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…of this precept, I will not attempt to expound it. Rather, what I want to comment on regarding this commandment is that we are unable to fulfill it. Many of you no doubt have read about the birth in Israel about three years ago of a red heifer, the first one in almost two thousand years. The fact that the heifer would be three years old, the proper age for a sacrifice, in the year 2000, helped to stoke the millennial fervor, and created great exp…
…ment Book of Miracles Sharing Blessings In Our Image For Heaven’s Sake * Recommended by Rabbi Murray Levine Letters My family and I are very grateful for the many cards, notes, calls, messages and donations in memory of our dear George. They all helped to ease our pain. Our very sincere “thank you” to all. Rose Feen and Family LifeCycle HaMaqom Yinahem Etkhem We mourn the passing of Estelle Bloom, sister-in-law of Irving Weinstein Harry M. Wartur,…
…14 Dec Hanukkah Men‘s Winter Clothing Drive Begins December 14, 2022 – December 26, 2022 7:15 am Events More Info…
…tion of them. Hertz (or as we call it here at BEKI, the blue Hertz humash) comments that “with a man” indicates that the text “Disclosed the abyss of depravity from which the Torah saved the Israelite. This unnatural vice was prevalent in Greece and Rome.” Perhaps there is another way to understand this text? We might begin by examining the words: “as one lies with a woman.” What might this mean – to lie with a man as one lies with a woman? Perhap…
…require any abandonment of party or school of thought or any diminution of commitment. Nor does it require any admission that the other view is right. Pluralism is an admission of one’s own limitations. Only if you are perfect and your method is perfect and you are always perfectly sure is pluralism superfluous. But perfection models do not work, they destroy others and ultimately self-destruct. Far from weakening Judaism pluralism is a commitment…
…ression is not a mitzva (mitzva ha-ba’a be`avera eina mitzva),” that is, a commandment may not be fulfilled through the performance of a transgression.23 Notably, this Rabbinic language suggests that the mitzva is thought of as a state of being, or a state of action, as it were, rather than as a goal or end. In the same way, the liturgy of the Torah service (from Proverbs 3:17) eloquently states that “All her [the Torah’s] paths are peace (ve-khol…
…15 Jan Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) January 15, 2022 5:40 pm – 6:15 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…05 Feb Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) February 5, 2022 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…22 Jan Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) January 22, 2022 5:50 pm – 6:25 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
…19 Feb Kid Friendly Havdalah with Rabbi Eric & Annie (Zoom) February 19, 2022 6:15 pm – 6:45 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page When children’s programs moved online for the month of January, we began gathering on Saturday nights for online Havdalah. Families can bring their own candles […] More Info…
