- 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
…30s Havura, thanks to the initiative of Miriam Benson and the support of a number of program participants such as Eva Landau. It’s a nice way to bring people together and to help people locate their cohorts in the sea of members. The number of formal members does not tell the whole story. There are many families or individuals who identify BEKI as “their” synagogue, even though they are not formally members. For at least some purposes, we should t…
…23 Sep Deadline to Purchase High Holiday Tickets September 23, 2022 2:00 pm More Info…
…10 Sep Deadline to Order Lulav & Etrog/High Holiday Tickets September 10, 2023 12:00 pm More Info…
…, 2021 Rabbi Ethan Tucker will be the guest speaker at New Haven’s 5th Elm City Kallah, a collaboration of Beth El Keser Israel (BEKI), Westville Synagogue, and Congregation B’nai Jacob, to be held Oct. 29- 31. The weekend’s theme is “Navigating the World as a Jew and a Human Being: A Weekend of Learning and Exploration.” “How we think of pluralism, integrity, and community is so crucial to our world today – not only as Jews but as human beings,”…
…e the people there are evil. Abraham argues on behalf of the people in the city, and God agrees that if he can find ten good people in the city, he will not destroy it. But the only good person found in Sodom is Lot, Abraham’s nephew. Lot is tipped off in advance and leaves Sodom in the morning, before the city is destroyed. Next in the portion, Sarah gives birth to Isaac. In the portion before Vayera Sarah gave up hope that she would have a baby,…
…ake sure he’s dead.” There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says: “OK, now what?” Even if you follow all the directions geschribben in the Shulhan Arukh strictly, letter by letter, you are not performing the mitzvot as our sages intended unless you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. Our sages have taught that in order to perform a mitzva optimally, in most cases, one must do so conscientiously, th…
…wicked city of Nineveh, a bitter enemy of the Israelites, and prophesy the city’s imminent doom. Jonah instead runs away and boards a ship for Tarshish. So God sends a huge storm that threatens to sink the ship. The sailors, with a heart-wrenching appeal for God’s mercy, toss Jonah overboard and the storm dies down. Then God sends a giant fish to swallow Jonah. Inside its belly, the taciturn Jonah bursts into prayer. He vividly describes his near-…
…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…
…nk, To the deaths of Miriam and Aaron. * * * One thing to notice About the number 14,700 Is that it promises reduction: It moves toward its own diminishment. There is a half-life logic to it, An inherent halving: 14 in the thousands category, Then 7, half-14, in the hundreds. In this promise of reduction, We move toward zero, Though we will never reach it. Just after the number of dead is given, Parshat Korach turns suddenly. G-d tells Moses to ta…
…etches show fewer seats than we have now. Do we expect to lose seating capacity? We expect to reduce the number of seats on a typical Shabbat — which is not the same as losing seating capacity. A major goal of the redesign is to make the sanctuary feel more intimate. Our current capacity is 332 fixed seats — perhaps one-third of which were typically filled, pre-Covid. The sketches show roughly 200 seats. Since they are all movable, we can expand c…
