- Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel
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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…e Jewish religion while the Temple stood. The rest of the Torah has historical, philosophical, and legal interest to Jews of the Temple period, but VaYiqra, as a guidebook to sacrifice and the atonement of sin, contained an immediate, practical, concrete blueprint for how to get right with God. This was the owner’s manual of the Jewish way of being in the world-the most relevant, practical, and important book of the Bible for Jews of the Temple pe…
…ks Cain where his brother is and Cain defiantly refuses to answer – rhetorically asking if he’s his brother’s keeper. G-d then deepens Cain’s exile – a second exile after the exile from Eden his parents suffered for their transgressions. But this one isn’t just from one place, even if it’s Eden: it’s from the land itself – he will always wander. “a restless wanderer shall you be on the earth” the soil that gaped with its mouth to take his brother’…
…en (vol. 2), edited by Dr. Barry E. Herman, published by the Jewish Historical Society of Greater New Haven, several Jewish families in the Congress Avenue, Washington Avenue, Commerce Street and York Street area felt the need to establish an additional traditional congregation in the late 1800s. The existing synagogues were already overcrowded. In 1891 they formed a group for the purpose of worship and study, praying in private homes and hiring a…
…28 Feb Parashat HaShavua with Rabbi Tilsen & Nadav Sela (Parashat Ki Tisa – Shabbat Para) February 28, 2021 10:00 am – 10:50 am Home Page Interior Page More Info…
…itted to a policy of protecting Jewish religious liberty, but on the political level they were opposed to nationalist aspirations among their subjects. The problem in Judaea was that to the Jews religion and politics were inextricably bound up together as two facets of a single way of life, and though a modus vivendi might have been established between Rome and moderate Jewish opinion, the existence of a belligerent nationalist party focusing disc…
…led in the city of Babylon, the rest in two groups in outlying areas. Biblical scholars believe that the book of Isaiah was written during the Babylonian exile by a number of people in addition to Isaiah. Isaiah himself was a prophet of the nation of Judah and was one of the first to leave a written record of his prophecies, or proclamations. The book of Isaiah is one of the longest in the Bible, containing sixty chapters. The sayings of Isaiah ar…
…erasha; a talk on topics relating to a parasha (section) of the Torah, typically the weekly reading; a homily; a topical Bible commentary for an occasion. Shabbat Para & Parashat Ki Tisa 2020 – by Teya Klein Berger, 18 Adar 5780 – 14 March 2020 Shabbat Para & Parashat Ki Tisa 2020 – by Hannah Klein Berger, 18 Adar 5780 – 14 March 2020 Kol Nidre 2019 – by BEKI President Yaron Lew, 10 Tishrei 5780 – 8 October 2019 Peace, Love & Survival: Parashat No…
…Dina & Michael Secchiaroli, 10-11 November 2017, parashat Hayei Sara Dani Callaghan, child of Rebecca Gratz & Steve Sitrin, and of Joseph Callaghan, 3-4 November 2017, parashat VaYera Ella May, child of Becky & C.J. May, 11-12 August 2017, parashat Eqev Hannah Herbst, child of Roy & Karen Herbst, 9-10 June 2017, parashat BeHa`alotekha Elijah Light, child of Rachel Light & Jonathan Freiman, and of Eban Light, 12-13 May 2017, parashat Emor Sarah Ra…
…f Atonement, we will stare into the face of death, spiritually if not physically. Our challenge, Moshe tells us today, is to choose life and find a way to live more fully. We call this process teshuva — usually translated as “repentance,” but literally meaning “returning.” We hope the result of this process will be atonement, which literally means exactly what it says: becoming at-one with God and the world. How do we do that? The Yom Kippur litur…
…20 Jun Songs for the Holy City Live-Streaming Event June 20, 2018 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Songs for the Holy City 6-20-18 More Info…
