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…d Strike, Stop & Shop Foods Not Kosher For Passover, Says New Haven Rabbi, www.wnpr.org, April 19, 2019 Jews preparing their Passover meals this weekend may face an ethical dilemma if they plan on getting their food from Stop & Shop. Employees at the grocery store chain are on strike. One Connecticut rabbi says food isn’t kosher if you have to cross a picket line to buy it. Making Matzo for Passover in New Haven, nhregister.com, April 19, 2019 The…
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…n Israel More information on each of these endowment funds is available at www.beki.org/endow.html. For information on establishing an endowment for the benefit of BEKI contact Financial Secretary Donna Levine at 203.985.9033 or Rabbi Tilsen at 203.389.2108 ext. 10 or by email jjtilsen@beki.org. For information on the Jewish Foundation or a confidential meeting contact its Director (and BEKI member) Lisa Stanger at 203.387.2424 ext. 382. The total…
…with part of her retinue in front and part behind. There were six possible orders, but 70 possible reasons for the order. That is why Talmud scholars can’t navigate – by the time they have considered all of the possible interpreta tions of the highway sign, they are long past the exit. Bump Ahead? But whose head to bump? So deciding the order of listing may have been difficult. But it was not difficult to choose whom to honor. We had another civic…
…rible to bring death on so many tens of thousands of people. He thought it best to risk sending a letter to Gaius. Perhaps he might even convince him to cancel the order. If not, he would undertake war against the Jews. And thus Petronius decided to recognize the cogency of the plea of the petitioners. Petronius convened the tens of thousands of Jews who had arrived at Tiberias, and explained the situation to them. “May God assist you, since God’s…
…orms are now being posted to the website for 24-hour access. Go to https://www.beki.org/resources/forms/. The forms are in Acrobat .pdf format. Need to know a yahrzeit (death anniversary)? Our yahrzeit records are now available at www.beki.org at “yahrzeits.” The information available includes the name of the deceased, date of death according to the Hebrew Calendar, and the corresponding date in the civil calendar from last Rosh HaShana to the end…
…beki.org Harriet Friedman, Sisterhood Liaison 203.675.8607, giftshop@beki.org Rachel Bashevkin, President president@beki.org ROOM RATES 1. Shabbat Kiddush/Luncheon Option Shabbat luncheon in the social hall for a period of up to 2 hours following Shabbat morning services. The entire congregation is invited and must be included in the calculation of number of guests. a. Sponsoring Kiddush prepared by BEKI Kiddush Team This fee (prices as of March…
…ceives the natives of that place by representing his wife as his sister in order to save his life. Sarah’s age at the time of the first two stories is a little surprising — she was 65 years old in the first and 90 in the second — but apparently still beautiful. Apparently in those days and places, men would kill a husband in order to take the victim’s beautiful wife for themselves. In fact there are accounts of similar occurrences in Egyptian reco…
…ose and meaning with an absolute standard of morality. Amaleq opposes that order. In remembering and not forgetting Amaleq we are being told to recognize and fight the enemies of Torah. To be a good person is to actively seek the destruction of evil. We are exhorted in Exodus to “Erase the memory of Amaleq from under Heaven”” and we do so by seeking Justice, Justice, Justice. This is not only a call to fight anti-semitism, but to promote God’s ord…
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