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Walter C. Gottlieb Tillie Greenbaum Bessie K. Greenberg Herbert J. Greenberg Louis Greenstein Blimme Gross Edward Hausman Hyman L. Hausman Theodore Helfand Isaac Itskovich Esther Kaiserman Lillian S. Kanarak Samuel Katz Yolan Katz Clara Katzman Phillip Katzman William Keizler David Kleber Max J. Kleber Saul X. Kramer Daniel Krause

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Shabbat Parah Shalom! 18 Adar, 5780

This week’s parashah is Ki Tissa.

Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am

Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Havdalah 8:08 p.m.

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

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THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 14 - 20, 2020 18 - 24 ADAR, 5780 Yahrzeits

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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.

Friday, March 13, 2020

Candle lighting 7:07 p.m.

Minhah 6:35 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Se’udah Shelishit, sponsored by the Rothstein Family in fond memory 7:00 pm

Eisner Commons

Ma’ariv 7:45 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

All are welcome to take a K iddush GRAB-’N-GO LUNCH, sponsored by the Men’s Club and James Krieger & Sara Chandler 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Shabbat Morning Service, including Men’s Club Shabbat with guest speaker Imam Chris Ca-ras and aufruf for James Krieger & Sara Chandler 9:15 am

Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

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

3rd - 5th Grade Youth Tefillah 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Youth Lounge, 4th floor

Parashah Study Group Siyyum Potluck Dinner 7:00 pm Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Due to the Corona Virus and the need to prevent infec-

tion and mitigate its spread, we ask that you visit

www.BethShalomPgh.org for updates on services

and programming being offered at and by Beth Shalom.

Thus the Week at a Glance will be on hiatus

for the near future.

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

What’s With the Yellow Candles?

The Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC) created the Yellow Candle program in 1981. The purpose is to keep alive the memory of the Six Million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. (Your correspondent also remembers the additional six or seven million Romani, gays, Catholics, and other targets of prejudice who were slaughtered.)

Twenty-four-hour memorial candles are a long-standing Jewish tradition, and these particular candles are meant to be burned on Yom HaShoah, which this year is April 20-21, 2020. (One lights the candle after sundown on April 20.) Since there were so few survivors and no way to mark the dates of death, this is a sort of blanket yahrzeit observance. The color yellow is meant to reflect the yellow stars which Jews were forced to wear. (Romani wore black triangles. Gays wore pink triangles, now reflected in the positive use of hot pink as part of the rainbow.)

The program serves as a way of teaching our young about the Holocaust, and about the prejudice which we are sad to say still so obviously exists. In every generation there will be another… and they seem to be coming ever more frequently.

Beth Shalom’s Men’s Club will be working with our youth to pack up the candles for mailing. When you receive your candle in the mail, please remember to light it at the appropriate time and also please consider making a donation. We Jews also have a long tradition of making donations to our institutions in memory of those whom we have lost.

Some say the yahrzeit candle (נר נשמה - ner neshamah, soul candle) tradition comes from Proverbs 20:27 “ The soul of man is a candle of the Lord.” In Yiddish it is called the yortsayt likht, יָארצַײט ליכט. Likht is “ light.” Yor means “ year” and tsayt means “time” both in Yiddish and in German (different spellings). (The “z” in Yahrzeit is pronounced “ts” just as in “Alzheimer’s disease,” which is standard Germanic pronunciation of that letter, spelled with a tsadi in Yiddish.)

Some have found evidence of Jews lighting memorial candles 2,000 years ago, in the Mishaic period, as read into the statement (Talmud, Berakhot 51b and 53a) that one cannot use the “fire of the dead” for the havdalah blessing on Satur-day night because it was lit not for the living but to honor the dead. The meaning, combining the spiritual light with the physical, is said to have been to leave some light where a departed soul has left darkness.

On a Yahrzeit we light a candle, we say Kaddish with a minyan, and we give donations in memory of the departed. And we remember to talk about those we have lost, to keep their memories alive, which is also why we name our children after the departed. May their souls be bound up in the bonds of eternal life, which will be a future topic.

