THE WEEK AT A GLANCE 8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Sunday, 3/17 ~ 10 Adar II 10:00 am Purim Carnival, and Minnie Hyman Ballroom ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Talmud Study, 61C Café, 1839 Murray Avenue Monday, 3/18 ~ 11 Adar II 6:00 pm BSUSY Lounge, Shear Youth Lounge 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Shabbat Shalom! 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 9 Adar II, 5779 Tuesday, 3/19 ~ 12 Adar II 6:00 pm Constitution Committee, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel This week’s parashah is . It is Shabbat Zakhor. 7:30 pm Board of Trustees Meeting, Zweig Library 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:00 am Coffee with the Cantor,Lehman Center Wednesday, 3/20 ~ 13 Adar II 5:45 pm Food for Kids (with RSVP), Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Friday, March 15, 2019 Youth Services 6:30 pm Surprise Musical Performance!, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Fast of Esther (dawn to dusk) 7:00 pm Ma’ariv/Evening Service, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Candle lighting 7:08 pm Erev Purim 7:15 pm Full Megillah Reading, including songs, shtik, costume parade, and more, Saturday Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm 8:30 pm Refreshments, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 10:00-10:30 am - Gym is closed. Helfant Chapel Please meet in the Shear Youth Thursday, 3/21 ~ 14 Adar II Morning Minyan goes to CDS Lounge. Purim 8:00 am Megillah Reading, Community Day School, 6424 Forward Avenue Congregational Shabbat Dinner Sponsored by 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms the Men’s Club and the Sisterhood 7:00 pm Morning Minyan is at CDS. 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel Infant - Kindergarten Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom with Manny Theiner Friday, 3/22 ~ 15 Adar II 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Candle lighting 7:16 pm 6:00 pm Hod veHadar Instrumental Kabbalat Shabbat, Weinberg Pavilion 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3rd floor 6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Shabbat Service, including Justin Horvitz becoming a bar mitzvah, Faye Saturday, March 16, 2019 1st - 4th Grade Saturday, 3/23 ~ 16 Adar II Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Justin Horvitz becomes a bar 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services Havdalah 8:09 p.m. Youth Tefillah mitzvah! 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush Luncheon, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Havdalah 8:17 pm 6:45 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am Eisner Commons, 2nd floor 7:10 pm Discussion / Se’udah Shelishit, Eisner Commons Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:55 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 5th - 6th Grade Shabbat Morning Service 9:30 am Youth Tefillah Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel, 2nd floor Congregational K iddush, sponsored by Yahrzeits FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 16 - 22, 2019 9 - 15 ADAR II, 5779 Lester & Arlene Shapiro in honor of The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there his 66th anniversary of his bar mitzvah, are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here. and by Sanofi Genzyme 12:15 pm Arlene S. Apter Benjamin Halpern Israel Parker Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Joseph Aronson Rose Harris Helen R Parnes Shabbat Shi’ur - Jacob Baker Milton Horn Annie Port 12:45 pm Joseph Braemer Morris Jacobson Jerome Reznick Helfant Chapel Please refrain from using Istvan Brown Rena Lautman Harry Rosen electronic devices in the Paul Brown Dorothy Lerner Harvey James Roth Minhah 6:40 pm synagogue during Shabbat and holidays. Sylvia Riesberg Cazen Andrew S. Levine Jean G. Semins Homestead Hebrew Chapel Thank you. Dora A. Cohen Edward David Levy Elizabeth Steinman Richard A. Cohen David Lichter Solomon Shlomo Suissa Discussion, Se’udah Shelishit, sponsored by the Rose Marie Farhy Milton Meyers Louis J Tracht Men’s Club 7:05 pm Eisner Commons George Gordon Ruth Zionts Morgan Mary Watkins Please look for this symbol inside Ma’ariv 7:50 pm for info on accessible entrances at 5915 BEACON STREET ° PITTSBURGH, PA 15217 ° 412.421.2288 ° BETHSHALOMPGH.ORG Homestead Hebrew Chapel Beth Shalom. SHABBAT SHALOM The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask. 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. I Forget, Who Was ?

