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…27 Jul Sanctuary Redesign: Accommodating the Needs of Those with Neurodiverse Needs (Zoom) July 27, 2022 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Events Home Page Interior Page A Sanctuary for All: The Sanctuary Redesign Committee is dedicated to creating a welcoming and accessible space for all. We want your help in thinking […] More Info…
…01 Sep Shabbat Schmooze with Rabbi Carl Astor “Structure of High Holiday Liturgy” September 1, 2018 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Home Page Interior Page REVISED – bhh18 Elul Shabbat Shmooze series mid-month July 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…
…08 Sep Shabbat Schmooze with Rabbi Rick Eisenberg “Teshuva and Recovery” September 8, 2018 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Home Page Interior Page REVISED – bhh18 Elul Shabbat Shmooze series mid-month July More Info…
…01 Apr First Fridays at Five-Thirty – Kabbalat Shabbat (in-person) April 1, 2022 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm BEKI Kids page Home Page Interior Page A New Approach to Kabbalat Shabbat. On the first Friday of April, Kabbalat Shabbat services will happen at 5 pm, a more kid-friendly time. Organizer […] More Info…
…18 Aug Shabbat Schmooze with Robin Goldberg “Meditation for the High Holidays” August 18, 2018 12:45 pm – 2:00 pm Home Page Interior Page REVISED – bhh18 Elul Shabbat Shmooze series mid-month July More Info…
…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…
…y to love, but to love with all that we are; with our heart, our body, and spirit. And yet how can we achieve such love if fear is the foundational emotion? In my experience fear doesn’t yield love, it, as Yoda warns, leads to anger and eventually to hatred. On Yom Kippur we read that Hashem is good and does good to all, sinner and saint alike. Depicted is a G‐d with eternal patience for all G‐d’s children, always calling those who have gone astra…
…them, so close that we feel they reflect us, so close that we breathe our spirit into them, then we are sometimes more like the stern judge. And as that stern judge we give tzedaka without hesed, justice without mercy. We set strict limits and threaten stern consequences. Sometimes we have to – that mythical world of only-mercy did not survive. Could not survive. But we have to be very careful about those consequences too – because that other myt…
…ne who rebels [against God],” and Esau, who is the utter antithesis of the spirit of Jewish Civilization. Rashi, who lived some 900 years ago in France, explains Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi’s comment on the first verse of Psalms, “Happy is the one who has not walked in the path of sinners” by saying that this means one who does not “hunt with dogs for sport or entertainment צידת חיה על ידי כלבים וכל מעשיהם לשם שחוק ושמחה” (Talmud Bavli Avoda Zara 18b)….