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…16 May Festival Evening Service – Sanctuary (in-person only) May 16, 2021 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page BEKI’s annual Tikun Leil Shavuot Night of Study will be in-person on Sunday evening, May 16. The program will begin with the festival evening service […] More Info…
…the stones of the Kotel, the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. The service provided by the phone company allows people unable to visit the Wall in person to fax their petitions to an agent who then carefully inserts the sheets into cracks between the stones. But you don’t even need a fax machine to reach God. Our sages valued sincerity in prayer above all else. Length, language, or location are secondary considerations. Better a few words…
…ethnicity came to dominate much of Palestine only in the past two hundred years. When Maimonides lived in Acco 850 years ago, French was the predominant language in Jerusalem. None of this is to deligitimize Arab claims; after all, most of Israel’s Jewish population is descended from immigrants from Arab countries, Africa and Europe. The fact that my great-great-great grandfather Dov ben Ze’ev lived in northern Israel does not give me a “first co…
…26 Nov Office Closed/Thanksgiving Day November 26, 2015 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Home Page Office Closed for Thanksgiving More Info…
…20 Dec Menorah Lighting Day 3 December 20, 2022 5:45 pm Events More Info…
…30 May BEKI Office Closed/Memorial Day May 30, 2016 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Home Page More Info…
…25 May BEKI Office Closed/Shavuot & Memorial Day May 25, 2015 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Home Page More Info…
…05 Sep Office Closed – Labor Day September 5, 2016 9:00 am – 5:15 pm Home Page More Info…
…10 Oct Office Closed – Columbus Day October 10, 2016 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Home Page More Info…
…11 Nov Office Closed – Veterans Day November 11, 2016 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Home Page More Info…