All are welcome to the congregational Kiddush in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom This is Shabbat Zakhor, named after the first word of the snippet of Parashat Ki Tetse we read this week as immediately following services, sponsored by Lester & Arlene Shapiro in honor of his 66th the maftir aliyah. It recalls Amalek’s ambush of the tired people of Israel just after we crossed the Y am Suf, the Sea of Reeds. Attacking was a nasty thing to do, and as we learned a few weeks ago Joshua fought back anniversary of his bar mitzvah, and by Sanofi Genzyme. under Moses’ inspiration, with the help of Aaron and Hur, and overcame Amalek but didn’t destroy him. Se’udah Shelishit (Third Meal) this week is sponsored by the Men’s Club. We were then given the interesting commandment to remember what Amalek had done but to wipe out his memory. So Moses built an altar and proclaimed that “The Lord will be at war against Amalek throughout the ages.” Through the years, the story goes, the descendants of Amalek come against us, and we have yet OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY to wipe them out. We haul out this reading each year as a way of fulfilling the commandment, on the Shabbat before Purim, because (the bad guy in the Purim story) was said to be a descendant of Amalek. Purported descendants of Amalek have included the Romans, Hitler, the Stalinists, Torquemada, Condolences to Antiochus, Titus, Hadrian, and so many more. (We must be careful whom we deem an Amalekite, lest we Edward & Kathryn Friedman on the passing of Ed’s brother Jeff Friedman. attack inappropriately.) The Amalekites were people of the Negev and the adjoining desert. Esau and Adah (who was the daughter of Elon the Hittite) had a son named Eliphaz who, although he had a wife bearing him children, decided to have kid with Timna, a non-spousal concubine (Genesis 36:2 et seq.): they had Amalek. (At Genesis 36:12, if it’s not Shabbat, let’s cue the foreboding music.) The Religious Services Committee is looking for a few (more) good people to lead Pesukei According to 1 Samuel 30:1-2, the Amalekites invaded the Negev and Ziklag in the Judean/Philistine border Dezimra and Shaharit on Shabbat mornings. If you would like to join our team of leaders or area during the reign of King . Future King David grabbed back the captives successfully. would like to learn how to lead, please contact Sheldon Catz at [email protected]. In 2 Samuel 1:5-10, we see that an Amalekite killed King Saul after the battle of Mount Gilboa, took his crown and bracelet and took them to David. David gave no positive reward for this; he had him executed. Volunteer to Help with Kiddush! Really, we need YOU! The territory of the Amalekites is mentioned in Genesis 14:7, even though Amalek had not yet been born. Please volunteer to help make the Kiddush happen - setup, cleanup, everything in between. Haman was an Agagite, said to be a descendant of Agag, the Amalekite king (1Samuel 15:8), whom King Saul had spared, thus not fulfilling Samuel’s suggestion that he wipe out the Amalekites. Samuel then killed Please contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected]. Agag, but not before Agag had a child. And 500 years or so later there was Haman. Se’udah Shelishit / Third Shabbat Meal We look forward to your questions. We have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ . Every Shabbat afternoon from now 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 OUR LEADERSHIP havdalah time (check this Bulletin or the website for the schedule). We are seeking sponsors, please! Clergy Executive Committee Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115 To sponsor the a third meal, please contact Ira Frank: 412-281-4064 or [email protected] Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Joe Jolson, Vice President Staff Arlene Shapiro, Vice President Kiddush Sponsorship Ḥazzan Rob Menes, Executive Director, Ext. 226 Mitch Dernis, Treasurer Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush, Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Steve Albert, Secretary contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected] Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 David Horvitz, Past President Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112 Alan Kopolow Kate Kim, Assistant JJEP Director, Ext. 323 Judy Kornblith Kobell Do You Know Your Hebrew Name? Please Write It Down! Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Director of Derekh and Youth Tefillah, Ext. 111 Julian Elbling Hilary Huelsman, Early Learning Center Director, Ext. 390 Do you know your Hebrew Name? Can you spell it in Hebrew? Do you know the names of your relatives, of Auxiliary Presidents those before you and those younger than you? After whom were you named? Do you spell your name the Marissa Tait, Director of Y outh Programming, Ext. 463 Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Ira Frank, Men’s Club same way? Do you need help with this? We are here. Please collect your family’s full Hebrew names Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood and keep them somewhere safe. We can keep them for you, as well. Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 Amallia Rascoe, USY Mimi Maizlech, Receptionist, Ext. Honorary President Ruth Ganz Fargotstein (z”l) LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE Download the app “GroupMe” to your phone, and either go to tinyurl.com/cbspghminyan or read this QR Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street (or Rear Parking Lot Entrance with key) code to join our group. Then, when the minyan is short of ten, you and everybody else on the list will receive Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd floor a notice in GroupMe. If you can come help out, write a message that you’re on your way. It goes Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor out to the whole group, and then everybody knows minyan is covered. Minyans are not automatic; Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor congregants should be there as often as possible. See Ira Frank or Rabbi Adelson with questions. Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue Fund Brunch SHABBAT ZAKHOR - 9 ADAR II 5779 Beth Shalom’s Sisterhood Torah Fund Brunch this year honors PARASHAT VAYIKRA Etz ! Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz Hayim Sunday, April 7, 2019, 10:00 a.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Leviticus 4:27-31 Dave Held 419 599 ראשון 1st S Please join the Sisterhood as we honor Bunny Morris for the Torah Fund Debby Gillman 419 600 4:32-35 שני I Brunch. Bunny, a life time Beth Shalom member, sang in the Women's Choir. 2nd Debby Gillman 420 601 5:1-10 שלישי S The Brunch costs $20/person, a bargain. 3rd Ira Rothstein 421 603 5:11-13 רביעי T This event is being co-chaired by Lynn Hecht and Rhoda Judd. 4th Ira Rothstein 421 603 5:14-16 חמישי E 5th R Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts! Sam Chodosh 422 604 5:17-19 ששי H Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), or by appointment 6th Sam Chodosh 422 604 5:20-26 שביעי O Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677 7th Deut. 25:17-19 Ki Tetse Theo Rothstein 856 1135 מפטיר O March - 30% off Seder and Matzo Items Maftir Samuel 15:2-34 Lester Shapiro 996 1282 1 הפטרה D Haftarah Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss An American Marriage by Tayari Jones on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 7:30 p.m., at Stefi’s house. A summary of this week’s parashah, from Hazzan Rob Menes, For more information, including the address, www.HazzanMenes.info please contact the main office at 412-421-2288. The Book of Leviticus, or Levites, is concerned with the ritual laws and the sacrificial cult. It describes the details of offering sacrifices. The book’s emphasis is is on purity and holiness. Parashat V ayikra introduces Men’s Club Shabbat the main theme of the book, which is sacrifices and other issues related to Israelite worship. In essence, the Saturday, March 30, 9:15 a.m., Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary book is the guide for the Cohanim (Priests) and the Levites (members of the tribe of Levi) who were Special guest Paul Siefken, President & CEO of Fred Rogers Productions. responsible for overseeing the Tabernacle and facilitating the worship of the Israelites. The parashah presents Kiddush luncheon sponsored by the Beth Shalom Men’s Club. the different kinds of sacrifices: the Olah (burnt offering), the Minhah (meal offering), the Zevah Shelamim M C Please consider becoming a sponsor. http://tinyurl.com/MensClubShabbat5779 (peace offering or sacrifice of well-being), the Hattat (sin offering), and the Asham (guilt offering). E L N U ’ B S Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale Megillah Readers Men’s Club 2019 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. Wednesday, March 20, Evening, at Beth Shalom at 7:15 p.m. Drawing every Friday, based on PA Lottery number, starting April 5th. and Thursday, March 21, Morning, at CDS at 8:00 a.m. Tickets must be paid to win! Chance to win twice each week through November. The final event will be in December 2019. Opening blessings and Chapter 1: Rabbi Jonathan Perlman Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or [email protected]. Chapter 2: Rose Eilenberg Chapter 3: Beth Kisseleff Chapter 4: CDS students PURIM IN SPACE - Purim Carnival Chapter 5: Dori Catz (evening); Sheldon Catz (morning) Y O Sunday, March 17, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Chapter 6: Elana Kolko (verses 1-7); Ed Frim (verses 8-14) Chapter 7: CDS students U Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom T Chapter 8: Jonathan Weinkle (evening); Ed Frim (morning) H For just $10 each enjoy lunch, games, and crafts! Chapter 9: Shuli Dernis Chapter 10 and closing blessing: Mayan Harris-Gershon (evening); Rabbi Amy Bardack (morning) UPCOMING EVENTS For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website. Next Session - May 11th. Formerly the Learners’ Service, we meet at 10:30 a.m., in Weinberg Pavilion. Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for Check the calendar on our website for daily event information all ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to the veterans. We seek meaning at http://www.bethshalompgh.org behind the words, and personal connections within tefillah. Free; all are welcome. This year’s theme is “Goals of Tefillah.” May’s topic is “Mindfulness.” THIS SHABBAT! Saturday, March 16th, 12:45 a.m. Join Aviva Rosenberg for a Shabbat shi’ur after kiddush! It is estimated that one in five Ashkenazic Jews is a carrier of a mutation in at least one of 20 rare disease genes. This event is free to attend. Coffee with the Cantor - a stimulating discussion group led by our Executive Director, Hazzan (Cantor) Rob Menes. Discussing "Jewish Influence in the Secular World." We ask the question, how has Judaism affected the non-Jewish world? Although some of the discussion will look at historical Wednesday, March 20 influences, much of the time will be spent on current interactions. 5:45 p.m. - Food for Kids (by prior RSVP) - Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Coffee provided! Every Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. - Surprise Musical Performance! - Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary in the Lehman Center. Signup not required. 7:00 p.m. - Ma’ariv/Everning Service - Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 7:15 p.m. - Full Megillah Reading, including songs, shtik, costume parade, and more! - Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 8:30 p.m. - Refreshments - Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom Thursday, March 21 8:00 a.m.—Megillah Reading at Community Day School, 6424 Forward Avenue Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Adelson! 12:30 p.m. - ELC All-School Family Celebration - Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Next sessions are April 2 Downtown / April 9 at Beth Shalom Topic this year: “Jewish Law for Today: Five Key Teshuvot of the Conservative Movement.” This session will cover “Homosexuality, Human Dignity, and Halakhah” Ever wonder why you don’t have to park three blocks away from a Conservative synagogue on Shabbat? Or whether your rabbi can marry a gay couple? The Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards Sunday, March 24th, 10:00 a.m. has been reviewing contemporary halakhic issues for the Conservative movement for over 90 years. You should get to Idra Novey will speak about her book Those Who Knew. know these teshuvot. Downtown sessions graciously hosted by David Horvitz at 535 Smithfield Street, Free and open to the public. A book signing will follow. Suite 800. Further information at www.BethShalomPgh.org/Lunch-and-Learn/ RSVPs or questions to [email protected]

Saturday, April 20, 6:00 p.m., in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom. Mondays, March 4, 11, 18, 7:00-8:00 p.m., “Because We Were Strangers in Egypt…” at Hebrew Free Loan, 4307 Murray Avenue. Register online at https://tinyurl.com/CBSPesah5779 . We all know Jewish tradition instructs us to give tzedakah. But how? And what do our texts say about receiving? Rabbi Jeremy Markiz in collaboration with JFunds. RSVP appreciated: https://tinyurl.com/jfunds .

Join our Civil Rights Journey adventure through the American South, May 19-21, 2019! American/civil rights history in an intimate and powerful journey, visiting Atlanta, Montgomery, Selma, and Birmingham. Anticipated cost about $800 plus airfare. Participation is limited; sign up now! http://bethshalompgh.org/civilrights/ Congregational members are invited to stop in for an Open Meeting of the Beth Shalom Nominating Committee on March 31 from 10:30-noon in the Eisner Commons. This is an opportunity for members to make suggestions and offer names of potential candidates for the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees. Every Monday morning at 9:15 a.m. at the 61C Café Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns If you are unable to attend, please feel free to email the Co-Chairs, Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out Connie Pollack [email protected] or Helen Feder [email protected] the Jewish calendar. Find it online at: https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.6b. with your suggestions or recommendations.