- 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
…09 Aug Elm City Winds Concert (in-person) August 9, 2023 7:00 pm Events Elm City Winds Returns: Concert indoors at BEKI Wednesday, August 9 at 7pm, in-person only. This woodwind quintet has created a program for us of […] More Info…
…06 Dec Drive-By Food Collection December 6, 2020 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page ONLY in the BEKI parking lot. Help with the immediate and desperate need for nonâperishable and nonâexpired food (cans and boxes) to local food insecurity […] More Info…
…01 Nov Drive-By Food Collection November 1, 2020 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page ONLY in the BEKI parking lot. Help with the immediate and desperate need for nonâperishable and nonâexpired food (cans and boxes) to local food insecurity […] More Info…
…18 Oct Drive-By Food Collection October 18, 2020 10:00 am – 11:00 am Home Page Interior Page ONLY in the BEKI parking lot. Help with the immediate and desperate need for nonâperishable and nonâexpired food (cans and boxes) to local food insecurity […] More Info…
…d makes us Jews. The majority of BEKI households observe kashrut in some degree (like most mitzvot, keeping kosher is not an “all or nothing” observance). In the past few years, many of our families have accepted the appellation “Chews by Choice” and converted their kitchens to kosher. We applaud them in their effort to sanctify their lives through upholding the Jewish dietary laws….
…The Biblical Ruth, grandmother of King David, was a convert to Judaism and accepted the life of Torah upon herself enthusiastically and voluntarily. The reading of Ruth is thus appropriate to Shavuot which celebrates the giving of Torah on Sinai. Ezra Academy Shabbat Students, alumni, parents and faculty of Ezra Academy, Greater New Haven’s Conservative Jewish Day School, will join together on Shabbat morning 14 June 1997 for the Ezra Academy Shab…
…n was named a “Model City.” The goal was to eliminate blighted areas and restore commercial vitality to the downtown section. A major thrust of the redevelopment program was the Oak Street Connector, a multi-lane highway connecting to and from the Connecticut Turnpike. This would pass through the heart of the so-called “Jewish Ghetto.” College Street was to be extended over the highway to Congress Avenue, passing but yards from the site of the syn…
…mud. There in tractate Sota (47b) Rabbi Yohanan’s position is reviewed and accepted. However his use of Hosea as an asmakhta to justify the abolition of the sota ceremony was rejected. In its place, the Talmud substituted verse 31, the last verse in the Torah’s statement of the mitzva of the sota, found in our parasha on page 799. The sages of the Talmud read verse 31 as follows. Tanu Rabbanan — the sages of the Mishna taught: The meaning of the p…
…n acceptable indication of rabbinic supervision. This product would not be accepted for use in the BEKI kitchen. Dear Rabbi, Quick question: Kids want a cat. Is kitty required to keep kosher? Signed, Kitty Query Dear Cat Kashrut Questioner, Cats can keep kosher but are not required to. Keep the cat chow out of the kitchen. Cats (or, more correctly, cat owners) must observe the restriction against possessing or eating hametz (leavened food) on Pe…
…in Canaan to have precious metals. During famines, silver and gold were a store of value and a medium of exchange. Animals had the real value because of products made and produced from and by them. The nature of Abram’s wealth was not that he had lots of precious metals. He was rich in sheep. He was not tied down to something he built, but to a living thing. Today, knowledge is considered mobile wealth; we can bring it with us wherever we go. Abr…
