- 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
…r he proclaims in every generation, as long as his people dwells in the Land, whenever he brings its first fruits, in thanks to the Almighty: “I am come to the Land.” Every member of the House of Israel thus identifies himself personally with his people and its history. He came to the Land, it was given to him. Ms Leibowitz points out the similarity of this proclamation to our Pesah Hagada’s central teaching that “in every generation every Jew is…
…made against me. As far as I could tell, in this instance, I had never said, done or wished any harm to this person; I felt no malice. Worse, I really could not understand why or how the outlandish charges could be made. A good friend explained it to me: “People who are conniving, deceitful and scheming believe that other people are like themselves.” Now it all made sense. It turns out that this same person was indeed conniving, deceitful and sch…
…unters” of the Bible are viewed by the Sages of Israel as wicked men: Nimrod, whose very name means “one who rebels [against God],” and Esau, who is the utter antithesis of the spirit of Jewish Civilization. Rashi, who lived some 900 years ago in France, explains Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi’s comment on the first verse of Psalms, “Happy is the one who has not walked in the path of sinners” by saying that this means one who does not “hunt with dogs for s…
…28 Sep Yom Kippur (Outdoor or Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 28, 2020 9:00 am – 11:30 am Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…27 Sep Maariv Evening (Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 27, 2020 6:35 pm – 7:30 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…27 Sep Yizkor Memorial Service (Outdoor or Sanctuary & Live On-Line) September 27, 2020 10:00 am – 10:30 am Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…28 Sep Minha Service (Outdoor or Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 28, 2020 2:00 pm – 3:10 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…28 Sep Neila Amida (Sanctuary – Resources On-Line) September 28, 2020 6:30 pm – 7:20 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…28 Sep Neila Avinu Malkenu, Havdala & Shofar (Sanctuary & Live On-Line) September 28, 2020 7:22 pm – 7:40 pm Home Page Interior Page Outdoors in the BEKI parking lot, as weather permits. Masks will be required. In case of inclement weather, services will move indoors with a socially-distanced […] More Info…
…down. To give Yehoash his due, he was annointed when he was seven years old, so he was still only 30 when he decided to get tough on the priests. In any case, he saw that the priests had been collecting money, but deferring maintenance on the Temple. Yehoash intervened to take the whole process out of their hands. The priests agreed that they would neither accept money from the people nor make repairs on the House. And the priest Yehoiada took a…