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

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

All are welcome to the congregational kiddush GRAB-’N’-GO BAG LUNCH, sponsored by the Men’s Club and James Krieger & Sara Chandler, immediately following services in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom.

This week’s Se’udah Shelishit will be sponsored by the Rothstein Family in fond memory of Dr. Fred Rothstein.

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 Oct. 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). Seeking a sponsor only for April 4th!

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 - shopping, food prep, setup, cleanup, everything in between. Please contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or catering1@bethshalompgh.org.

The Religious Services Committee is looking for a few (more) good people to lead services! If you would like to join our team of leaders or would like to learn how to lead, please

contact Sheldon Catz at sheldoncatz50@gmail.com.

OUR LEADERSHIP Clergy Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115 Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Dir. of Derekh & Youth Tefillah, Ext. 111

Executive Officers 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 Exec. 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 Yeckel, Early Learning Center Dir., Ext. 390 Rosie Valdez, ELC Administrator Marissa Tait, Dir. of Y outh Programming, Ext. 463 Ethan Einhorn, Kadima Y outh Advisor Adi Kadosh, BSUSY Y outh Advisor Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 Tika Bonner, Receptionist, Ext. 114 Amira Walker, Bookkeeper, Ext. 110

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

Mazal Tov to

Lena Horwitz & Mark Edelman on the bir th of a son, Yuri Philip Edelman on January 16.

Jimmy & Rochelle Wagner on the bir th of their fir st gr andson on March 11 to par ents David & Rebecca Wagner in Seattle.

WE NEED YOU!

Are you willing to give some of your time once every other month (possibly less frequently if we get more volunteers) to welcome participants as they enter the synagogue? Beth Shalom’s Membership Committee is working to begin a GREETER PROGRAM to welcome individuals on Shabbat mornings. Volunteers would be asked to welcome people from approximately 9:45 until 11:00 a.m. on a rotating basis. The hope is to have 1-2 individuals each week. If interested, please contact Linda S. Newman at NewmanL201@gmail.com or at

336.508.2427. We need YOU to make this program work. Thank you for your participation.

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members: Ira Frank, Mindy Shreve, Julian Elbling, Kate Rothstein, Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Debby Firestone, and Ken Turkewitz. Our goal is to assure the future of Congregation Beth Shalom.

Please consider leaving a legacy gift to Congregation Beth Shalom, which begins with a “Declaration of Intent ” and may include these giving opt ions: Will or Trust, Retirement Plan

Assets (IRA, 401K, Pension), Life Insurance Policy, Cash Donation.

You can make a difference for the future of Pittsburgh’s Jewish Community and Congregation Beth Shalom. For further information, please contact any

member of our team or Rabbi Jeremy Markiz at the Shul.

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1st ראשון Exodus 30:11-13 Danny Kass 352 523

2nd 30:14-16 שני Danny Kass 352 524

3rd 30:17-21 שלישי Rich Feder 353 524

4th 30:22-33 רביעי David Held 353 525

5th 30:34-38 חמישי Ari Chester 354 526

6th 31:1-11 ששי Adam Kolko 355 527

7th 31:12-17 שביעי Ira Rothstein 355 528

Maftir מפטיר Scroll #2 Numbers 19:1-22 Robbie Zaremberg 652 880

Haftarah הפטרה Ezekiel 36:16-38 Ken Turkewitz 999 1287

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PARASHAT KI TISSA

Divrei Hashavua — Words of the Week

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Old Jewish-Organization Pittsburgh-Area Cookbooks

Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center is collecting old Jewish-organization cookbooks published in western Pennsylvania. To contribute a cookbook to the collection, please bring your books to Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, with your name and address attached.

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Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Date and location to be announced.

