THE WEEK AT A GLANCE 8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, Sunday, 9/22 ~ 22 Elul 9:00 am Beth Shalom Cemetery Open House, 1501 Anderson Road, Shaler Twp. 9:30 am J-JEP, Rodef Shalom LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH Shofar blowing at the end of 10:00 am Catering Committee, Lehman Center morning minyan Sunday 10:00 am Homestead Cemetery Open House, 107 Bellwood Road, West Mifflin through Friday this month, 12:00 pm Exceptional People Luncheon, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom sometimes duets! 1:30 pm Rosh Hashanah Apple Picking, Soergel Orchards, 2573 Brandt School Road 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel Shalom! 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 21 Elul, 5779 9:15 am Talmud Study, Lehman Center Monday, 9/23 ~ 23 Elul 6:00 pm Lounge, Shear Youth Lounge This week’s parashah is Ki Tavo. 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Beth Shalom Classrooms Friday, September 20, 2019 Youth Services Tuesday, 9/24 ~ 24 Elul 6:00 pm Na’amat Dinner Honoring Ira Frank, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Candle lighting 7:01 p.m. 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel Saturday 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Wednesday, 9/25 ~ 25 Elul 4:15 pm J-JEP, Rodef Shalom Classrooms Helfant Chapel 10:00-10:30 am - Meet in ELC Pictures Day 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Important Mandatory High Holidays Usher/Greeter Training, Eisner Commons the Shear Youth Lounge. 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Saturday, September 21, 2019 Thursday, 9/26 ~ 26 Elul 4:15 pm J-JEP, Beth Shalom Classrooms Toddler - Pre-K ELC Pictures Day 7:00 pm Evening Service, HOMESTEAD HEBREW Chapel Havdalah 8:00 p.m. 7:30 pm Important Mandatory High Holidays Usher/Greeter Training, Eisner Commons with Manny Theiner 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Friday, 9/27 ~ 27 Elul 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am rd Candle lighting 6:50 pm 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel Homestead Hebrew Chapel Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3 floor 6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel Shabbat Morning Service 9:30 am nd Saturday, 9/28 ~ 28 Elul 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Mini-Minyan, Pre-K - 2 Grade 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Youth Tefillah Havdalah 7:48 pm 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Congregational K iddush 12:15 pm 11:15 am - 12:00 pm 6:50 pm Minhah, Discussion, Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel nd Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Homestead Hebrew Chapel, 2 floor Shabbat Shi’ur - Rabbi Danielle Leshaw 12:45 pm Helfant Chapel 3rd - 5th Grade Yahrzeits FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 21 - 27, 2019 21 - 27 ELUL, 5779 Minhah 7:00 pm Youth Tefillah The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 10:30 am - 12:00 pm are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here. Youth Lounge, 4th floor Janet Abels Alla Egoudina Clara Josephs Frances Newman Rella Silverman Brief Shabbat Study Session 7:30 pm Bess Young Abrams Clarence A. Eisner Morris Katz Abe D. Nowling Morton S. Silverman Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Julius Altshuler Morton Fiedler Allen M. Kaufman Rose L. Nowling Harry A. Simons Helen R. Amdur Aaron Finegold Ethel Kleiman Rose Podolsky Albert A. Slutsky Ma’ariv 7:45 pm Anna Amdur Eva S. Friedman Lee Kleinerman William Price Mollie Smith Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Leo Americus Anna M. Ginsburg Morris Kovinow Edward Rabinovich Pearl Sherman Stahl Milton A. Banov Meyer B. Glass Max Leff Irvin Radbord Saul Stein Mata Barach Jack Glasser Ernest Lembersky Freda Rapport Ruth D. Tevelin Saturday Night, September 21, 2019 Ida Bardin Oscar Goldberg Albert D. Levenreich Lillian Rapport Ralph Tisherman Dorothy Belsky Fred Goldring Louis Levinson Harry Arthur Rubin Rose Vogel Leil Selihot — Community Programming Please refrain from using Irene Slayton Benson Elka Goldstein Nathan Levith Mary Sachnoff Pamela Gordon Wedner electronic devices in the Selma Berger Goldye Greenberger Harry Loikrec Thelma Schiffman Donald L. Wise Havdalah, immediately followed by Community synagogue during Shabbat Isadore Berkowitz Clifford M. Grobstein Harry Lubin Frank Schoenfeld Selihot Program, “Opening Up the High Holidays” 8:00 pm and holidays. Lev Y. Bogorad Beatrice Grumet Max Lumelsky Bella Kluger Schwartz Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Thank you. Fannie Broida Halpern Gerald Marcus Irene L. Schwartz Jann Carole Childs Morris Hoffman Shirley Meyers Eva Shatten Brief Break for Refreshments 9:00 pm Cecelia Cimerman Hyman Hoffman Roman Moiseevich Roman Shurin Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Kip Michael Cohen Elma Huttner Bennie Neiman Morris Sigman Please look for this symbol inside Lena Edelson Sadie Jacobs Norma Neufeld Goldie Silverman Community Selihot Service 9:15 pm for info on accessible entrances at 5915 BEACON STREET ° PITTSBURGH, PA 15217 ° 412.421.2288 ° BETHSHALOMPGH.ORG Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Beth Shalom. SHABBAT SHALOM Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask.

