Erev Sukkot - Sunday, October 13, 2019

Candle lighting 6:24 p.m.

Sukkot Evening Service 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Sukkot, Monday, October 14, 2019

Congregational K iddush 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Shabbat Morning Service, with guest darshan Rev. Tim Smith of Center of Life, Hazelwood 9:30 am

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Havdalah 7:25 p.m.

Shabbat Shalom! Hag Sameah! 13 Tishrei, 5780

This week’s parashah is Ha’azinu.

Sunday, 10/13 ~ 14 Tishrei Erev Sukkot Candle Lighting 6:24 p.m.

8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:00 pm Sukkot Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 6:30 pm BSUSY/Kadima Sukkah Hop, Various 7:00 pm Congregational Sukkot Dinner, Sukkah

Monday, 10/14 ~ 15 Tishrei Sukkot, Day 1 Columbus Day Office is closed. Candle Lighting 7:22 p.m.

6:30 am Sukkot Early Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:00 am Sukkot Morning Service, including Lulav & Etrog procession, Faye Rubenstein

Weiss Sanctuary 12:00 pm Kiddush Luncheon, sponsored by Bernice & Jack Meyers for Bernice’s birth-

day, Sukkah / Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom 6:00 pm Sukkot Evening Service, Helfant Chapel

Tuesday, 10/15 ~ 16 Tishrei Sukkot, Day 2 Office is closed. No J-JEP. Havdalah 7:21 p.m.

6:30 am Sukkot Early Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:00 am Sukkot Morning Service, including Lulav & Etrog procession, Samuel and Minnie

Hyman Ballroom 12:00 pm Congregational Kiddush, Sukkah / Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom 6:35 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel

Wednesday, 10/16 ~ 17 Tishrei Sukkot, Day 3

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:00 am Life and Text: Weekly Parashah Study, Lehman Center 6:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Men’s Club Scotch in the Sukkah, Sukkah

Thursday, 10/17 ~ 18 Tishrei

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Beth Shalom Classrooms 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Board of Trustees Meeting, Zweig Library

Friday, 10/18 ~ 19 Tishrei Candle lighting 6:16 pm

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:00 pm Teen-Led Congregational Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel

Saturday, 10/19 ~ 20 Tishrei Oren Gilboa becomes a bar

mitzvah Havdalah 7:15 pm

6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Shabbat Morning Service, including Oren Gilboa becoming a bar mitzvah, Faye

Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush Luncheon sponsored by Arlyn Gilboa in honor of

grandson Oren becoming a bar mitzvah, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 5:45 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:10 pm Se’udah Shelishit, in the Sukkah 6:55 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:30 pm Wine & Wisdom, Sukkah

ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Please look for this symbol inside for info on accessible entrances at Beth Shalom.

THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 12 - 18, 2019 13 - 19 TISHREI, 5780 Yahrzeits

Leslie Ackner Julius Axelrod Kalman Ayzman Jacob Bennett Louis Blumenfeld Adolph M. Blumenfeld Joseph Bowytz Freda K. Unikel Bregman Elliot Brodie Gertrude Brown Ralph Cherner Jeannette Feldstein Anna Finegold Fannie Finesilver Laura Fletcher Abraham Frankenstein

Esther Garber Frida Gluzman Morton Goldman Marie Golitz Sylvia Greenberg Sara Halpern Louis Hamburg Rebecca Herman Joseph Herskovitz Jerome Hockhauser Henry O. Israel David Izenson Samuel W. Jubelirer Harry Kanner Ada Kaufman Irving Kobell

Philip Kodinsky Annie Kotler Sadie Mates Krukoff Leonard S. Lang Arnold L. Lehman Hyman Levy Harold M. Lewis Selma Lewis Peter Lyubomirsky Daniel L. Mandelblatt Joseph Mazur Celia Miller Rachel Neustein Harry Pearl Phyllis Stewart Pittler Mildred Plack

