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…y version of the incident is found in his Embassy (Legatio ad Gaium) ch. 29-43 (184-348). It is summarized by E. Mary Smallwood as follows:20 The Jews of Jamnia demolished an altar built by the Greeks resident in that town. The latter complained to Herennius Capito, the procurator of the imperial estate in which Jamnia lay, who reported the matter to Gaius. Gaius decided that, as a punishment for the Jews’ action, a colossal gilded statue of himse…
…11 May Prayer and Liturgy at BEKI with Rabbi Carl Astor May 11, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page The heart of the BEKI community is the worship service. It informs us, energizes us, and challenges us. Once a month we will gather on […] More Info…
…advancing consciousness. Our ability to understand our world is great compared to that of a dog, and incomparably vast compared to that of a worm. It is said that 500 million years ago, the most advanced life form on Earth was a multicellular worm. As humanity continues to evolve, someday people will reach new levels of consciousness and understanding, such that they will look back at us as primitive and limited. As Rabbi Levitas of Yavne says, “B…
…16 Sep Kadima Kickoff September 16, 2018 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page 12:00 – 12:30 PM at BEKI is our Kadima Kickoff, join us! Have some food! Play some games! Fill out some Kadima membership forms! Parents […] More Info…
…20 Apr Prayer and Liturgy at BEKI with Rabbi Carl Astor April 20, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page The heart of the BEKI community is the worship service. It informs us, energizes us, and challenges us. Once a month we will gather on […] More Info…
…inct. The first story describes itself as the story of heaven and earth. [1-1, 2-1, 2-4] The second story describes itself [2-5] as the story of earth and heaven. In the first story G-d is “Elokim.” In the second story G-d is “Adonai Elokim.” In the first story G-d creates – bara. In the second story G crafts or forms – ya tzar. So far it’s not significant, right? Synonyms, additional names of G, reversing the order of nouns. But the next differen…
…15 Jun Prayer and Liturgy at BEKI with Rabbi Carl Astor June 15, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page The heart of the BEKI community is the worship service. It informs us, energizes us, and challenges us. Once a month we will gather on […] More Info…
…professionals enthusiastically endorsed the Saul’s Circle concept and offered their experience and labor to make it succeed. Adult mental health consumers are concentrated in the City of New Haven. Many others are served by mental health agencies located in the City. Jewish professionals working at Yale New Haven Hospital and at the Hospital of St. Raphael estimate there are 200 to 300 adult Jews in the area that could be served by this program….
…verse reads as follows. I will not punish your daughters nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for their men had gone astray sacrificing with harlots. Unable to rely on the changing moral order, the halakha chose the rights of women. Was the halakha hostile to the mitzva of the sota ceremony? Never! However, the sages of the Mishna, the inventors of the ketuba, saw the sota ceremony very differently than we do today. As recorded in…
…omy upon those who disobey Gโd’s mitzvot, reveal a community that has suffered extreme violence. They put the violence they have actually experienced, the horrors they have actually witnessed—the experience of a violent and communityโshattering exile—and turned them into Divine threats. This serves as a means of explaining the otherwise unexplainable suffering they have endured and gives hope that if only the next generation changes its ways it wo…