Shabbat Services. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Did Your Berit Milah Fall in the Middle of a Paragraph?

All are welcome to the congregational Kiddush, immediately following services in the Our praying spaces were graced this past Monday by the berit milah ceremony of the son of Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom. Carolyn Slayton & Seth Glick, a wonderful, happy occasion. (Mazal tov to the family!) The ceremony took place in the late afternoon, and it was beautiful. Turns out that most ritual circumcisions are planned for the morning simply because it is a positive time-bound mitzvah to be OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY performed on the eighth day: if possible and practical (taking into account availability of the mohel) such joy should not be delayed. And had the mohel arrived too late for the eighth day (due Mazal Tov to to traffic)? Nothing bad would happen, but the boy would still need to be circumcised ASAP. David Sufrin upon receiving the Sonia & Aaron Levinson Community Relations Discussion also arose whether the sandak (sometimes sandek), the person who holds the baby Award from the of Greater Pittsburgh, for demonstrated leadership during the surgical transaction, is also considered to be the godparent of the baby. Actually, not so advancing intergroup relations in harmony with the Jewish ideals of social justice. much. Serving as sandak is a high honor. The Kabbalists even attributed atoning qualities to the likely derives from the Greek “syndikos,” “patron,” or (סַ נְדָּ ק) service. The word sandak Deborah & David Baron on the engagement of their daughter Marissa Baron to “synteknos,” “companion of the father.” Another term for the person so serving is ba’al berit Sidney Mahan, son of Christina & Michael Mahan of Black River Falls, WI. milah. The job, however, of godparent, of being there for the kiddo should anything untoward happen to the parents, is mostly considered a different transaction entirely. Ushers & Greeters - Please Plan to Attend Mandatory Training Most notably and in addition, your correspondent learned from Rabbi Adelson that there is a All those who are volunteering to serve as Ushers and Greeters for the High Holidays, please tradition (I am looking for someone other than him who has witnessed this) of celebrating the berit mark your calendar to attend one of the two mandatory training sessions this coming week! milah at the point in the morning service at which we read that “You, God, chose Avram, took him Wednesday, September 25, at 7:30 p.m., or Thursday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m. out of Ur, changed his name to Abraham, and found him faithful” …. BOOM, THE BRIS …. Please contact Ira Frank at 412-281-4064 or [email protected]. “and You made a covenant with him,” etc. In our prayer books there is a slight separation as if there is a new paragraph, but the sentence is a continuation of the verse Nehemiah 9:8. (See page High Holiday Honors 142 of Siddur Lev Shalem.) The service would simply stop, and then continue on when the new covenant had been made. If you have received a letter offering you an honor during Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur services this year and have not yet responded, please do so as soon as you can. This may be done by returning We look forward to your questions. We have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ . your response form included in the letter, or by emailing or calling the Rabbi’s Assistant at [email protected] or 412-421-2288 x112. Thank you very much. Clergy OUR LEADERSHIP Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115 Executive Committee Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 The Religious Services Committee is looking for a few (more) good people to lead services! Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Director of Derekh and Youth Tefillah, Ext. 111 Kate Rothstein, Executive Vice President If you would like to join our team of leaders or would like to learn how to lead, please Staff Alan Kopolow, Vice President contact Sheldon Catz at [email protected]. Ken Turkewitz, Interim Executive Director, Ext. 226 Jordan Fischbach, Vice President Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Fred Newman, Treasurer Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 Dan Eisner, Secretary Volunteer to Help with Kiddush! Really, we need YOU! Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112 David Horvitz, Past President Please volunteer to help make the Kiddush - setup, cleanup, everything in between. Rabbi Larry Freedman, J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Kate Kim, Assistant J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 We all like Kiddush, please help make it happen! Hilary Huelsmann, Early Learning Center Director, Ext. 390 Auxiliary Presidents Please contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected]. Marissa Tait, Director of Y outh Programming, Ext. 463 Ira Frank, Men’s Club Ethan Einhorn, Kadima Youth Advisor Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Kiddush Sponsorship Adi Kadosh, BSUSY Youth Advisor Elana Kolko, USY Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush, Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 Honorary President contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected] Tika Bonner, Receptionist, Ext. 114 Ruth Ganz Fargotstein (z”l) Do You Know Your Hebrew Name? Please Write It Down! LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street (or Rear Parking Lot Entrance with key) Do you know your Hebrew Name? Can you spell it in Hebrew? Do you know the names of your relatives, of Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd floor those before you and those younger than you? After whom were you named? Do you spell your name the Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd floor same way? Do you need help with this? We are here. Please collect your family’s full Hebrew names Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 4th floor and keep them somewhere safe. We can keep them for you, as well. Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue

Sisterhood Potluck SHABBAT - 21 ELUL 5779 PARASHAT KI TAVO Please join us for a potluck vegetarian/dairy dinner meeting at the home of Judy Kobell, Thursday, September 26, at 6:30 p.m. Etz 2758 Mount Royal Road Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz Hayim What to bring? If your last name begins with Deut. 27:11 - 28:3 Ilanit Helfand 864 1146 ראשון 1st A-L - Salad M-P - Appetizer Q-Z - Dessert Ilanit Helfand 865 1149 28:4-6 שני A main course of vegetarian/dairy lasagna will be provided. 2nd Please RSVP to Judy Kobell at [email protected] or 412-422-3226. Ilanit Helfand 866 1149 28:7-11 שלישי 3rd Ilanit Helfand 866 1150 28:12-14 רביעי 4th Ilanit Helfand 866 1150 *28:15-69 חמישי Sisterhood 2019 Bake Sale 5th Ilanit Helfand 872 1158 29:1-5 ששי 6th Ilanit Helfand 873 1159 29:6-8 שביעי S PLEASE REMEMBER TO PICK UP YOUR ORDERS! 7th I Orders must be picked up in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Ilanit Helfand 873 1159 29:6-8 מפטיר S Maftir Isaiah 60:1-22 Ira Rothstein 874 1161 הפטרה T on Friday, September 27, Haftarah E R *Tokhehah, the verses of rebuke and warning. This section is chanted in a subdued voice, except verses 7-14 and 69. H O Sisterhood Book Club A Point of Information O Eleven months have passed since the shooting, marked on September 18th. This year, 5779, is a The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss leap year, thus containing 13 months. So the eleven months has been observed two months prior D Bridge of Clay by Markus Zuzak to the yahrzeit, which will be observed collectively on Heshvan 18, November 16, 2019. Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at 7:30 p.m., at Marlene’s house.

