- 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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…to Judaism and Sustainability Nigel Savage and Shamu Sadeh of HAZON January 20, 2021 Discussion of “Traces of the Trade” Facilitated by Jennifer Klein and Jim Berger January 13, 2021 Access slides from the discussion here. Health and Wellness Judaism (Rabbi, Dr.) Levi Brackman January 6, 2021 Book Talk: “Invisible Years” Daphne Geismar December 6, 2020 Discussion of “Commandment 613” Miriam Lewin and Rabbi Kevin Hale December 23, 2020 T’chiah: Spi…
…s result of kindness; Adulteress Reconciliation 8/45 As judge Besht effects 20/52 Negotiation with evil spirit 26/109 Confronting an antagonist 32/119 Winning-over adversary 43/107 Apology to insulted party; Apology made directly; Apology via messenger 50/63 Must solve problems at home rather than emigrate to Israel; Praying for one’s antagonist 56/68 Strict adherence to law as impediment; Pride as impediment 67/90 Divine punishment for failure to…
…tiated in the 1980s, continued to attract a diverse and loyal following. In 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 BEKI won Energy Star Awards and was designated an Energy Star Congregation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency of the Department of Energy in recognition of its efforts at energy conservation. In 2001, the Congregation received the coveted Solomon Schechter Gold Award from the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism for its effort…
…m to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other guy whips out his cellphone and calls 911. He gasps: “My friend is dead! What should I do?” The operator says: “Calm down, I can help. First, let’s make 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…
…ater into Jerusalem, intercepting the source of the stream at a distance of 200 furlongs. The Jews did not acquiesce in the operations that this involved; and tens of thousands of men assembled and cried out against him, bidding him relinquish his promotion of such designs. Some too even hurled insults and abuse of the sort that a throng will commonly engage in. He thereupon ordered a large number of soldiers to be dressed in Jewish garments, unde…
…Light, child of Rachel Light & Jonathan Freiman, and of Eben Light, 19-20 July 2019, parashat Balaq Elijah Ratner, child of Rabbi Joshua & Elena Ratner, 21-22 June 2019, parashat BeHa`alotekha Miranda Hurwitz, child of Michael Hurwitz & Deborah Chirnomas, Sunday 5 May 2019, Rosh Hodesh Iyyar Miles Katz, child of Julie & Samuel Katz, 1-2 February 2019, parashat Mishpatim Rebekah Oppenheimer, child of Mark & Cyd Oppenheimer, 18-19 January 2019, Sha…
…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…
…y the personnel and institutions of all three religious movements. In that spirit (perhaps a harbinger of things to come), the faculty of Tel Aviv University decided recently to build on campus a panoply of three synagogues (Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox) rather than a single, exclusively Orthodox synagogue. Third, the time has come to dismantle the Chief Rabbinate and its network of courts. Sustained by a political alliance between cynicism…
