1/3/26: Shabbat bulletin

The information below comes from our printed Shabbat Bulletin. We have transitioned our voice to the web, making all materials easily available for our members who are attending services online.  

Service Times

• Shabbat evening services Fridays at 6:00 p.m.
• Junior Congregation Saturdays at 10:00 a.m.
• Level Up Shabbat Every Other Saturday at 10:45 a.m.
• Manny’s Service Saturdays at 11:15 a.m.
• Morning Service (8:00 a.m. on Sunday / 7:30 a.m. Monday – Friday)
• Evening Service (7:00 p.m. Sunday – Thursday / 6:00 p.m. on Friday)
• Shabbat Services:
  • Candle Lighting: Jan. 2 at 4:47 p.m. | Jan. 9 at 4:53 p.m.
  • Morning Services: Jan. 3 at 9:30 a.m. | Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Minhah/Third Meal/Ma’ariv: Jan. 3 at 4:15 p.m. | Jan. 10 at 4:25 p.m.
  • Havdalah: Jan. 3 at 5:51 p.m. | Jan. 10 at 5:57 p.m.

Zoom services do not require a sign-up.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Thank You to:

Sharon & Steven Schwartz for sponsoring this week’s third meal in memory of the yahrzeit of Ruth Fineberg (Sharon’s mother) and Nathan Schwartz (Steven’s father).

The participants in the Shabbat services on January 3, 2026:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Goodman, Rabbi Freedman, Aaron Balleisen, Rich Feder, Hannah Bein
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Dave Held, Ari Chester, Irene Kaplow
Others: Ira Frank, Gerry Kobell

Barukh Dayyan Ha’Emet:

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of our member, Hanna Edelstein, on December 23, 2025.

THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING

Parashah – Vayhi

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Genesis 47:28-31	Dave Held	293
2.	48:1-3	Dave Held	294
3.	48:4-9	Ari Chester	294
4.	48:10-13	Irene Kaplow	296
5.	48:14-16	Irene Kaplow	296
6.	48:17-19	Irene Kaplow	297
7.	48:20-22	Irene Kaplow	297
Maftir	48:20-22	Irene Kaplow	297
Haftarah	I Kings 2:1-12	Ari Chester	313

Minhah – Shemot

	Verses	Leyner
1.	Exodus 1:1-7	Ilanit Helfand
2.	1:8-12	Ilanit Helfand
3.	1:13-17	Ilanit Helfand

Reminder

If you have placed someone on our Mi Sheberakh list, so that we may pray for their healing, and they have since become well enough to be removed from the list, please let Rabbi’s Assistant Ashley Burse know, at RabbiAsst@BethShalomPgh.org or 412-421-0178.

I’ve Always Wondered

The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask. Click here to read her blog!

Do You Know Your Hebrew Name? Please Write It Down!

Do you know your Hebrew Name? Can you spell it in Hebrew? Do you know the names of your relatives, of those before you and those younger than you? For whom were you named? Do you spell your name the same way? Do you need help with this? We are here. Please collect your family’s full Hebrew names and keep them somewhere safe. We can keep them for you, as well.

Better now than searching years later. As we spend more time with family at home and calling our relatives, we are well situated to do the research.

Your Hebrew name follows the format XXXXXX child of YYYYYY and ZZZZZZ, where XXXXXX is your given Hebrew name, YYYYYY is one parent’s given name, and ZZZZZZ is the other parent’s given name.

Please email Ashley Burse, Rabbi’s Assistant, at aburse@bethshalompgh.org with your name or with questions about finding your name.