Jacob Raffel Nettie S. Reuben Richard Rice Richard Rosen Herbert N. Rosenberg Bella Rosenblatt Benjamin Rosenshine Florence S. Roth Louis Sachs Rabbi Jay David Sales Miriam F. Schwartz Joseph Scott Milton Selkovits Morton Charles Sevel Alina Sheykhet Valery Sheykhet

Georgiana R. Sidlow Jack Simon Mary Sklar Louis R. Stanton Doris F. Stein Betsy Stein Rae Stevenson Bella Tachna Jacob Weinberg Lillian F. Wolk Anna Young Samuel S. Zelkowitz

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Please refrain from using electronic devices in the

synagogue during Shabbat and holidays. Thank you.

The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here.

Youth Services

Saturday

10:00-10:30 am - Meet in the Shear Youth Lounge.

Toddler - Pre-K with Manny Theiner

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3rd floor

Mini-Minyan, Pre-K - 2nd Grade Youth Tefillah

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel, 2nd floor

3rd - 5th Grade Youth Tefillah

10:30 am - 12:00 pm Youth Lounge, 4th floor

Friday, October 11, 2019

Candle lighting 6:27 p.m.

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Minhah, Discussion, Ma’ariv 6:25 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Sukkot Morning Service, Lulav & Etrog procession 9:00 am Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

Sukkot Evening Service 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Congregational Dinner 7:00 pm In the Sukkah

Shabbat Shi’ur, Rabbi Larry Freedman 12:45 pm

Helfant Chapel

Early Morning Sukkot Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Sukkot, Tuesday,

October 15, 2019

Sukkot Morning Service, Lulav & Etrog procession 9:00 am

Sukkah / Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Sukkot Evening Service 6:35 pm Helfant Chapel

Early Morning Sukkot Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Congregational K iddush Luncheon, sponsored by Bernice & Jack Meyers for Bernice’s birthday 12:15 pm

Sukkah / Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Congregational K iddush 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask.

Why Is It Called a “Fast” When It Goes by So Slowly?

As fasting is so recently on our minds, when we received this question our inquiring mind wanted to know.

The word “fast” is interesting. It can also mean moving quickly or even not moving at all (fixed in place)!

Incidentally, when a word has two diametrically opposed meanings, the two word/meanings are called “auto-

antonyms” or “contranyms.” We see such a word in Tanakh frequently: “cleave.” But again we have

digressed from the question at hand.

The origin of the word “fast” is Germanic: fastuz, which meant “firm.” The word “fasten” also comes from

it. As the word entered Old English (fæst), it meant “firmly fixed.” Think of color-fast or fast asleep. (The

speedy sense came around the 1550s in the form of a verb which included the sense of determination and

diligence.)

According to sources, the meaning of abstinence from food appeared around the 8th century, still in Old

English (fæston), which seems to have developed parallel to the Gothic fastan (to keep, observe, which is much like our לשמור) and it was based in religion. (You knew I’d get around to religion!) The sense then

was holding fast to a commitment, such as during Lent in the Christian tradition. Thus a verb was born of an

adverb - holding fast became fasting.

Prior predecessor words may be found in Old Norse fastr, Old Frisian fest, and Dutch vast. There may have

been many more permutations in the word’s history. There is also of course “fast living” from around 1745,

and clocks were first said to run “fast” around 1840.

While we are fasting, however, the clocks seem to run slowly.

We look forward to your questions. We have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ .

Thank You, Ushers and Greeters!

Huge thanks to Ira Frank and our Ushers and Greeters for the High Holidays, who plan for months to make certain everything runs smoothly.

Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our Shabbat Services. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

All are welcome to the congregational kiddush, immediately following services in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

SHABBAT SHALOM

Kiddush Sponsorship

Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush, contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or catering1@bethshalompgh.org

Se’udah Shelishit / Third Shabbat Meal

Every Shabbat afternoon from Sept. 19 until Pesah, we dine together at se’udah shelishit (the third Shabbat meal). Free to attend; all are welcome. We meet in the Eisner Commons, starting one and a half hours before

havdalah time (check this Bulletin or the website for the schedule). We are seeking sponsors, please!

