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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…d ask where any blessings began. The first brocha of the Torah comes from G-d. G-d blesses “the great sea monsters, and every living creature that crawls, with which the waters swarmed, according to their kind, and every winged fowl.” G-d blesses them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply,” P’ru urvru. Whatever blessing is, it does not need a human being on either side, as subject or object. G-d repeats this blessing of fruitfulness A few lines later…
…ouple, Isaac and Miriam, that lived across from the Twin Towers. Their five-year-old daughter had watched from her bedroom window as the second plane crashed into the towers. She hadn’t seen the first because she was in bed reading a book. She watched the towers crumble. Every time she does a drawing, a collage, or an art project there is always some reminder in it of that day. “See Momm, these are stairs we ran down when we had to be evacuated.”…
…woman’s tribal status for purposes of aliya based on her father’s tribe, i.e., we call a daughter of a Kohen or Levi for the Kohen or Levi aliya. There is also a convention that says a Kohen and Levi must get the first and second aliya, respectively, and the next aliyot are reserved for people who are not a Kohen or Levi. Under this system, a couple of different tribal status could not have an aliya together. Joint aliya creates a series of new u…
…m, having learned that the famine was over, she tells her Moabite daughters-in-law to return to their own people. She has nothing to offer them, since she can no longer bear sons who could marry them and take care of them. And an unwed woman at that time was at great risk. Orpah, although tearful, turns back. Naomi says, “See, your sister-in-law has returned to her people and her gods. Go follow your sister-in-law.” But Ruth perseveres: “Do not ur…
…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…
…29 Jun “Shmita, Letting the Land Rest, and What Actually Happens to the Land” with Bruce Spierer via Zoom June 29, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Home Page Interior Page More Info…
…eation in this parshah. One starts at the beginning, 1-1 and goes through 2-4. The second starts at 2-5 and goes through at least 2-23. After that they merge, more or less. But in the beginning of “in the beginning” the two stories are quite distinct. 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…
…anzimat and Shari`a in the British Mandate and the Jewish State, (Leiden: E.J. Brill) 1978, pp. 56-57. 7 Granott, 1952, pp. 90-91. 8 Granott, 1952, p. 93. On the various provisions for mawat in the main Sunni schools, cf. Ali Abd Al-Kader, “Land Property and Land Tenure in Islam,” Islamic Quarterly, 5 (1959) pp. 6-7. 9 Granott, 1952, p. 87. 10 Eisenman, p. 56. 11 Abd Al-Kadr, p. 8. Cf. Eisenman, p. 54 and Granott, 1952, p. 80. 12 Hon. Mr Justice T…
…11 Feb Havdalah online February 11, 2023 6:15 pm Services More Info…
…ife of the synagogue. Ve-kulam miqablim aleihem `ol malkhut shamayim, ze me-ze. You have all taken upon yourselves the yoke of the heavenly kingdom, accepting it from one another. I love you all. See also Parashat Huqat-Balaq by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat VaEthanan — Installation of Officers by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat Ki Tetse by Gila Reinstein See also Parashat Sheqalim 5765 by Gila Reinstein Email Gila Reinstein at gila.reinstein@…