Yahrzeits

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

FOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 3 – 16, 2026 14-27 TEVET 5786

Fania A. Abramkina
Isadore Adelsman
Minnie Adler
Nathan Louis Adler
Henry Albert
Ida S. Amdur
David Avner
Abraham T. Azen
David Bachner
Harry Baker
Charles Bardin
Morris R. Becker
Dora Bennett
Edwin Jacob Berkowitz
Mary Bernstein
Gayle F. Block
Rochelle Blumenfeld
Leon Bluestone
Gilbert S. Brody
Nathalia D. Buchman
Minnie Burechson
Fannie Calig
Violetmae Caplan
Jesse Carlis
Albert Cazen
Esther P. Cohen
Esther R. Cohen
Bessie Coltin
Abraham N. Cooperman
Charles Elbling
Ida S. Elbling
Joseph Elias
Harry S. Farber
William R. Fargotstein
Juel Farkas
Rose Feldman
Ruth Surloff Fineberg
Paul Foreman
Mortimer Frankston
Genevieve Freiser
Gertrude K. Friedlander
Irving Friedman
Isadore L. Friedman
Celia Gastfriend
Celia Goldberg
George J. Goldberg
Ruth B. Goldberg
Benjamin Goldman
Esther Goldstein
Howard N. Goldstein
Daniel David Gottlieb
David Graff
Clara Green
Jack Green
Mildred Green
Esther R. Greenberg
R. Zelda Greenberg
Vivien S. Greenberg
Celia Greenstein
Khasya Gutman
Freda Harris
Malye Hausrath
Ethel Tucker Heiss
Richard S. Heitner
William Henry
Abraham C. Hepps
Margery L. Herer
Sophie D. Hersh
Ida Hertz
Benjamin Hushan
Arnold Huttner
Nellie Jaffee
Fannie Kahn
Rose M. Kalson
Bernard S. Kamins
Anna Kaufman
Max E. Kaufman
Edith Kertman
Sarah Klein
Paul L. Kornblith
Seymour Kornbluth
Nathan Kosowski
Elizabeth H. Kramer
Rosella C. Kraus
Fonda Floris Kurtz
Albert L. Lange
Abe Laufe
Joel D. Launer
Pearl Cohen Lazar
Morris Lefkowitz
Harry Lever
Hyman Levinson
Dora Levison
Sol Lieber
Murray S. Love
Eliezer Lvovich
Morris Kalman Manela
Sara Marmins
Blanche Mazur
Sarah Mervis
Rebecca Migdal
Bessie Miller
Jennie Miller
Mendel Miller
Rose Mirskey
David Moltz
Louis B. Moritz
Rose S. Morris
Milton Moses
Martin D. Nahemow
Morris Naumoff
Diana Parnes
Gertrude Pober
Bessie Pudles
Sol Rattner
Arthur J. Recht
Eva Regenstein
Anna Robbins
Rachel Rosen
Sara Rosen
Ben Rosenbloom
Natalie Rosenbloom
Irene Rosenfeld
Arthur Rosenzweig
Belle Roth
Harvey Rubin
Morton Rubin
Rita Rubin
Milton Ruttenberg
Kate Sable
Berel Louis Sachs
Ethel Goldye Sachs
Herman Joseph Sahl
Mina Salem
Joseph L. Sameth
Sam Sapeer
Blanche Schnitzer
Samuel L. Schnitzer
Lawrence Schuster
Max Schwartz
Nathan Schwartz
Sarah Schwartz
Lydia A. M. Scott
Ben Seiavitch
David Shapiro
Zellick A. Shepman
Samuel Sherman
Solomon Sherman
Essie Shore
Rae Shuman
Ida Shurin
Abraham Sidransky
Bertha K. Siegel
William N. Silverman
Esther Rose Singer
Rose B. Simensky
Freida G. Singer
Esthyr N. Slesnick
Harry Slifkin
David Small
Samuel H. Smith
Rachael Smolar
Dan Snider
Sam Solow
Herman M. Spiegel
Morris Stahlberg
Ralph Steinberg
Anna M. Steinman
David Steinman
Norbert Stern
Samuel S. Stewart
David Stuart
Sarah Sugerman
Marion Swerdlow
Virginia Tanur
Anna Trau
Sadie Tuckfelt
Bessie Valinsky
Mae S. Wagner
Lena Waltuch
Clara Weber
Mary Weinstein
Bertha Weisz
Aaron Weitz
Bessie Whitman
Howard Ray Whitman
Michael M. Wolfe
Jacob Wolk
Jeanette R. Young
Charles Zalevsky
Efroim Ziff
Harry Leonard Zionts