To sponsor the a third meal, please contact Ira Frank: 412-281-4064 or natfabira@juno.com

LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street (or Rear Parking Lot Entrance with key) Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd floor Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 4th floor Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue

Volunteer to Help with Kiddush! Really, we need YOU!

Please volunteer to help make the Kiddush - setup, cleanup, everything in between. Please contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or catering1@bethshalompgh.org.

The Sisterhood for the bimah flowers in our praying spaces.

Thank You to

Family and friends of member Geraldine Harris (z”l) on her passing on October 4th.

Reva & Stanley Horn on the passing of brother -in-law Dr. Joel H. Merenstein on September 27th.

Condolences to

OUR LEADERSHIP Clergy Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115 Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Director of Derekh and Y outh Tefillah, Ext. 111

Executive Committee Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Kate Rothstein, Executive V ice President Alan Kopolow, Vice President Jordan Fischbach, Vice President Fred Newman, Treasurer Dan Eisner, Secretary David Horvitz, Past President

Staff Ken Turkewitz, Interim Executive Director, Ext. 226 Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112 Rabbi Larry Freedman, J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Kate Kim, Assistant J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Hilary Huelsmann, Early Learning Center Director, Ext. 390 Marissa Tait, Director of Y outh Programming, Ext. 463 Ethan Einhorn, Kadima Y outh Advisor Adi Kadosh, BSUSY Youth Advisor Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 Tika Bonner, Receptionist, Ext. 114

Auxiliary Presidents Ira Frank, Men’s Club Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Elana Kolko, USY

Honorary President Ruth Ganz Fargotstein (z”l)

Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our Sukkot Services.

All are welcome to the congregational kiddush luncheon sponsored by Bernice & Jack

Meyers in honor of Bernice’s birthday, following services on Monday, October 14.

All are welcome also to the congregational kiddush on Tuesday, October 15.

SUKKOT

Thank You, Religious Services Committee!

Many thanks to Sheldon Catz and our Religious Services Committee for planning, distributing, and collating the honors for the High Holidays, and for making certain everything runs smoothly.

We read the full keriah, the whole parashah, even if we generally do triennial readings. Note that taking the first letter of

each of the first six aliyot yields הזי''ו ל''ך, which mnemonic was designated in the Talmud as being the mandatory

division for the aliyot.

Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz

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Hayim

1st ראשון Deut. 32:1-6 Brenda Kurland 896 1185

2nd 32:7-12 שני Brenda Kurland 897 1186

3rd 32:13-18 שלישי Mitch Dernis 898 1187

4th 32:19-28 רביעי Mitch Dernis 899 1189

5th 32:29-39 חמישי Mitch Dernis 900 1190

6th 32:40-43 ששי Mitch Dernis 901 1192

7th 32:44-52 שביעי Mitch Dernis 902 1193

Maftir 32:48-52 מפטיר Mitch Dernis 903 1194

Haftarah 2 הפטרה Samuel 22:1-51 Lidush Goldschmidt 904 1196

SHABBAT - 13 TISHREI 5779

PARASHAT HA’AZINU

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Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss Bridge of Clay by Markus Zuzak

Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at 7:30 p.m., at Marlene’s house.

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Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale

Men’s Club 2019 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. Drawing every Friday, based on PA Lottery number.

Tickets must be paid to win! Chance to win twice each week through November. The final event will be held on December 7, 2019.

Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or natfabira@juno.com.

Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts!

Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), or by appointment

Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677 September - 30% off apple & honey plates and honey jars

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BSUSY & Kadima Sukkah Hop

6th - 12th graders will “hop” from sukkah to sukkah eating great food and playing games. Sunday, October 13, free. Address given upon RSVP to Marissa at

youthdirector@bethshalompgh.org.

Commemorative Havdalah Service, Program

Saturday, October 26, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at Beth Shalom. Come together as one community, one voice, and one heart in a commemorative

Havdalah Service and Program. All Pittsburgh teens 6th—12th grades welcome.

