- 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
…please contact Kadima Advisor bekibjkadima@gmail.com or Youth Commission Chair Rena Cheskis-Gold r.cheskis-gold@snet.net.…
…s other considerations in choosing materials, including cost and durability.. Will congregants have input on choices for floor covering and seating? The committee will seek congregational input on a number of items, including the seating and potentially floor covering. The committee will make the final decision based on a variety of factors, including cost, durability, sustainability, and congregational input. Sound and Acoustics How will we handl…
…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@…
…rabbis deduce it. And as if he knew too that it trumped Even the word of G-d. Some will think here of carob trees, Streams that change their course, The walls of the house of study.] * * * What the Torah does tell us Is that 14,700 people died In this sudden plague. It’s a precise number. And it invites immediate comparison To the number we heard just a few verses earlier: Why did only 250 die From Korach’s active rebellion, But 14,700 die For a…
…Opton Fund for the Benefit of Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel The Eric I.B. Beller Environmental Endowment Fund The George G. Posener Family Memorial Yom Kippur Break-Fast Fund The George G. Posener Kadima & United Synagogue Youth Fund The George & Leah Posener Endowment for the Jewish Education of BEKI Youth The Gilah Benson-Tilsen Fund for Youth The Gladys R. Lipkin Fund for the BEKI Hebrew School The Goodwin Brothers Endowment The Irving Sim…
…ruction,” is that — I’m not making this up — they committed “bestiality,” i.e., mating across species, a sin the natural consequences of which would compromise the species’ prospect for survival!) In our day, advocates for “Animal Rights” have taken extreme measures to protest and protect against the exploitation of animals. The sentiment behind this is noble, represents valid Torah values, and implements several specific mitsvot. Beyond the value…
…vering in the sanctuary and beit midrash (daily chapel). Head covering for female-identifying folks is optional, but required when called to the reader’s table. A skullcap (known in Hebrew as kippah or in Yiddish as yarmulke) may be found near the entrance to the sanctuary. You will notice most Jewish adult males and many Jewish adult females wearing a prayer shawl. Since this is a religious item, visitors who are not Jewish are not requested to w…
…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…
…, unless you belong to the female persuasion. Look at Chapter 42, verses 11-14. If you’re a grown woman, your husband could nullify any vow you made, so long as he spoke up when he heard about it. This position reflected the norms of the time and the second-class status women held. Today, I think most of us would agree that the rule – and the underlying idea – is unacceptable and even offensive. It infantilizes and degrades women. Why should gende…
…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…
