- 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
…of all the people. Imagine if the parshah has told us, tribe by tribe, the number of people in each tribe, and separately, the number of males, 20 and up, who were fit for service. Would that kind of census send a different message to us, a message saying, “everyone counts”, including all the women? The second census, what I’ll call the redemption census, I find a strange one. It requires counting of all the male Levites who were at least a month…
…e will be able to provide current pricing and other details. For additional 10 or fewer invited guests (Standard Kiddush): $320 For every additional 20 invited guests beyond those 10, expect to order prepared salads from an approved local kosher vendor. Additional options available: Hummus OR guacamole OR cream cheese OR bruschetta: $50 each Herring OR stuffed grape leaves: $40 each Whitefish salad: $100 extra Lox with platter of onion/tomato/cucu…
…emptying the house of unwanted items on Ebay, which he has been doing since 1998. Our children remarked at their bnai mitzvah that “Dad would sell us on Ebay if it weren’t for Mom!” Allison Jacobs & Joshua Kuhr and Noa and Oren We live in Westville. When we came to BEKI, we were excited to see the large number of children and families that were local to the Westville community. Having a place for the kids and us to learn and socialize is important…
…(or more) puts it in the top 5%. So I realize that I am at least in the top 10% of American households with respect to annual income. (Data: DeNavas-Walt, Carmen and Robert, Cleveland, U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, P60-218, Money Income in the United States: 2001, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2002.) Even more: On the global level, I am in the top 1%. So when I say that the rich should pay, I am including mysel…
…uld I not care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not yet know their right hand from their left, and many beasts as well!” (Jonah 4:10-11) The Book of Jonah ends there, with God’s question to Jonah hanging. I’d like to begin an examination of the book not with that question but with a related theme, that of talking (or failing to talk) to God. This issue recurs frequently in the Torah. For human cha…
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…? “Gimme loot, Ḥasidim!”] This fall, we are launching a Hesed Committee, chaired by Board member Muriel Banquer. This committee will not have a lot of meetings to discuss the theory of hesed. It will coordinate acts of kindness, so that no one in the BEKI family falls through the cracks. Some people in the congregation have a support network of friends and family nearby who help each other out, and this wonderful, informal network is the model on…
…ala (home ritual) 7:29p Kever Avot 10/2/2023 Sunday Warner Street cemetary 10:00a Farwell Street cemetary 11:00a Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre 9/24/23 Sunday Minḥa 6:00p Kol Nidre 6:28p Yom Kippur 9/25/23 Monday Shaḥarit (followed by Torah, Yizkor: ~10:45a, Musaf Services) 9:00a Children’s services 10:45a Study Sessions 2:30p and 3:15p Minḥa, followed by Neilah (~6:15p) Havdalah and Final Shofar Community Break Fast to follow 5:00p 7:25p * Unless…
…26 Sep Pizza in the Hut September 26, 2021 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Pizza in the Hut returns! The party is Sunday, September 26 at 4:00pm in the BEKI courtyard sukkah. Reservations are due to the office by September 22, $10/adults, $5/child […] More Info…
…28 Jul Elm City Winds Quintet Concert – BEKI Courtyard July 28, 2021 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page Jennifer Sidney Silva, flute; Caesar Storlazzi, oboe; Laura Caruthers, clarinet; Adrienne Gallagher, bassoon; and Emily Fine, French horn, will perform Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 pm. […] More Info…