This captivating painting by Rochelle Blumenfeld, artist and member of Congregation Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts! Beth Shalom, now graces the Palkovitz Lobby, on loan. The artist says: Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), I knew the families of many of the people killed. I wanted to create a painting that would or by appointment resonate with the whole community, who are so very devastated by this horrible event. These Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677 people were in a synagogue, praying for all September - 30% off apple & honey plates and honey jars people. They came with love, peace, and the right to worship. I hope that the Yahrzeit paint- ing of the eleven candles will be an image that will bring back memories of times with them. The prayer “We Remember Them” written by M C Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale Rabbi Sylvan Kamens and Rabbi Jack Riemer speaks of these losses. This painting reflects my E L Men’s Club 2019 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. N U Drawing every Friday, based on PA Lottery number. sadness as represented by darkness at the bottom ’ B Tickets must be paid to win! Chance to win twice each week through November. and my hope as it lightens toward the top. S The final event will be held on December 7, 2019. Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or [email protected]. We all thank Ms. Blumenfeld very much.

UPCOMING EVENTS This Shabbat’s session is the third and final installment, at 12:45 p.m. For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website. Rabbi Danielle Leshaw will lead discussions on several Check the calendar on our website for daily event information rebellion narratives within the Book of Numbers. at http://www.bethshalompgh.org We’ll study prominent themes that surface in these texts: religious authority, entering the land of Israel, God’s (im)perfect Torah, and communal obligation. Rabbi Leshaw is a Senior Edu- cator and Campus Support Director at Hillel International. This event is free! If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Chris Hall at [email protected]. Saturday, September 21, 2019 - the Community Joins Congregation Beth Shalom 7:00 p.m...... Minhah 7:30 p.m...... Brief Shabbat study session Monday mornings at 9:15 a.m. in Lehman Center Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns 7:45 p.m...... Ma’ariv Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out 8:00 p.m...... Havdalah, immediately followed by community Selihot program the Jewish calendar. If you'd like to join the Talmud Class Google Group, Opening Up the High Holidays: as a community, follow this link: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/talmudcbs we will seek meaning in the words of High Holiday services. 9:00 p.m...... Brief break for refreshments 9:15 p.m...... Selihot service 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. It is time to order your Lulav & Etrog sets! All Pittsburgh teens 6th—12th grades welcome. By bringing together the Arba’at HaMinim - the four species of Sukkot - we cultivate RSVPs are encouraged but not mandatory. a sense of gratitude in this festive season. RSVP by October 11 to receive a t-shirt. Sets are $46, and your order must be made and paid for by September 25th. RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/PittsburghOct26 Tell your friends! Only paid-up advance orders! Y Forms are available in the lobby, in our weekly emails, and in the Mishpachtenu. O Rosh Hashanah Apple Picking - THIS SUNDAY One may order online at https://tinyurl.com/LulavEtrog5780 U Sunday, September 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Soergel Orchards, They will be distributed on Thursday, October 10, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., T 2573 Brandt School Road, Wexford, PA 15090 and on Friday, October 11, from 9:00-11:00 a.m. Presented by PJ Library, Repair the World, and Congregation Beth Shalom H Join us picking apples and donating them to 412 Food Rescue. Families with kids of all ages are welcome! We will cover the cost for each family to pick 1/2 bag to be donated. Families may purchase additional apples to take home, or participate in the orchard’s Fall Beth Shalom Cemetery - Sunday, September 22, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Festival before/after the program at their own cost. Lay leaders will be available to recite the traditional memorial prayers RSVP: https://rpr.world/familiespgh at the gravesides of your loved ones. The Cemetery is open for visitation during daylight hours BSUSY & Kadima Sukkah Hop except on the Sabbath and . 6th - 12th graders will “hop” from sukkah to sukkah eating great food and playing games. Beth Shalom Cemetery is located at 1501 Anderson Road, Shaler Twp., PA 15209. Sunday, October 13, free. Address given upon RSVP to Marissa at Homestead Hebrew Cemetery - Sunday, September 22, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [email protected]. Homestead Hebrew Cemetery is located at 107 Bellwood Road, West Mifflin, PA 15122. C High Holiday Food Drive - JFCS Food Pantry O - M I The JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry will once again conduct its High Holiday Food Drive. Join us in the Sukkah for a joyful gathering of friends and family! M T 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 Sunday, October 13, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. $25/adult, $5/child under 13 years old. U Y the paper bags provided at Beth Shalom, which will be picked up from the Yecies Conference Please sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/SukkotDinner2019 N Room window sill at Beth Shalom at the end of October.