- 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
…a, enter ZIP Code 06515 at Candlelighting Times Guide. For candle lighting times and additional time parameters, see MyZmanim for New Haven and adjust elevation to 21 meters where applicable. The bottom left of the screen provides a date menu. For a Hebrew Calendar Add-on with candle lighting times for Mozilla Firefox, see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1379. Want to know who is scheduled to lead the services? Consult the Service L…
…covered they needed such recognition) was an important root of “hostile sentiments and antagonisms that were later to erupt between Arabs and Jews during the Mandate.”32 These “hostile sentiments and antagonisms” developed not merely as a result of the “numerous and prolonged lawsuits” fought over land ownership33 but even more directly as a result of the eviction of hundreds of tenant families from lands they considered their own when large land…
…nity or the punishments imposed. Bilaam tries to curse the Israelites four times, but each time, a blessing comes out of his mouth. It’s kind of odd that Bilaam is not a hero in our tradition– no children are ever named for him – and he is reviled later in BaMidbar, 31:16, as an enemy. Still, he had nice things to say – despite himself. I want to look at part of Bilaam’s first utterance, because it came true in Jewish history, and raises some very…
…pronunciation of the tetragrammaton may have been widely known in biblical times since it was revealed to Moses and the priests. I think the punishment for the blasphemer is so great because the blasphemer is misusing his gift of speech. God gave people speech to worship Him, and to elevate Man above the level of the beasts. Speech should not be used to curse God, and the blasphemer abused this privilege. I do think Moses knew that the punishment…
…23 Dec The Bluegrass Characters & Kol Kahol December 23, 2021 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm The annual bluegrass concert has returned! Kol Kahol and The Bluegrass Characters Revue will present “A Tribute to Phil Zimmerman and Stacy Phillips” at BEKI […] More Info…
…e in the US hunt, killing over 100 million animals each year. In a typical year, several hundred people are killed and 1,500 are injured by hunters in this country. Hunting is a significant and celebrated part of American culture. Whether he’s a Davey Crockett or a Buffalo Bill, a real man has a dead animal’s head on his wall. Jewish culture & law, however, take a different view of hunting. The “Great Hunters” of the Bible are viewed by the Sages…
…29 Jun Benei Mitzva Parents’ Meeting June 29, 2015 6:15 pm – 7:00 pm Home Page Interior Page Benei Mitzva Parents’ Meeting Parents of youth planning to celebrate becoming benei mitzva in 2016 – 2018 are invited to meet with Rabbi Tilsen on […] More Info…
…n the BEKI kitchen or through an approved kosher caterer. Over the last 10 years, most of the men who participated in this program have moved to transitional or permanent housing. Each works with a case manager to figure out their best next step. There are times when BEKI members have continued to be involved with some of the men to offer additional support as they settle into their new situations, providing employment opportunities, furniture, fo…
…k would help enforce the contract, to the end that Jewish traders in those times could operate with greater security. So here’s my overall point. Today, the power grid in America is, shall we say, a very complex distribution network. The way it operates is by a certain number of power plants producing energy, usually by burning fossil fuels, and then feeding it into the massive grid of electrical power lines. I think this is quite similar to the s…
…the Dark Dear Dark, It is not a symbol. Originally, at least, and in most times and places, the lighting of Shabbat lamps was primarily to give light so that people would not have to (as they say in the punch line of many Jewish mother jokes) “sit in the dark.” That is, if they didn’t light Shabbat lamps, it would be dark, because most people did not otherwise have artificial lighting to illuminate the night. In most times and places, when the su…
