- 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
…g gifts to each advancing and graduating student at the Religious School since its inception, attending and leading worship services and adult education classes, serving as a Director and wise counselor, and in numerous other ways; and Whereas the “Daily Chapel,” also known as the “Beit Midrash” or “Small Chapel,” is a center of religious activity for the Congregation; and Whereas the Daily Chapel has enjoyed the generous direct financial support…
…Children’s Freeplay 4:45p 9:00p TBA Minḥa Afternoon Service 4:30p 5:30p Sanctuary Announcements 5:30p 5:35p Sanctuary Neila Closing 5:35p 6:35p Sanctuary Maariv Evening 6:35p 6:50p Sanctuary Havdala & Shofar 6:50p 7:03p Sanctuary Posener Break-Fast 7:04p 8:30p Downstairs Great Social Hall * Unless otherwise indicated, candles may be lighted at or before time given ** Indicates candles must be lighted by transferring existing flame ~ tilde indicat…
…Children’s Freeplay 4:45p 9:00p TBA Minḥa Afternoon Service 4:30p 5:30p Sanctuary Announcements 5:30p 5:35p Sanctuary Neila Closing 5:35p 6:35p Sanctuary Maariv Evening 6:35p 6:50p Sanctuary Havdala & Shofar 6:50p 7:03p Sanctuary Posener Break-Fast 7:04p 8:30p Downstairs Great Social Hall * Unless otherwise indicated, candles may be lighted at or before time given ** Indicates candles must be lighted by transferring existing flame ~ tilde indicat…
…Children’s Freeplay 4:45p 9:00p TBA Minḥa Afternoon Service 4:30p 5:30p Sanctuary Announcements 5:30p 5:35p Sanctuary Neila Closing 5:35p 6:35p Sanctuary Maariv Evening 6:35p 6:50p Sanctuary Havdala & Shofar 6:50p 7:03p Sanctuary Posener Break-Fast 7:04p 8:30p Downstairs Great Social Hall * Unless otherwise indicated, candles may be lighted at or before time given ** Indicates candles must be lighted by transferring existing flame ~ tilde indicat…
…Children’s Freeplay 4:45p 9:00p TBA Minḥa Afternoon Service 4:30p 5:30p Sanctuary Announcements 5:30p 5:35p Sanctuary Neila Closing 5:35p 6:35p Sanctuary Maariv Evening 6:35p 6:50p Sanctuary Havdala & Shofar 6:50p 7:03p Sanctuary Posener Break-Fast 7:04p 8:30p Downstairs Great Social Hall * Unless otherwise indicated, candles may be lighted at or before time given ** Indicates candles must be lighted by transferring existing flame ~ tilde indicat…
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…featured exceptional programs including “Plan Bee,” an Afro-Semitic Experience Concert, a Shofar Workshop with Cantor Pincus, and X-Treme Teshuva with Prof. Joy Ladin. Kol haKavod (kudos) to Darryl Kuperstock, Jay Brown, Isaiah Cooper and Linden Grazier for creating the season’s services and programs. We also enjoyed a large set of successful children’s programs, organized by Rachel Gerber and Harold Birn. The logistics of these services are parti…
…s to sanctify the Shabbat. Intent does matter. It is also a fundamental principle that obedience to the Almighty is an underlying reason for performing all of the mitzvot. And there are mitzvot (huqim) for which there is no apparent logical reason, such as the prohibition of shatnez or the prohibition against eating certain animals. We may not always know what the purpose is of a specific law. This, though, is not the same as understanding the rea…
…. I, p. 386, and note 139. Others who hold that the two incidents are distinct include Maier, p. 112: “The balance of adducible evidence, however, demonstrates that these are two separate and distinct episodes.” (Cf. pp. 111-114 for his arguments). Likewise, Carl H. Kraeling, “The Episode of the Roman Standards at Jerusalem,” Harvard Theological Review (35) 1942, pp. 276-277; E. Mary Smallwood, Jews Under Roman Rule p. 166: “This episode was surel…