RSVPs are encouraged but not mandatory. RSVP by October 11 to receive a t-shirt.

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/PittsburghOct26

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High Holiday Food Drive - JFCS Food Pantry

Please donate unopened, unexpired items in cans, boxes, packages, etc. Please no glass jars or bottles. Either deliver to 828 Hazelwood Ave. in Greenfield M-F 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. or use the paper bags provided at Beth Shalom, which will be picked up from the Yecies Conference

Room window sill at Beth Shalom at the end of October.

Scotch in the Sukkah

Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 p.m., in the Sukkah!

Fun and open to everyone over 21. Sing, eat, and drink in the Beth Shalom sukkah!

Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz Etz Hayim

1st ראשון Leviticus 22:26 - 23:3 Ilanit Helfand 518 723

2nd 23:4-14 שני Ilanit Helfand 520 725

3rd 23:15-22 שלישי Ilanit Helfand 521 726

4th 23:23-32 רביעי Irene Kaplow 522 727

5th 23:33-44 חמישי Irene Kaplow 524 729

Maftir מפטיר Numbers 29:12-16 Tammy Hepps 697 934

Haftarah הפטרה Zechariah 14:1-21 Bernice Meyers 972 1252

SUKKOT DAY 1 - 15 TISHREI 5779

Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz Etz Hayim

1st ראשון Leviticus 22:26 - 23:3 Ilanit Helfand 518 723

2nd 23:4-14 שני Ilanit Helfand 520 725

3rd 23:15-22 שלישי Ilanit Helfand 521 726

4th 23:23-32 רביעי Irene Kaplow 522 727

5th 23:33-44 חמישי Irene Kaplow 524 729

Maftir מפטיר Numbers 29:12-16 Tammy Hepps 697 934

Haftarah הפטרה Kings 8:2-21 Tammy Hepps 972 1256

SUKKOT DAY 2 - 16 TISHREI 5779

Monday mornings at 9:15 a.m. in Lehman Center Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out

the Jewish calendar. If you'd like to join the Talmud Class Google Group, follow this link: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/talmudcbs

UPCOMING EVENTS For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website.

Check the calendar on our website for daily event information at http://www.bethshalompgh.org

One of the features of this event will be a playbill distributed that evening. This playbill will include a dedication to our honorary chairs Nancy and Leon Zionts, many congratulatory

messages from our congregants and community, and the opportunity for businesses in the city of Pittsburgh and the surrounding towns to advertise in it.

Please show your support by placing a special advertisement, either personally or an ad for your business in the playbill.

We look forward to receiving your ad by November 1, 2019.

Please show your support by placing a special greeting in the playbill. We look forward to receiving your greeting by October 18, 2019 or sooner.

Please call Steve Schwartz, playbill chairperson, at 412-765-3400 or email him at steve@ssapgh.com with any questions.

11:00 a.m. Wednesdays, beginning October 16th Bring the parashah alive and make it personally relevant and

meaningful with Rabbi Mark Goodman!

Textual Analysis: Sundays at 8:30 p.m. Torah & Modern Life: Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. Dig into the language of the parashah A wide-ranging discussion on how Torah And unpack a difficult section of Torah. affects our modern life, beliefs, and practice.

Join these lay-led discussion groups! All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge required. Interested in either or both? Contact derekhCBS@gmail.com

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Remember. Repair. Together.

Our friends at the Jewish Family & Community Services remind us of the

commemorative day of service, study, and community planned for this October 27th. Learn more at https://PittsburghOct27.org.

Sunday, November 3, 2019, 10:00 a.m. in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Honoring:

$28 per person. Please RSVP by Sunday, October 27, 2019. Please sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/BethShalomVolunteers2019

Bruce Rollman

Lester A. Hamburg Member of the Year Award

Ira Frank Nathan E. Snader Distinguished

Service Award

Shoshanna Barnett Ethel and Bernard M. Halpern Young

Leadership Award

Adam Kolko Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle Volunteers

of the Year Award