- 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
…ess you, before I die” How long does he live after saying that? An hour? A day? A week? Sixty years. He lives sixty years after his deathbed speech. Death fills every moment of his life. * * * If his experience under that cleaver kept death always in his mind, and if that experience too drove him to a post-traumatic blindness, then what drove him to bless his boys? Did Isaac hear G-d’s blessing of his father Abraham, the promise of both fruitfulne…
…most convenient in the back, center aisle, and second-row cut-outs in the center. Sound amplification is best in the center of rows six to ten along the Whalley Avenue side. A Hearing Loop system was installed in the Sanctuary in May 2014. Sanctuary seats are fixed and 18″ wide. The George G. Posener Daily Chapel Beit Midrash is accessible on the main floor. Seating is movable and people using wheelchairs can choose almost any location. A large…
…le 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, bec…
…om. With our rabbis’ permission: This week’s Torah portion, parashat Naso (Numbers 4:21 – 7:89), provides a wonderful example of halakhic development that I would like to share. Tradition teaches that the Torah contains 613 mitzvot. Not merely good deeds, but laws; not suggestions, but the obligations we call The Commandments. Many of these laws regulate the ceremonies of the tabernacle and Temple, and therefore are no longer observed. Others appl…
…14 Sep Heart of the New Year Meditation with Robin Goldberg, DMD September 14, 2019 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Come enjoy a guided meditation to bring us into the Days of Awe. Robin Goldberg DMD has been teaching Heart Rhythm Meditation since 2012. Because […] More Info…
…05 Jun End-of-Year BEKI-BJ USY Shabbat Dinner June 5, 2015 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Interior Page End-of-Year USY Shabbat Dinner Friday, June 5th Time: 7 pm – 9 pm House of Jacques Ben-Avie, 345 Stevenson Rd, New Haven, CT 06515 Details TBA […] More Info…
…26 Apr Film Screening: “Year in Motion” by Laina Pauker April 26, 2015 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm BEKI Year in Motion – flyer More Info…
…that was the end of the matter. Lighting Shabbat lamps meant that this one day of the week was special in that people could see, and so could stay up later talking, singing, eating, studying, and reading. Shabbat was a very special day for that reason. In our day the lighting serves as a moment for an individual or family to pause and begin a period of sacred time. The act of lighting the candles links one Jewish household to another and one gener…
…17 Apr Festival Service (in-person) – Passover Day II – 1st Day of Omer April 17, 2022 9:15 am – 11:45 am Home Page Interior Page More Info…
