- 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
…17 May Walk Against Hunger – Team BEKI May 17, 2015 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Walk Against Hunger – 2015 flyer Walk Against Hunger – Sunday, May 17. In support of the CT Food Bank. We’re getting a BEKI Team together […] More Info…
…would seem to imply that the order matters. But does it? If not, then why site Rabbi Shimon’s statement? There is a lengthy discussion in the Talmud about this passage. Some sages said that the order doesn’t matter. But among those who say the order matters, what is the significance of the order of the listing of the forms of execution? Does it go from harshest to most gentle, or the other way around, or is there some other meaning? So my answer…
…23 Feb Executive Board Meeting February 23, 2015 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Executive Board Meeting (off-site) More Info…
…04 May Executive Board Meeting May 4, 2015 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Executive Board Meeting (off-site) More Info…
…23 Mar Executive Board Meeting March 23, 2015 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Executive Board meets at an off-site location More Info…
…alm courage and impeccable timing, that the Pharoah’s daughter engaged the services of their mother Yocheved as wet nurse. In fact, if it were not for Miriam, Moses might not have been born. Don’t take that the wrong way. You’ll remember that Pharoah had said that newborn Jewish boys were to be killed. The midrash says that Miriam’s father was so distraught by this, that he divorced Yocheved and swore he would bring no more babies into the world….
…y more, you just need a fax machine. 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 t…
…ge of the Woods plaza. You can see their menu at https://ladle-loaf.square.site. Ladle and Loaf also has a catering service, called The Gusto Kitchen, for dairy, vegetarian, pescatarian or meat events. Details at https://thegustokitchen.com. NEW! Lea’s Falafelhaus, pareve restaurant, 370 Whalley Ave., across from Edge of the Woods. You can see their menu at https://d2f1dfnoetc03v.cloudfront.net/Files/image000000.PNG NEW LOCATION! Fin and Scale, ko…
…ty. No representation about kashrut is made concerning items served at off-site events (such as a LaG BaOmer Kumsits or an Erev Shira Song Night at a private residence), nor at community events for which the Congregation is listed as a “sponsor” or “cosponsor,” unless specifically stated. All food served at BEKI is prepared or heated in compliance with Shabbat restrictions. For details of the implementation of this policy, see the Dear Kosher Cate…
…all who need to may say it, then it is enough to say it once early in the service in case someone leaves early, and once late in the service in case someone comes late. For the last six years at BEKI, we have practiced the earlier custom of saying only one qaddish, one of the radical reforms introduced by Rabbi Tilsen. This, then, is a classic case of a practice persisting even when the original reason for the custom no longer exists. The custom…
