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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…sponsors that they will not support businesses whose revenues support hate-radio. Ken Hamblin regularly uses racist epithets to describe people and belittles those who disagree with him. Recently he attacked people who receive welfare using adjectives like “dark,” “dirty” and “hairy” and claimed that African Americans were incapable of serving American cities as decent mayors. It does not seem unreasonable to me, or an abridgement of anyone’s con…
…estion was, who was entitled to the third aliya? The Kohen and Levi were needed for the Minyan (quorum), so they could not leave, and they were entitled to the first and second aliyot by virtue of their tribal status. That created competing claims for the one remaining aliya, viz., the third aliya, by each of the two bridegrooms. Had this been Shabbat, they could have simply added an extra aliya so each could have one. But on weekdays there is a r…
…d understanding, such that they will look back at us as primitive and limited. As Rabbi Levitas of Yavne says, “Be very very humble, for a human’s future is to be a worm” (Avot 4:4). Perhaps our destiny is to be seen by our distant descendants as being as significant and advanced as worms. The Torah can only stretch the minds of its readers and followers, but cannot try to vastly exceed our capacity for understanding. For that reason, every repres…
…off in advance and leaves Sodom in the morning, before the city is destroyed. Next in the portion, Sarah gives birth to Isaac. In the portion before Vayera Sarah gave up hope that she would have a baby, so she told Abraham to have a child, Ishmael, with her hand maiden, Hagar. When Isaac is born, Ismael is in his teens. Sarah is afraid that Ismael will hurt Isaac out of jealousy. After all, if it weren’t for Isaac, Ishmael would be Abraham’s heir…
…and wonders. They’ve crossed the Red Sea and seen the Egyptian forces drowned. They’ve heard Miriam’s song and received mana. They’re shlepping toward Har Sinai and they stop at Refidim. They’re tired and thirsty and the oasis is dry. Despite the pillar of smoke by day and fire by night and all these other direct manifestations of God’s covenant with them, they begin to complain about the water. Why did God bring them here? “Is God amongst us or n…
…oduction of greenhouse gasses, which contribute to global warming, is reduced. The array reduces the need for new centralized fossil-fuel based power plants, new power transmission lines, and the potential for service interruptions. Most significantly, on hot or cold sunny days, when the demand on the power grid is highest, when power companies turn on the dirtiest and least efficient backup generators, the array is busily and quietly producing po…
…arashat VaEthanan — Installation of Officers by Gila Reinstein Email President Gila Reinstein at gila.reinstein@yale.edu …
…Standards of The Rabbinical Assembly), 1995 (212-678-8060; rabassembly@jtsa.edu). Moral Judgments The Talmud Bavli (edited 8th century C.E.) contains numerous admonishments and recommendations pertaining to a husband’s relations to his wife: “A man should not project excessive fear in his household” (Gittin 6b); “Rabbi Helbo said: A man should always be careful in respecting his wife, for any blessing found in his home is only on account of her, a…
…25 Jul Jewish Community Summer Picnic and Film July 25, 2021 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page BEKI is participating in the Jewish Community Summer Picnic from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at the Beckerman Lender Jewish Community Campus at 360 Amity Road […] More Info…
…hrut policies, including BEKI’s fair trade chocolate policy, must be followed. The caterer’s delivery must be scheduled with the kitchen supervisor, and the inventory must bear the signature or seal of the caterer’s kashrut supervisor. No food can be brought into BEKI on Shabbat. You’ll be able to make arrangements with the kitchen supervisor for removing leftover food after the event. BEKI’s custodian will set up tables with plastic table toppers…
