- 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
…23 May Rashi Study Group May 23, 2016 9:45 am – 10:30 am Interior Page Rashi Study Group meets most Monday mornings from 7:45a to 8:30a to study Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. Knowledge of English, Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and Old […] More Info…
…ut not necessary. The Rashi Study Group has met weekly since January 1994. New participants welcome any week. Coffee and tea available before 7:00a service and during and after Rashi Study Group. At Passover 2015, the Group began 2 Samuel. Library copies of text are available, as are copies for purchase. RSG meets in the Rosenkrantz Family Library (the Beit Midrash). RSG meets every week except on the Major Festivals (Sukkot, Pesah, Shavuot, Rosh…
…18 Jan Rashi Study Group January 18, 2016 9:45 am – 10:30 am Home Page Rashi Study Group meets most Monday mornings from 7:45a to 8:30a to study Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. Knowledge of English, Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and Old […] More Info…
…15 Feb Rashi Study Group February 15, 2016 9:45 am – 10:30 am Home Page Rashi Study Group meets most Monday mornings from 7:45a to 8:30a to study Rashi’s commentary on the Torah. Knowledge of English, Hebrew, Judeo-Aramaic and Old […] More Info…
…23 Aug Processing our Return to the Building: Our Hopes & Fears w/Rabbi Woodward (on-line) August 23, 2021 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Home Page Interior Page We’re told that when we walk into a synagogue, we should say, “Mah Tovu” – how beautiful! But the reality is, returning to “a new […] More Info…
…m. I like to learn about holidays and learn Hebrew (which is very hard work). I have made a lot of friends at Germantown, Perelman, and at our new shul, BEKI. Thank you all for celebrating my bat mitzva….
…14 Mar Abraham’s Tent March 14, 2015 5:30 pm – 11:30 pm BEKI Abraham’s Tent is a community-based program with Columbus House which, through the generosity of local religious congregations and organizations, provides shelter and case management for […] More Info…
…ply to all other causes. How can people advocate for the “right” to have a new sports stadium, to drive gas-guzzlers, to own and carry guns, when “children (and adults) are literally starving.” It seems strange to condemn Animal Rights activists for promoting a value less important than human life while others are directing even greater resources to promote causes that are (arguably) unworthy, trivial or, at least, even less important. The values…
…wear on his knee. We spent a good deal of time at Qibbutz Yizra’el and in New Haven’s sister-city Afula. We went from one end of the country to the other, from Majdal Shams in the far north, to Acco in the west (not really far), to Eilat in the south. Israel is small enough that we were able to drive from one end of the country to the other on a single tank of gas. (Small country, small car, big gas tank.) Both my dad and Tsvi especially enjoyed…
…ek of opening day. As long as it did not inspire pogroms in the streets of New Haven or the wilds of Woodbridge, my plan was to ignore the movie. I will admit, though, that the idea of watching a movie in Aramaic appeals to me. Since Aramaic is the language of the Talmud, parts of the Hebrew Bible, and passages of the siddur, it is very much a “Jewish” language. As a cognate language to Hebrew, Aramaic is easy for the Hebrew speaker to learn. In t…
