- 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
…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…
…dents, alumni, parents and faculty of the School designated Shabbat morning 17 May 1997 as the Religious School Shabbat at BEKI Honoring George G. Posener. On that occasion Posener offered the following explanation as to what motivates his support of the School. As a youth, I was one of six children residing in a small town with no synagogue and no rabbi. My Hebrew education came from my observant parents. As I recall, a travelling rabbi from the…
…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…
…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…
…olarship $18+ General Synagogue Support Kiddush Sponsorship $320 (Call office to reserve date) Rabbi’s Tzedakah Fund to provide for special needs of community $25+ Hai Synagogue Fund to support BEKI operations $18+ Yahrzeit (Memorial) Fund to support religious services $10+ Synagogue (General) Fund to support BEKI operations $10+…
…asha [Torah reading for Shavuot Second Day in Diaspora: Deuteronomy 14:22 – 16:17 & Numbers 28:26-31]. It begins with the commandment to tithe on a yearly basis, so as to provide for the needy among us, to take care of the Levites, to understand that our year’s bounty is not just a result of our great skill but also of God’s goodness, and to realize that our possessions are merely possessions- whose enjoyment comes from sharing them with others. T…
…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…
…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…
…Before Jacob encountered Esau in the flesh, his spirit struggled with the spirit of Esau. Maimonides sees Jacob’s struggle as having taken place in a dream. Nachmanides argues that Jacob struggled with no one but himself, with his own guilty conscience. These interpretations are appealing, but seem unsupported by the biblical text. Jacob suffers an actual physical injury in his struggle. Nehama Leibowitz describes the story as “essentially non-ra…
…bbat Hanuka Dinner Marks Dedication of Posener Daily Chapel On Friday Night 10 December 1999, a Shabbat Hanuka Dinner will follow the 6:00p service. Set to welcome singles, families and people of all ages, the evening will combine the sacred beauty of Shabbat with the fun of Hanuka. The evening will mark the Shabbat of dedication of the “small chapel,” which pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors is to be named the “George G. Posener D…
