- 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
…e mode of worship abolished at one fell swoop — a tradition given by God, apparently to be binding upon our people for all time; a system regarded as effective and essential for repairing the breaches in our relationship, individual and communal, with the Eternal — I think we can begin to grasp the implications for our ancestors of the loss of this system. By comparison, imagine that the synagogue were abolished, and congregational prayer made imp…
…hine. Many eyebrows were raised when a wire service story with photograph appeared in newspapers and Television programs around the world some months ago depicting an Israeli Telephone Company employee stuffing faxes into the Western Wall. It is in fact a custom among many of our brothers and sisters to insert small handwritten personal notes and petitions to God between the stones of the Kotel, the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem. The ser…
…26 Nov No Talmud Study Group November 26, 2015 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Interior Page The Sanhedrin Talmud Study Group meets weekly on Thursdays from 12:00m to 1:00p in BEKI’s Library for Talmud study. The Group has met weekly since […] More Info…
…. They visit Israel, send their children over a summer or for a year and support financially every one if its worthy institutions.” As diaspora Jews our relationship with our beloved homeland has been sorely challenged by the actions and statements of the current temporary Government of the State. What are we to do, who love Israel but are mad as heck at the Government? One legitimate and appropriate way of working toward a solution is for us to b…
…25 Jun Talmud Study Group (last meeting for the summer) June 25, 2015 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Interior Page The Sanhedrin Talmud Study Group meets weekly on Thursdays from 12:00m to 1:00p in BEKI’s Library for Talmud study. The Group has met weekly since […] More Info…
…’s Library for Talmud study. The Group has met weekly since 1999. For some participants, this is their first direct experience with Talmud text. The Group focuses on the issues raised in the Talmud, with some attention to the technical aspects of the text. No charge; one can visit or join at any meaning, as there is no beginning or end to Talmud study. Knowledge of Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and English is helpful but not required. Coffee and tea are a…
…the main floor. The Sanctuary and Social Hall are all easily accessible to people using wheelchairs. Services are usually held on the floor level, although the Holy Ark is on a raised bima (stage). Wheelchair seating is 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 M…
…crops in the same field, and other rules that seem pretty arbitrary and inapplicable today. On the other hand some of the laws in this parasha remain quite relevant. Don’t make an impoverished laborer wait overnight for his pay. Protect the rights of those who have no one to stand up for them: the non-citizen, the widow, the fatherless. Use honest weights and measures in trade. I want to look at a few verses from the parasha that seem at first unc…
…hildren regardless of synagogue affiliation, BINA stresses excellence in supplemental education and maintains small class size. BINA is a Hebrew word that means “understanding,” and that’s what our religious school aims for: a deep and ever-growing understanding of Jewish tradition and how each child fits within it. BINA, launched in fall 2022 under the direction of Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff (pictured above) and Rabbi Eric Woodward (p…
…h you a story. It’s the story of my journey here today….so it has a very happy ending! Five summers ago. I attended Elat Chayyim, a Jewish Renewal retreat up in the Catskills. This was the first major Jewish event I had ever voluntarily attended in my life and I had a lot of apprehensions because I always felt like a failure at these kinds of events. Everyone around me always seemed so self-assuredly Jewish, so at peace with themselves, which only…
