- 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
…used, they fell prone all round his house and remained motionless for five days and nights. The next day Pilate took his seat on the tribunal in the great stadium and summoned the mob on the pretext that he was ready to give them an answer. Instead he gave a pre-arranged signal to the soldiers to surround the Jews in full armour, and the troops formed a ring three deep. The Jews were dumbfounded at the unexpected sight, but Pilate, declaring that…
…s tell us Is that 14,700 people died In this sudden plague. It’s a precise number. And it invites immediate comparison To the number we heard just a few verses earlier: Why did only 250 die From Korach’s active rebellion, But 14,700 die For a single line of passive complaint: “You two have brought death on the L-rd’s people.” This single line of lament, Of blame and complaint, May not seem so surprising, or egregious. They had seen Moses tell the…
…hei HaBesht (Tel Aviv: Devir) 5707/1947, 5735/1975, p. 35. A table of tale numbers and the corresponding page numbers in other editions is given at the back of the book by Ben-Amos and Mintz. 2. Violence is neither advocated nor condoned in these tales to any significant extent, whereas many tales strongly advocate the efficacy and advantages of nonviolence. The main exception to this generalization are a few of the first fifteen tales (pp. 39-51…
…became the first of the 160 reservists called up — and was sentenced to 28 days in jail for his refusal to serve in Gaza.26 On 10 January, Charles Lentsher became the first of the 50 students to be sent to jail, also for 28 days.27 The subsequent week saw two demonstrations on behalf of the jailed objectors, a small one in Tel Aviv and a larger one of about 250 people, organized by Yesh Gevul along with the students, near an entrance to the Gaza S…
…e Day of God, and that God created everything in all its potential on that Day. From that day on, it follows that, as my daughter Sarah has recently begun quoting Martin Buber in the tag line to her email messages — To produce is to draw forth, to invent is to find, to shape is to discover. **************** In addition to learning and teaching, I also increased my involvement in various BEKI projects. I would like to focus on two – the removal of…
…travel by any means can be accomplished safely. Federal Holidays & Special Days Sunday and weekday morning services 9:00a (not 7:00a) on the following Federal Holidays: 1 January (observed day), Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day (Fourth of July), Labor Day Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, and 25 December (observed day). No Afternoon or Evening services on Thanksgiving and first and second nights of Passover unless otherwi…
…Services Feature Hallel & Ruth Shavuot Festival morning services on Wednesday 11 June and Thursday 12 June include the recitation of Hallel, a collection of celebratory Psalms (Biblical poems). The singing of Hallel can be a most joyful segment of our worship services. On Thursday morning the Book of Ruth will be read according to its ancient and most beautiful melody. The Biblical Ruth, grandmother of King David, was a convert to Judaism and acc…
…ced on its own roof-top arrays. The breadth and quality of Shabbat and weekday programs for children and youth expanded, as the number of minors in the Congregation grew from under 70 in 1994 to over 225 a decade later. A typical Shabbat morning includes simultaneous programs or services for children and youth, as well as youth participating in the main service and Shabbat Shalom Torah Study. George G. Posener with Leah z”l A significant gift by S…
…On a typical Shabbat, that might not be a problem. But on high-attendance days, like the High Holy Days, we may need that area for seating. Why are steps necessary? Why not have everyone use the ramps? Some people prefer steps; some prefer ramps. Including both accommodates both preferences. Why have steps and ramps at all? Why not have the ark at floor level, like the reader’s table? The committee gave serious consideration to this possibility,…
…obligated with respect to fringes; to care for tefillin, his father should buy him tefillin.” In general, we encourage pre-benei mitzva to begin performing mitzvot (religious obligations) as soon as they are “age appropriate,” even though minors are not technically obligated until they reach the age of majority. For some mitzvot, such as marriage and raising children, we generally encourage people to wait until after their teenage years. In the da…
