- 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
…d offered it to him, but Zadie refused it. He said, weakly, that what he needed was fresh milk, because he remembered being told by his mother, who was a midwife, that milk could help him cough up the blood and heal the wound. So the farmer gave him fresh milk, and in that moment he believed that God was with him. Whether the milk had anything to do with it or not, he was saved. He recovered from his wound and lived into his 90’s. Was this the act…
…22 Nov USY Social Action/Tikkun Olam Event: Packing Thanksgiving Food Baskets November 22, 2020 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page On Sunday, November 22 from 12 pm to 2 pm, join USYers in packing Thanksgiving baskets for food insecure families. This event is held in […] More Info…
…hat’s a sharp contrast to his previous, fenced-in life, when his children feasted without him. Job has ten more children. This time, unlike before, we hear about his life with them: about his pride in his daughters, the sensuous names he gives them, the inheritance he bestows on them along with their brothers. Clearly, Job enjoys spending time with his children and grandchildren. He has learned that life inside the fence is an illusion. At any mom…
…er. One was a full back-page newspaper ad for “Kosher” brand kosher-certified bottled water. The other was a separate oversized mailing for “Mizmor” brand kosher-certified water. The dilemma for the consumer: which brand is really more kosher? I was somewhat upset to receive these advertisements, not only because my Purim gags had been preempted, but also because these actual products suggest an unethical practice and are religiously misleading. L…
…Performance by: Yoni Hirshfeld https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/Song-1.mp4 Performance by: Jon Stone https://www.beki.org/wp-content/uploads/Song-2.mp4…
…s of gluing photographic prints to the canvas, stretching differently colored and patterned lace underneath, and pushing cement through the lace from behind, I create a texture of stalactite structures, a topographic map-like surface, which I later paint over with cement and acrylic paint. In some works, I try to mimic the photographic image, where cement is represented, with the material of cement itself, thus interrogating the limits of represen…
…greens and strip mall (left). Turn LEFT (11 O’Clock) onto Rte. 63 (now called Whalley Ave.). Proceed on Whalley 7/10 mile (you will pass McDonalds, pass CVS). At the traffic light turn LEFT onto Harrison Street. The large white brick building is BEKI. Turn RIGHT at driveway and park in parking lot in rear. To enter building: During office hours, enter from Eastern Entrance facing parking area by ringing doorbell. During service or program hours, e…
…see the crookedness of its own neck Arabic aphorism כָּל הַפּוֹסֵל בְּמוּמוֹ פּוֹסֵל One who seeks to disqualify someone is himself disqualified based on his own defect Hebrew aphorism © Jon-Jay Tilsen…
…ean it. Let’s stop waiting for someone else to provide – let’s provide. Let us see this next decade, which we share, as our sanctuary in time. And let us use that time to rededicate this synagogue, which we share, as our collective spiritual home, our sanctuary in space. Shabbat Shalom. …
…r female, from the rest of the tribes? If the firstborn women would have needed to be redeemed and therefore this census would have included the women, would it have changed the perspective of women’s role in the community? The third census counts how many men there are between the ages of 30 and 50 in each Levitical clan. Along with counting, we are told the specific ritual responsibilities of the men in each clan. Some of the jobs, especially wh…
