the Mishna, it says, “behema dakka” meaning small cattle. Hebrew having many words for sheep is not unusual. The Eskimos have many words for snow, we have lots…
…school, soccer practices, music lessons, doctor appointments, food shopping. . . The list goes on and on. On top of that we are sleep deprived, anxious to get dinner started, or exhausted after spending inordinate amounts of time in slow-moving traffic. And you may also feel that you already give to the shul and it’s community in a myriad of ways. Despite the many appeals and attempts to correct this shameful situation, the fact remains that with…
…whether they count for crucial purposes of defense and ritual service to G-d. My opposing, religious statement, and one that I also believe that is made, for example, by the rituals celebrating a women becoming a bat-mitzvah, is that women count. Even, I believe, this noting of the anniversary of Darryl’s becoming a bat-mitzvah, is a religious statement that women count. I want to talk a bit about the censuses described in today’s parshah, and en…
…taher-libenu 14-Ki-Ata-…-Emet….Melekh-al-kol-haaretz…. 15-Besefer-haim….. 16-Avinu-Malkenu 17-13-Attributes-and-VaAni-Tefilati-Torah-service 18-Shema-through-Gadlu-in-Torah-service 19-Unetaneh-Toqef 20-BeRosh-Hashana-Yikatevun 21-BeKhol-Maaminim 22-Alenu 23-HaYom-Harat-Olam 24-Areshet-Tzefatenu 25-HaYom-TeAmtzenu 26-BeYom-Din 27-Shema-Qolenu 28-Ki-Anu-Amekha 29-Ashamnu 30-Al-Het Yamim Noraim: High Holy Days b…
…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….
…of Adar Bet, the month that gives us Purim (quoting Ina: “Purim Baskets!”). Mi-she-nicknas Adar, marbin be-simha once Adar starts, celebration increases (Eruvin 29a). Tonight’s auction will be a great kick-off to the month ahead. I hope to see every one of you here, with friends, beginning at 7:30. Bring your credit cards and some cash, too, for the raffles. Bring your sense of fun and dedication to BEKI and this community. Together, we’ll usher…
…in Oxford, England, Safran-Hon grew up in Haifa, Israel. She received her B.A. in Studio Art and Art History summa cum laude from Brandeis University in 2008, and her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Art in 2010. Safran-Hon attended Skowhegan in 2012 and Art Omi in 2016. She was a 2019–20 Workspace Resident at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Safran-Hon had solo exhibitions at Slag Gallery, New York, RX Gallery, Paris, Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, a…
