- 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
…ie” How long does he live after saying that? An hour? A day? A week? Sixty years. He lives sixty years after his deathbed speech. Death fills every moment of his life. * * * If his experience under that cleaver kept death always in his mind, and if that experience too drove him to a post-traumatic blindness, then what drove him to bless his boys? Did Isaac hear G-d’s blessing of his father Abraham, the promise of both fruitfulness and dominion? Wa…
…Yiqra three times so far and every time I learned something new. The first time I was four years old and in studying VaYiqra I learned how to read Hebrew, Rashi script, and I learned what the sacrifices were. The second time I was eight years old and I learned more about why there are sacrifices. Most recently, I learned VaYiqra again over the past year and studied the te`amim – the symbols for the tune used when reading Torah. I think that VaYiqr…
…26 Apr Film Screening: “Year in Motion” by Laina Pauker April 26, 2015 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm BEKI Year in Motion – flyer More Info…
…D bulbs in remaining old illuminated exit signs, saving over 1,000 kWh per year (and an hour a year in labor due to the longer life of the LEDs). Incandescent bulbs were replaced with LED bulbs in the sanctuary’s ornamental menora, saving 40 kWh per year (and an hour a year in labor due to the difficulty in reaching these bulbs). Staff and volunteers are continually reminded to “turn off the lights” and to avoid wasteful consumption. By leaving of…
…th lists start with a broad thing to give up and then narrow it down: list number one — go from your land, your birthplace, your father’s house. List number two — take your son, your only son, the one you love, Isaac. This similarity led me to still others. One of the first, and most obvious, comparisons between the two instances of lekh lekha was that in both, God is sending Abraham on a journey. In the first lekh lekha, God is starting Abraham o…
…replaced by “Adonai” (“my Lord”) when reading or praying aloud, and is sometimes replaced with “HaShem” (“The Name”). It is sometimes symbolized as a hei apostrophe or as a double yud in Hebrew. Another sacred name is the Hebrew equivalent of “Allah” and its variations. This name begins with the letters alef lamed and ends with a consonantal hei, or, in the most common variations, ends with the im or enu suffix. This name is most often translated…
…riteria for the diagnosis and most showed a rapid decline in symptoms over time with less than 2% at four months and 1% at six months. People who study resilience point out that there are a number of factors that can predict how well someone will handle severe trauma. These come from studies of hospitalized survivors of motor vehicle accidents, combat veterans, people who lived through the Los Angeles riots, the Oklahoma City bombings and many oth…
…ften with a story to illustrate the message. Over the course of the school year, the kids would memorize a fair number of these. The sayings she chose reflected her particular take on Judaism, which tended to the ethical rather than the spiritual. In cleaning out her apartment last year, my sister Naomi and I came across some of these sayings, which I’ve brought with me to show you. Some of the pitgamim were easy to memorize and therefore were ver…
…ned a specialty food store in the Five Towns area of Long Island for forty years. She works remotely part time now as a financial professional for a small company, and has already joined the BEKI Kiddush committee. Tema is an avid reader, and Coleman enjoys golf and 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!” Al…
…terests. A Tashlikh Service, a brief “casting of sins” ritual is held each year on Rosh HaShana (New Year) at the Pond. AA Meeting – The We Are Here AA Group met weekly at BEKI from May 1997 to 2007. Open to any person who can benefit from a recovery program, the meeting was held according to standard AA procedure. For information on JACS refer to JACS: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons, and Significant Others. Annual March Against H…
