10/11/25: Shabbat bulletin
Audrey GlickmanThe 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.
- 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: Oct. 10 at 6:31 p.m. | Oct. 17 at 6:18 p.m.
- Morning Services: Oct. 11 at 9:00 a.m. | Oct. 18 at 9:30 a.m.
- Minhah /Ma’ariv: Oct. 11 at 6:30 p.m. | Oct. 18 at 6:15 p.m.
- Havdalah: Oct. 11 at 7:27 p.m. | Oct. 18 at 7:17 p.m.
Zoom services do not require a sign-up.
OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY
Thank You to:
Judy & Gerry Kobell for sponsoing this week’s kiddush in honor of Gerry’s bar mitzvah anniversary.
Diane Silberg and Stan Kirshenbaum for sponsoring this week’s virtual third meal in honor of Stan’s 70th birthday.
The Beth Shalom Sisterhood for providing the beautiful flowers on the bimah for Shemini Atzeret and Simhat Torah.
The participants in the Shabbat services on October 11, 2025:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Jonathan Weinkle, Beth Jacobs
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Irene Kaplow, Adam Kolko, Gerry Kobell
Others: Ira Frank, Adam Kolko
The participants in the Shemini Atzeret services on October 14, 2025:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Ilanit Helfand, Aaron Charlack, Sheldon Catz
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Shoshanna Barnett, Phillip Barnett, Ilanit Helfand, Rabbi Amy Bardack
Others: Ira Frank
The participants in the Simhat Torah service on October 15, 2025:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Sheldon Catz
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Irene Kaplow, Dave Held, Kobi Tav
Others: Ira Frank
Mazal Tov to:
Simone & Dr. Daniel Rubin on the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Rubin, to Eric Kurss. Mazal Tov also to Eric’s parents, Robin and Dr. David Kurss of Buffalo, NY.
Condolences to:
Evan (Adrienne) Indianer on of the passing of his father, Paul Simon, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING
Sukkot Shabbat Hol Hameod
| Aliyah | Verses | Leyner | Etz Hayim |
| 1. | Exodus 33:12-16 | Irene Kaplow | 538 |
| 2. | 33:17-19 | Irene Kaplow | 539 |
| 3. | 33:20-23 | Irene Kaplow | 539 |
| 4. | 34:1-3 | Irene Kaplow | 540 |
| 5. | 34:4-10 | Irene Kaplow | 541 |
| 6. | 34:11-17 | Irene Kaplow | 542 |
| 7. | 34:18-26 | Irene Kaplow | 543 |
| Maftir | Numbers 29: 23-28 | Gerry Kobell | 935 |
| Haftarah | Ezekiel 38:18-39:16 | Gerry Kobell | 1260 |
Minhah
| Verses | Leyner | |
| 1. | Deuteronomy 33:1-7 | Adam Kolko |
| 2. | 33:8-12 | Adam Kolko |
| 3. | 33:13-17 | Adam Kolko |
Shemini Atzeret – Tuesday, October 14, 2025
| Aliyah | Verses | Leyner | Etz Hayim |
| 1. | Deuteronomy 14:22-29 | Ilanit Helfand | 723 |
| 2. | 15:1-18 | Ilanit Helfand | 725 |
| 3. | 15:19-16-3 | Irene Kaplow | 726 |
| 4. | 16:4-8 | Ilanit Helfand | 727 |
| 5. | 16:9-17 | Dave Held | 729 |
| Maftir | Numbers 29:35-30:1 | Ilanit Helfand | 934 |
| Haftarah | I Kings 8:54-66 | Rabbi Amy Bardack | 1257 |
Erev Simhat Torah – Tuesday, October 14, 2025
| Verses | Leyner | |
| 1. | Deuteronomy 33:1-7 | Shoshanna Barnett |
| 2. | 33:8-12 | Shoshanna Barnett |
| 3. | 33:13-17 | Shoshanna Barnett |
Simhat Torah – Wednesday, October 15, 2025
| Aliyah | Verses | Leyner | Etz Hayim |
| 1. | Deuteronomy 14:22-29 | Shoshanna Barnett | 1202 |
| 2. | 33:8-12 | Shoshanna Barnett | 1204 |
| 3. | 33:13-17 | Shoshanna Barnett | 1205 |
| 4. | 33:18-21 | Phillip Barnett | 1206 |
| 5. | 33:22-26 | Phillip Barnett | 1208 |
| 6. | 33:27-34 | Phillip Barnett | 1209 |
| 7. | Genesis 1:1-2:3 | Ilanit Helfand | 3 |
| Maftir | Numbers 29:35-30:1 | Phillip Barnett | 936 |
| Haftarah | Joshua 1:1-18 | Kobi Tav | 1267 |
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 OCT. 11 – 17, 2025 19 – 25 TISHREI 5786
Leslie Ackner
Patricia Altman
Betty Arron
Reuben Balter
Lester Bardack
Rachel Berdicheskaya
Alvin A. Berkson
Anna Bertenthal
Harry Binenkorb
Adolph M. Blumenfeld
Samuel Bovitch
Elliot Brodie
Joseph Browarsky
Anna Brown
Irving Caplan
Abe Cazen
Samuel Cohen
Harry Feldstein
Anna Finegold
Alex Friedlander
Adeline F. Goldberg
Lynda H. Goldsmith
Jack Goldstein
Irving Goodman
Bella Hadas
Joel Harris
Hyman Helfant
Rebecca Herman
Marian Hershman
Samuel W. Jubelirer
Louis Kaplan
Jacob Karelitz
Lena G. Kart
Sam Kirshenbaum
Annie Kotler
Sidney Krasik
Harris Lange
Mark Lawrence Lasser
William J. Lazar
Anna Mandell
Libbie Marmins
Sam Marunich
Samuel Minsky
Donald B. Mintz
Harry Nathenson
David N. Neustein
Harry Pearl
Gittel Pearlstein
Samuel Reingold
Vernon Reingold
Richard Rice
Morris Rosenblum
Anna L. Ruben
Marvin Rudo
Esther Libby Salzman
Leona Sameth
Aaron Maney Schandler
Fannie Scheinholtz
Alan Schnitzer
Miriam F. Schwartz
Paul Schwartz
Joseph Shire
Georgiana R. Sidlow
Abe Siegel
Anna Silverman
Israel Sniderman
Efrem Fred Snyder
Rose Spector
Louis R. Stanton
Saul Tanur
Saul David Taylor
Marion D. Topolsky
Jacob Weinberg
Clara M. Weintraub
Esther Weisman
Sylvia Williams
Anna Young
