- 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
…24 Mar 20’s/30’s Havura Shabbat Dinner March 24, 2017 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Fri. 3/24/2017 — meet at 6 PM service at BEKI, 85 Harrison St., New Haven Dinner follows immediately after hosted by Rachel and Eric, […] More Info…
…31 Jul Memorial for Shula Chernoff July 31, 2022 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Events Home Page Shulamith “Shula” Chernoff, a beloved BEKI member who died last spring, will be remembered at a memorial celebration on Sunday, July 31 at noon at […] More Info…
…31 Jul 20’s/30’s Havura Shabbat Dinner July 31, 2015 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Fri. 7/31/2015; meet at 6 PM service at BEKI, 85 Harrison St., New Haven; dinner follows after Hosted by: Ina, Jay and Tali, 25 Woodside […] More Info…
…please contact Kadima Advisor bekibjkadima@gmail.com or Youth Commission Chair Rena Cheskis-Gold r.cheskis-gold@snet.net.…
…17 May Walk Against Hunger – Team BEKI May 17, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Walk Against Hunger – 2015 flyer Walk Against Hunger – Sunday, May 17. In support of the CT Food Bank. We’re getting a BEKI Team together […] More Info…
…f evil deeds and can usually be dispensed with only when the wrong is righted. Thus reconciliation is inextricably bound to the pursuit of justice, the confrontation of evil, and making amends. Reconciliation is particularly important in the realm of Jewish-gentile relations. In one tale, the Besht keeps his disciples impatiently waiting to bake matza on the day before Passover while he speaks with and entertains a Christian priest at length. When…
…esentation, Cynthia Beth Rubin & Renata Janiszewska July 06, 2021 More information and additional links at: CBRubin.net…
…century B.C.E.; and the E strand probably written between 900 and 800 B.C.E.. The redaction or the compiling of the whole Torah is usually seen as occurring in Babylonia between 600 and 400 B.C.E. For our three passages only J and E are relevant — the first and third passages are usually attributed to J and the second to E. The first account, of Abraham and Sarah in Egypt, is most like a folktale; it is the simplest in structure. It shows a darker…
…a, as is traditional in many Orthodox schools, is the first parasha I learned. Through ten years of Judaic education I have learned VaYiqra three times so far and every time I learned something new. The first time I was four years old and in studying VaYiqra I learned how to read Hebrew, Rashi script, and I learned what the sacrifices were. The second time I was eight years old and I learned more about why there are sacrifices. Most recently, I le…
…nd wept.” It’s hard still to read this, this umpteenth time, and not be moved. Not be disturbed. Why must the world be like this? Why does Isaac think he has only one blessing to give? Why does it take the tears of his hunter-son, his son’s triple entreaty, for Isaac to find any blessing at all for his favorite son? Isaac does respond to that third entreaty, digging deeply into some extra store he did not know he had, but even then, the thing he c…