Ki Tissa

Congregational Dinner

Friday, March 20, 7:15 p.m. Congregational Dinner (after Teen-Led Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 6:00)

Sponsored by Men’s Club and Sisterhood

$60 per family (2 adults, 2 children); $25 per adult; $10 per child (12 and under)

RSVP by 3/13/20, please. Sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/DinnerMarch5780

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

March - 30% off all seder and matzah items

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Chocolate Seders

Thursday, March 26, at Beth Shalom

3rd-7th Grade 5:15-6:15 p.m., 8th-12th Grade 6:30-8:00 p.m. cosponsored with Rodef Shalom $8 includes dinner & chocolate and J-JEP (no dinner)

Eat your way through the haggadah in chocolate... RSVP for both BY MONDAY, MARCH 23,

at https://tinyurl.com/cbschocolate2020

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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

March 3rd at Beth Shalom, March 17 Downtown at David Horvitz’ office, 535 Smithfield Street

Discussing the roots of egalitarianism in Conservative Judaism, including the teshuvah “Woman and Mitzvot” from 2014 by Rabbi Pamela Barmash.

Please register for Sq. Hill classes at http://bethshalompgh.org/lunchandlearn/ To include lunch in your registration for the Lunch and Learn classes that are

at Beth Shalom, you must register by noon on the Friday prior to the class. (Lunch cannot be ordered for downtown, but may be taken with you. Registration not required.)

The next Discussion Service will be April 18 at 10:30 a.m., in the Weinberg Pavilion. Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for all ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to

the veterans. We seek meaning behind the words, and personal connections within tefillah. Free; all are welcome. This year’s theme is “The Intertextuality of Tefillah.”

The April service topic is “XXXXXXXXX.”

Monday mornings at 9:15 a.m. Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar. To join Talmud Class Google Group, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/talmudcbs

Meetings will now be available on Zoom.

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

12:15 p.m. Wednesdays - Bring the parashah alive and make it persona lly meaningful as we discuss and explore the weekly parashah through the lens of Hasidic sources with Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman. To join the Google Group, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lifeandtextcbs

Preparing for Passover and Easter Together, Thursdays 7:30 –9:00 p.m. As we go into a shared season of celebration centered in freedom, we have the opportunity to explore

this idea together. Join us for this exciting six-session series. The event is free. Feb. 27 Jewish Freedom Congregation Beth Shalom March 5 Christian Freedom Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Avenue, Shadyside March 12 How We Pray Jewish Community Center, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill March 19 Praying the Psalms Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill March 26 Jesus & The Temple Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Shadyside April 2 Faith into Action Congregation Beth Shalom

Men’s Club Shabbat - THIS SHABBAT!

Saturday, March 14, 9:15 a.m., Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Special guest Imam Chris Caras, religious director, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.

Kiddush GRAB-’N’-GO BAGS sponsored by the Beth Shalom Men’s Club. Please consider sponsoring. http://bethshalompgh.org/Mens-Club-Shabbat-5780

Many meetings and events are being cancelled or postponed until

further notice. The calendar remains in flux.

Please do not take this list as being carved in stone.

Thursday, April 9, 2020, 6:00 p.m. Bekhol Dor Vador - In Every Generation…

...we remember that we were slaves, and our duty to overcome oppression of all kinds.

Join us as we return to the Exodus story, explore the history of slavery and oppression, and the contemporary imperatives.

Please RSVP by April 2. To register online: https://tinyurl.com/CBSPesah5780

Men’s Club Pre-Passover Pizza Dinner

Tuesday, April 7, 6:00 p.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom We look forward to seeing you there as we say goodbye to hametz!

Deadline for reservations is Thursday, April 2. No admission without a reservation.

Adults $11, children 3-12 $7, children 2 & under free. Family $20. RSVP online: https://tinyurl.com/PrePassoverDinner5780

Sunday, March 29 10:00 a.m. Meaning at the Seder: Rabbi Seth Adelson helps navigate essential questions.

10:45 a.m. Kashering Your Pots: Rabbi J eremy Ma rkiz reviews technical aspects.

Please note that the speaker in the Beth Shalom Speaker Series

for March 25, 2020, Marra Gad, has been postponed until further notice.