5/2/26: 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: May 1 at 7:57 p.m. | May 8 at 8:04 p.m.
  • Morning Services: May 2 at 9:15 a.m. | May 9 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Minhah/Ma’ariv: May 2 at 8:00 p.m. | May 9 at 8:10 p.m.
  • Havdalah: May 2 at 9:01p.m. | May 9 at 9:10 p.m.

Zoom services do not require a sign-up.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Thank You to:

Mara and Paul Svoboda for sponsoring this week’s kiddush in honor of Simona becoming a bat mitzvah.

The participants in the Shabbat services on May 2, 2026:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Debby Gillman, Aaron Charlack, Jordan Fischbach
Torah Readers (morning & afternoon) & Haftarah: Phillip Barnett, Arbel Friedman, Ilanit Helfant,
Simona Svoboda
Gabbaim: Ira Frank, Paul Teplitz

Mazal Tov to:

Dr. Stanley Marks for receiving the 2026 PNC Elsie Hillman Distinguished Scholar Award, honoring his decades long impact on cancer care and research on Thursday, March 26, 2026.

Condolences to:

Sorley Faye Rosenthal, Laurie (Victor) Mizrahi, Elan (Vanessa) Mizrahi and Mia Mizrahi on the passing of their husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Irving Phillip Rosenthal on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING

Parashah – Emor

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Leviticus 21:1-6	Phillip Barnett	717
2.	21:7-12	Phillip Barnett	718
3.	21:13-15	Arbel Friedman	719
4.	21:16-24	Ilanit Helfand	719
5. Jonathan Snell, Jamie Ackerman, Marlene Snell	22:1-9	Ilanit Helfand	720
6. Sylvia Svoboda, Sasha Svoboda	22:10-12	Ilanit Helfand	721
7. Mara Svoboda, Paul Svoboda	22:13-16	Simona Svoboda	721
Maftir	22:13-16	Simona Svoboda	721
Haftarah	Ezekiel 44:15-31	Simona Svoboda	735

Minhah – Behar-Bechukotai

	Verses	Leyner
1.	Leviticus 25:1-3	Phillip Barnett
2.	Leviticus 25:4-7	Phillip Barnett
3.	Leviticus 25:8-13	Phillip Barnett

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 WEEKS OF MAY 2 – 15, 2026 15 – 28 IYAR, 5786

Henry L. Askenase
Malka Baran
Miriam Barbalat
Alexander Bardin
Samuel H. Barshady
Harry Berenfield
Ethel F. Berkson
Max Berlin
Rita S. Berliner
Rebecca Berman
Miriam Bernstein
Sidney Blitz
Max Blumer
Morris Browarsky
Solomon Caplan
Ralph Cherelstein
Belle Choder
Ada H. Cohen
Barney Cohen
Czerna Cohen
Joe Cohen
Morris A. Cohen
Louis Colton
Pauline Coslov
Jacob N. Daniels
Sarah S. Danovitz
William Dickerman
Harry Drucker
Sam Eckstein
Justin R. Ehrenwerth
Milton Elinoff
John Ferber
Jay Leonard Frank
Benjamin Friedman
Esther S. Friedman
Joseph Friedman
William Friedman
Avrum Geshiktor
Moses J. Globus
Benjamin Goldberg
Raymond Goldblum
Emanuel Goldstein
Sol Goldstein
Morris Goldstock
Shaine M. Goldvarg
Sara F. Sachs Goodman
Lillian G. Greenberger
Annie Grossman
Martin J. Grumet
Esther Gusky
Paul Gusky
Irwin J. Harris
Richard N. Harris
Ruth Herzlich
Benjamin Hindin
Miriam Holzer
Selig Holzer
Max Horowitz
Nathan Izenson
Samuel Joel
Charles Josephs
Marjorie A. Kalson
Saul P. Kardon
Anna Kirkell
Tema Kleber
Eva Klein
Samuel Kornblith
Samuel E. Kornblith
Anna Kravitz
Bernard Kurtz
Sol S. Kurtz
Solomon H. Kurtz
Clara Sigal Kwall
Florence S. Kyman
Ida Lange
Joseph Lasday
Edith Rosen Launer
Jacob H. Lembersky
Ruth Lessing
Max Levenson
Rody Levin
Anna Levine
Irwin J. Levinson
Moe Levinson
Philip A. Levinson
Moe Levison
Betsy Levy
Elizabeth Lieberman
Marian Liff
Goldie D. Love
Mollie Millstone Lyon
Max Mandell
Sam Mazefsky
Joe Melnick
Sara Irene Moltz
Myer Morris
Saul M. Morris
Daniel Neuman
Esther Newman
Marta Nizhner
Paul Harvey Nussbaum
Edward Perlow
Odes Pittler
William Platt
Eva P. Polen
Sarah R. Praszkier
Minnie Prelutsky
Rella Prucz
Israel Raffel
Pearl Recht
A. Morris Ress
Magda Robinson
Rose Rogalsky
Wilma Rosen
Morris Rosenfeld
Rose Moseson Rott
Annabelle Rubenstein
Bernice Rubenstein
Meyer Rubenstein
Max Rubin
Laurel Rudavsky
Rose F. Sachs
Ruth Sacks
Morris Samuels
Esther F. Schmeiser
Israel Schultzman
Louis Seiavitch
Samuel T. Shear
Ada Freeman Shepard
Herbert Shire
Beatrice H. Sigel
Morris L. Silverblatt
Solomon A. Silverman
Ruben Simon
Ronald Slinger
Edwin Snider
William Joseph Stept
Jeanette Stern
Charles B. Stewart
Nathan Sukolsky
Berta Taborinsky
Katie Tanur
Jack Tauber
Sonia Trachtenharz
Max Veiss
Bertha Wald
Harry Weiner
George Weintraub
Yetta Weiss
Shirley M. Whitman
Harry Winn
Martin Harry Winn
Sarah Zidman
Samuel Zukerman