- 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
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…cease troubling you and appeal to our master by means of an embassy.‘ This last remark exasperated Pilate most of all, for he was afraid that if they really sent an embassy, they would bring accusations against the rest of his administration as well, specifying in detail his venality, his violence, his thefts, his assaults, his abusive behavior, his frequent executions of untried prisoners, and his endless savage ferocity. So, as he was a spiteful…
…r Rosh HaShana Evening Coincident with Shabbat Birkhot Shelosh Regalim — Festivals Kiddush for Sukkot First Evening Kiddush for Sukkot First Evening Coincident with Shabbat Kiddush for Sukkot Second Evening Kiddush for Shemini Atseret & Simḥat Torah Evening Hanuka Blessings Hanuka Candles: First Berakha (le-hadliq ner) recorded by Amy Pincus Hanuka Candles: Second Berakha (she-`asa nisim) recorded by Amy Pincus Hanuka Candles: Third Berakha (she-h…
…loser to home, we note the presence of trees on our bima — well, actually plastic trees. There have been places and times when such items were forbidden in sanctuaries, because some societies worship trees as fetishes or icons. But we do not live in a society of tree-worshipers, and I do not believe that anyone would interpret the presence of a tree (or plastic tree) on the bima as anything more than a decoration. Now if these were pine trees deco…
…eternal homelessness? * * * To understand this week, We need to return to last week: To the parshah of the rebels, Korach and Datan and Aviram, Men who asked: who are Moses and Aaron To set themselves above us? There the drama begins. Moses tells them to take their fire pans And put incense on it. Korach obeys, But not alone, And not just with the rebels: Vayak’hayl aleyhem Korach et kol ha-eydah el petach ohel moeyd. “Korach gathered the whole c…
…ne had the courage or the heart to throw me in. It was an experience which lasted maybe only a few seconds but it determined my whole way of life. Because later when I thought about the hole staring at me from the depths of the well I had this revelation of the Godly sparkle in the human heart which was lit in the very moment when they could not follow the order which they had received to kill any Jewish person that they met. …[N]obody wanted to k…
…ge rooms flanking the current bimah — one of which formerly held an organ and choir — are not part of the redesign mandate. Name(Required) First Last Email(Required) Comments and Questions(Required) CAPTCHA Δ…
…fold and miss nothing’ [or, ‘and not sin’] (Job 5:24)” (Yevamot 62b). This last example becomes, in Maimonides’ Mishne Torah (written 1177-1182), “Thus commanded the Sages: A man should honor his wife more than his own body and love her like his own body.”6 Similarly, the Rabbis have much to say about relations between one person and another in general, beyond emphasizing the Biblical dictum “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Hitting anot…
…at HaHodesh–welcome Men’s Club members and welcome all guests. This is the last Shabbat before we come to the month of Nisan; in fact Rosh Hodesh Nisan will be on Tuesday, this week. I would like to begin with a look at part of the haftarah for this special Shabbat, one of four special Shabbats which precede the holiday of Passover. Mostly this haftarah concerns commandments for special sacrifices and rituals relating to the new moon and Passover….
Phone: 203.389.2108 Fax: 203.389.5899 Postal Address: Congregation Beth El-Keser Israel 85 Harrison St. New Haven CT 06515-1724 Office Manager Peggy Hackett Ext. 114 Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 President Russell Epstein Rabbi Eric Woodward Ext. 120 Ritual Committee Chairperson Bruce Spierer Youth & Family Programming Director Annie Norman-Schiff Ext. 113 BEKI Bulletin bulletin@beki.org Cemetery Association cemetery@beki….
