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85 Harrison Street, New Haven, CT 06515-1724 | P: 203.389.2108 | office@beki.org
…11 Apr Kadima at Adventure Park April 11, 2021 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page April 11 from 3-6 pm, BEKI Kadima is going climbing at the Adventure Park at the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport! Explore the park’s aerial trails […] More Info…
…y years ago, through attendance at daily minyan, and I fondly remember his round, smiling face and his warm, friendly manner. It turns out he remembered BEKI fondly, too — fondly and generously. Given my love for this community and my shared responsibility for safeguarding its future, I am deeply grateful that Marvin — who supported the shul during his lifetime — continues to do so after his passing. Rabbi Tilsen commented, People like Marvin Miss…
…and Talks. Shabbat Divrei Torah are presented every Saturday morning year-round at about 11a during services as a teaching discussion about the weekly Torah portion. Tikun Leyl Shavuot night of adult study is held annually on the first night of the Shavuot Festival during the summer. Elm City Kallah, a collaboration of the three congregations to bring exceptional Jewish programming to New Haven, features a guest speaker each year. Visiting sch…
…plane, so that they can be distinguished from each other. This precludes a round Hanukia, but you don’t have to use a micron ruler to make sure your candles line up. The point is that the flames should be distinguishable from each other at the normal viewing angle. Second, the shamash must also be separate and distinguishable, and preferably higher than the others, because that is the one we use for seeing in the dark. We are not permitted to use…
…30 Aug Baking Challah with Rachel Greenberg August 30, 2023 6:00 pm Events Learn to make stuffed, round challah! Space is limited, so please RSVP to the BEKI office or Jennifer Myer (jennifer.myer@yale.edu) More Info…
…Applies year-round except for Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur. Service Place Time Friday Afternoon & Evening Kabbalat Shabbat Chapel Fridays, 6:00p – 7:00p Saturday Morning Shaḥarit & Musaf Sanctuary Weekly, 9:15a – Noon Children’s Ḥavura (Preschoolers) Youth Room Weekly, 11:00a – 11:45a K-2 Kehila (Grades K-2) Classroom 6 Weekly, 11:00a – 11:45a Junior Congregation Beit Midrash Weekly, 11:00a – 11:45a Snow & Emergency Info…
…d and his brothers left the card table with $50 or $100 less than they came with, they still felt like winners. They knew that even if they did not win the money back at the next round, they were helping their brother and sister in a very real way, and they knew that it was eminently worth it. © Jon-Jay Tilsen…
…Isaiah are contained in the first 39 chapters. Most of the rest, written around 550 BCE, were poems designed to rebuild the faith of the exiles in Babylonia. Today’s haftorah is chapter 60, one of the final three chapters. It was written towards the end of the century and foretells the return of the Jewish people to their homes in Palestine. To understand Isaiah better, imagine for a moment what it must have been like to have been forcibly taken…
…cities of Greece, and even twentieth century America? Surveying the large number of works in the BEKI collection entitled “Rabbi_,” the BEKI Art Committee began discussing how best to present this work in an exhibition. Among ourselves, we called this the “Rabbi Show,” although there is nothing in the artworks themselves to signify that these are rabbis, rather than ordinary men who have been given the honor of holding the Torah. As Jewish artist…
…familiar symbolic images embedded as decorative elements. “All That Remains” will next be presented at the Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA, in October 2020. The works in this show include images from each of these series. In this retrospective of her work, a number of works in private collections are represented by photographic reproductions, thus providing context for the entirety of exhibition. for more information and for purchasing wor…
