- 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
…exit doors and supporting columns are, the ramps would need to be at least 12’ 10” away from the walls. The area between the ramps and walls would essentially become a very large walkway — we couldn’t put seats there, because they would be behind the ramp. On a typical Shabbat, that might not be a problem. But on high-attendance days, like the High Holy Days, we may need that area for seating. Why are steps necessary? Why not have everyone use th…
…e 43; Horodezky, pp. 107-108. 14. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 158; Horodezky, p. 144. 15. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 87; Horodezky, pp. 117-118. 16. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 201; Horodezky, p. 65. 17. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 21; Horodezky, p. 127. 18. Ben-Amos & Mintz, Tale 141; Horodezky, p. 127. The rest of the story, however, is confusing and does not necessarily support this position. 19. United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigatio…
…ven’s Conservative Jewish Day School, will join together on Shabbat morning 14 June 1997 for the Ezra Academy Shabbat at BEKI. Worship with the Congregation on that morning and take pride in the students of our Conservative school. Torah Pathways Adult Education Torah Pathways is a discussion and study group which serves as part of a basic Judaism course. Special attention is placed on issues of concern to those considering conversion or in interf…
…p. I 386. 9. Louis H. Feldman, trans., Josephus, (Cambridge: Harvard Univ.) 1965, 1969. 10. Rhoads, p. 61. 11. Stuart Perowne, The Later Herods, (London: Hodder and Stoughton) 1958,p. 51. 12. E. Mary Smallwood, trans., Philonis Alexandrini: Legatio ad Gaium, (Leiden: E.J. Brill) 1961. 13. Solomon Zeitlin, “Did Agrippa Write a Letter to Gaius Caligula?” Jewish Quarterly Review (56) 1986/66, p. 27. Zeitlin writes: “Upon careful examination of the le…
…habbat mornings for people of all ages. Our regular attendance is typically 110 to 150. No other shul in our region compares to the quality of our programs. Just eighteen years ago, most Shabbat morning services were held in the Daily Chapel (capacity 45). All of the davening (prayer leading), Torah reading, and Divrei Torah (sermons) are done by congregants, with the exception of occasional special guests. We are a “learning congregation” in the…
…rs, words and spaces, although exact layout (number of words in a line and number of lines in a column) may vary, as will the quality of the materials and calligraphy. We take out the particular scroll or scroll that is set to the portion that we are reading on the given occasion. The weekly reading goes in sequence, so each shabbat we begin reading from the spot we left of the previous week. But on festivals and other occasions we may read from a…
…nk, To the deaths of Miriam and Aaron. * * * One thing to notice About the number 14,700 Is that it promises reduction: It moves toward its own diminishment. There is a half-life logic to it, An inherent halving: 14 in the thousands category, Then 7, half-14, in the hundreds. In this promise of reduction, We move toward zero, Though we will never reach it. Just after the number of dead is given, Parshat Korach turns suddenly. G-d tells Moses to ta…
…d `al saf hagiyus” Hotem, 1 Feb. 1980, p. 3. 10. For example, see Blatt, p. 112. 11. Blatt, pp. 116-118. 12. New York Times, 1 Aug. 1982, p. 12:3. On the Eli Geva story, see for example New York Times, 27 July 1982, p. 8:6, and 29 July 1982, p. 14:3. 13. For the text of the letter see Ishai and Dina Menuhin, eds., Gevul Hatzivut (The Limits of Obedience), (Tel Aviv: The “Yesh Gvul” Movement and Siman Kri’a Books, 1985), p. 175. The letter, while c…
…t will shape our congregation for generations to come. What needs to be repaired right now? Our drafty single-pane windows are not energy-efficient. Our noisy HVAC system doesn’t even bring in fresh air. It needs an upgrade. Some of our seats have the stuffing coming out of them. The back divider is falling apart and is held together by a hope and a prayer. All of these things require immediate attention. Doing nothing is not an option. What are w…
…ermine the minds of the future.” (Morris B. Abram, “In Pursuit of Justice,” 13 May 1996.) The inclusion of the dissenting opinions in the record was considered an essential element of any Jewish legal text in the first millenium of the common era. But some eight hundred years ago, Moses Maimonides, the Rambam, broke the mold with the publication of his law code Mishne Torah. In his concise Hebrew, the Rambam systematized much of the known body of…
