- 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
…inct. 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 second story G-d is “Adonai Elokim.” In the first story G-d creates – bara. In the second story G crafts or forms – ya tzar. So far it’s not significant, right? Synonyms, additional names of G, reversing the order of nouns. But the next differen…
…ow the rules of God, we will be severely punished. Rabbi Heschel notes the difference in punishment between the stick-gatherer and the blasphemer. The stick gatherer is destroyed with stones, in the plural, indicating that the many different stones represented many different opinions. In the blasphemer’s story, all who heard him blaspheme stone him, in the singular form, since they all agree on the punishment. Heschel also states that the evil ser…
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…y version of the incident is found in his Embassy (Legatio ad Gaium) ch. 29-43 (184-348). It is summarized by E. Mary Smallwood as follows:20 The Jews of Jamnia demolished an altar built by the Greeks resident in that town. The latter complained to Herennius Capito, the procurator of the imperial estate in which Jamnia lay, who reported the matter to Gaius. Gaius decided that, as a punishment for the Jews’ action, a colossal gilded statue of himse…
…ations. We also hope that every BEKI member will contribute to this once-in-a-generation project. Read here about our planned approaches to fundraising. Join me, donate now! As I wrote to the congregation in December, I have made an initial donation of $10,000 to the sanctuary redesign campaign. I hope everyone will follow my lead and donate generously. You will hear more about financing and fundraising in the coming months. We will ask everyone t…
…ili, “Haver ‘Yesh Gevul’ nikla…,” Ha’aretz, 5 Jan. 1988, p. 1. 27. “Ahdu al-shab`an al-yahud…,” Al-Ittihad, 12 Jan. 1988, p. 1. Apparently, Lentsher had previously received a suspended sentence of 7 days. In a letter to his parents, Lentsher wrote: “I am not an oppressor…. My war is not with the Palestinians. My war is with the ruinous occupation.” 28. Lili Galili, “Ke-250 hevrei ‘Yesh Gevul’ hifginu bemahsom Araz,” Ha’aretz, 17 January 1988, p. 3…
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…to carry the effort to the finish. I also think we need to realize that day-to-day decisions we make, attitudes that we express, actions we take play a role in this effort. What decision do we make if we are asked to help make a men’s only Minyan in a shul with a mechizah separating the genders? That is a tough call when someone needs that Minyan to say kaddish, or that shul is where your cousin’s son’s bar-mitzvah celebration is occurring, becaus…
…motives for wanting to forgive are not all altruistic. I find that I pay a price for my lack of forgiveness. I do not like that burden of grievance that I sometimes carry. So when the Rabbi asked me to give the devar Torah about the Joseph story, I was delighted to have the opportunity to study a situation in which a man and his brothers were forced to confront and resolve a very painful breech in their relationship. Perhaps from Joseph I could le…
…o be an affiliation of rabbis, cantors and congregations that are community-based, not a hierarchy that imposes its agenda or viewpoint. Minority positions are validated on many issues. Indeed, some individual Committee members have voted for multiple and contradictory positions in the name of diversity, saying that all are “valid.” However, it is one thing to live with differences in kashrut or Shabbat standards, and another to reconcile contradi…
