- 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
…24 Mar 20‘s/30’s Havura Shabbat Dinner March 24, 2017 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Fri. 3/24/2017 — meet at 6 PM service at BEKI, 85 Harrison St., New Haven Dinner follows immediately after hosted by Rachel and Eric, […] More Info…
…ennedy at the Koslow Gallery 2022 Techspressionist Salon #21– video online artist presentation, Cynthia Beth Rubin & Renata Janiszewska July 06, 2021 More information and additional links at: CBRubin.net…
…n or the wilds of Woodbridge, my plan was to ignore the movie. I will admit, though, that the idea of watching a movie in Aramaic appeals to me. Since Aramaic is the language of the Talmud, parts of the Hebrew Bible, and passages of the siddur, it is very much a “Jewish” language. As a cognate language to Hebrew, Aramaic is easy for the Hebrew speaker to learn. In the Jewish Theological Seminaryʼs rabbinical school, students are expected to acquir…
…lt with on an ad hoc basis. Notes 1. According to the Israel Defence Forces, 18,000 Yeshiva students had received deferments between 1948 and 1987, as reported by Dan Margalit in Ha’aretz, 28 Jan. 1988 p. 1. 2. Martin Blatt, Uri Davis, and Paul Kleinbaum, ed., Dissent and Ideology in Israel — Resistance to the Draft 1948-1973, (London: Ithaca Press, 1975), p. 12. 3. Blatt, p. 48. 4. Blatt, p. 50. 5. Blatt, p. 38. 6. Blatt, p. 17. 7. Blatt, p. 94….
…rs are welcome, indeed encouraged, to kasher the kitchen facilities before use, in collaboration with the synagogue rabbi’s mashgiah. Guests are always welcome and encouraged to contact the rabbi or synagogue mashgihim prior to or during events to clarify any issues of concern. As a matter of outlook, we attempt to create a “transparent” environment so that anyone interested can know what standards and procedures are followed. We welcome reports o…
…not in a fundamental objection to the government killing people when required, so it should not stand in the way of my appointment. Unlike other local clerics and public officials, I have never actually been convicted of a felony, which makes me a stand-out candidate. I get along fine with most government workers, except the people at the CT DMV; I’ve even slept in Ben Bernanke’s bed, though he wasn’t there at the time. Although the promise of go…
…tion following the service may last an hour or more. Telephone, Electricity, Smoking, Cameras Shabbat is distinguished from the rest of the week, in our synagogue as in many others, by not operating electronic items (although there is a telephone available for emergency use and for physicians on call). Similarly, writing and smoking are prohibited. Photography and video recording are not permitted anywhere in the building on Shabbat. Prayerbooks a…
…ob conning Esau into selling his birthright for a pot of lentil stew; Isaac, because of a famine, going to Gerar where Abimelech was king of the Philistines; Isaac telling the locals of Gerar that Rebekah is his sister, so that they won’t kill him in order to take her; later when the King sees Isaac fondling Rebekah, the King explodes, berates Isaac for what might have happened if he or one of his people had taken Rebekah, Abimelech warns his peop…
…ct, it doesn’t! The same Torah that requires of us due process, probable cause, the testimony of witnesses, and above all, equal justice for all, seems to have abandoned these standards in the case of the accused sota. For the Torah, the sota seems to create a conflict between the purpose of the mitzvot and the need to punish adultery in a society controlled by men … or so we think! To resolve our unease, we must first understand the view of adult…
…ory of separation without divorce, forced divorce, court-sanctioned torture, use of non-Jews as agents of the court, and women owning real estate completely independent of their husbands’ control, among other phenomena. All of the major codes of halakha deal with legal principles that jurists apply to this specific type of crime. Among the major sources on this issue are a series of responsa by Rabbi Shlomo ben Avraham Adret (Rashba, c.1235 – c.13…
