10/18/25: 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.
• 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. 17 at 6:18 p.m. | Oct. 24 at 6:08 p.m.
  • Morning Services: Oct. 18 at 9:30 a.m. | Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Minhah /Ma’ariv: Oct. 18 at 6:15 p.m. | Oct. 25 at 5:40 p.m.
  • Havdalah: Oct. 18 at 7:17 p.m. | Oct. 25 at 7:07 p.m.

Zoom services do not require a sign-up.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Thank You to:

Shari and Rick Sweet for sponsoring this week’s virtual third meal in memory of the yahrzeit of Shari’s beloved father, Harry Nathenson.

The participants in the Shabbat services on October 18, 2025:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Debby Gillman, Beth Jacobs
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Jonathan Schecter, Ilanit Helfand, Alex Helfand
Others: Ira Frank, Helen Feder

Beth Shalom’s Men’s Club and Sisterhood for sponsoring this years Break the Fast after our Yom Kippur services.

Beth Shalom’s Men’s Club for sponsoring all the snacks for Simhat Torah.

Mazal Tov to:

Shana Zionts, daughter of our members Harry and Laurie Zionts, on the occasion of the naming of her baby daughter, Leora Shir.

Elisa Recht Marlin on the birth of her granddaughter, Maya Harper Marlin, daughter of Zachary and Orlea Marlin of New York City.

THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING

Parashah – Bereshit

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Genesis 1:1-5	Jonathan Schecter	3
2.	1:6-8	Jonathan Schecter	6
3.	1:9-13	Jonathan Schecter	6
4.	1:14-19	Ilanit Helfand	7
5.	1:20-23	Ilanit Helfand	8
6.	1:24-31	Ilanit Helfand	9
7.	2:1-3	Ilanit Helfand	11
Maftir	2:1-3	Ilanit Helfand	11
Haftarah	Isaiah 42:5-43:10	Alex Helfand	36

Minhah – Noah

	Verses	Leyner
1.	Genesis 6:9-16	Ilanit Helfand
2.	6:17-19	Ilanit Helfand
3.	6:20-22	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 OCT. 18 – 24, 2025 26 TISHREI – 2 CHESVAN 5786

Marian Weisman Balis
Henrietta M. Belsky
Louis Berez
Helen Berlin
Ada Biron
Nathan Bradlin
Amy Brean
Irving David Caplan
Jack Caplan
Morris Chamovitz
Shauna Childs
Chaim Citron
Henry Daniels
Sylvia Z. Doniger
Ruth Z. Dym
Joseph Yosef Eaton
Herbert Feder
Mendel Finn
Isaac Firestone
Milton Flesch
Ruth Frankston Foreman
Rose Freed
Beverly Freiwirth
Joseph Gerend
Pesha B. Gilberg
William Gorman
Mae K. Graff
Jacob Green
Doreen Halpern-Shuty
Robert Samuel Harris
Lena Herskovitz
Estelle Hydovitz
Harry Hydovitz
Leonard F. Jacobson
Frances I. Kantor
Sadye Kantor
Herman W. Kaufmann
Miryom Kass
Bella Kessler
Homer J. Klater
Simon Klein
Theodore H. Lazar
Allen Lebovitz
Leah Lembersky
Samuel Levine
Yetta Levine
Goodman Levy
Samuel Lubowski
Maurice L. Lyon
Ben Makoroff
Hyman Mandel
Ralph Marcovsky
Dave Miller
Marjorie Mittleman
Ruth S. Morris
Bernard Morrow
Irwin Willie Newman
Frances S. Perell
Aaron Perlman
Zlata Prizant
Rose Radbord
Jacob Raymon
Philip Reicher
Rose K. Rosen
Gerald H. Roth
Sarah R. Rubenstein
Bess Russman
Mollie F. Ruttenberg
Bernice G. Sadwick
Miriam Saron
Samuel Schiff
Kurt Schreibe
Harry Seiavitch
Lena Seiavitch
Louis M. Sieff
Jack Sittsamer
Jerome Solomon
Sam S. Spero
Joseph Stein
Louis Stern
Leona Stutin
Donald Udell
Esther M. Weil
Yoel Weil
Albert J. Wein
Abraham Moses Weinkle
Joseph E. Weisman
Harold B. Weissman
Flora Wolf
Susan M. Wolf
Sara Jolson Zalkin
Jacob Zeman