5/23/26: 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 22 at 8:18 p.m. | May 29 at 8:24 p.m.
  • Morning Services: May 23 at 9:00 a.m. | May 30 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Minhah/Ma’ariv: May 23 at 8:20 p.m. | May 30 at 8:30 p.m.
  • Havdalah: May 23 at 9:19 p.m. | May 30 at 9:32 p.m.

Zoom services do not require a sign-up.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

This week’s Congregational kiddush is sponsored by the Congregation Beth Shalom family in honor of Rabbi Mark Goodman.

Thank You to:

The Beth Shalom Sisterhood for the beautiful holiday flowers on the bimah.

Anne and Jenny Jackson for sponsoring this week’s virtual third meal in honor of their grandmothers Helen Frace, Veronica Rock, and Shirley Polhemus.

The participants in the Shavu’ot Day 1 services on Friday, May 22, 2026:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Sheldon Catz, Steven Berger, Danny Kass
Torah Readers (morning service only) & Haftarah: Irene Kaplow, Tammy Hepps, Kobi Tav
Gabbaim: Ira Frank, Gerry Kobell

The participants in the Shabbat/Shavu’ot services on Saturday, May 23, 2026:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Jonathan Weinkle, Debbey Altman, Ilanit Helfand
Ruth Chapter 1: Marnin Fischbach, Chapter 2: Sheldon Catz; Chapter 3: Debby Gillman; Chapter 4: Jonathan Weinkle
Torah Readers (morning & afternoon) & Haftarah: Irene Kaplow, Adam Kolko, Beth Jacobs, Danny Kass,
Dave Held, Erica Fox Zabusky, Jenny Jackson
Gabbaim: Ira Frank, Ilanit Helfand

Mazal Tov to:

Theo Finer, Natanel Fischbach, Benji Friedman, Rosie Marcus, Eliana Mirvish, Alia Neivert and Noa Yogman who graduated from Community Day School on Friday, May 15, 2026.

Condolences to:

Renée Ramo, Debi Gilboa, Ari, Nadav, Oren & Gavri on the passing of their husband, father & grandfather, Arthur Goldberg on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.

THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING

Parashah – Shavu’ot Day 1 – Friday, May 22, 2026

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Exodus 19:1-6	Irene Kaplow	436
2.	19:7-13	Irene Kaplow	438
3.	19:14-19	Irene Kaplow	439
4.	19:20-20:14	Tammy Hepps	440
5.	20:15-22	Tammy Hepps	449
Maftir:	Numbers 28:26-31	Tammy Hepps	932
Haftarah:	Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12	Kobi Tav	1321

Parashah – Shavu’ot Day 2 – Saturday, May 23, 2026

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Deuteronomy 14:22-29	Irene Kaplow	1074
2.	15:1-18	Adam Kolko	1076
3.	15:19-23	Adam Kolko	1080
4.	16:1-3	Beth Jacobs	1081
5.	16:4-8	Danny Kass	1082
6.	16:9-12	Dave Held	1083
7.	16:13-17	Dave Held	1084
Maftir	Numbers 28:26-31	Erica Fox Zabusky	932
Haftarah	Habbakuk 3:1-19	Danny Kass	1326

Minhah – Naso

	Verses	Leyner
1.	Numbers 4:21-24	Jenny Jackson
2.	Numbers 4:25-28	Jenny Jackson
3.	Numbers 4:29-33	Jenny Jackson

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 23 – JUNE 5, 2026 7 – 20 SIVAN, 5786

Kate G. Adelson
Louis Adler
Ira Aronson
Jean Belansky
Yuriy Beniaminov
Bassa G. Bennett
Joseph Berger
Jane Berlin
Juda Bickel
Ida Breakstone
Cecelia Caplan
Fannie A. Cohen
Jennie S. Cohen
Lena F. Cohen
Stanley G. Cohen
Usher Cohen
Louis Coltin
Rheina L. Davidson
Jacob B. Dickstein
Jacob L. Doniger
Adrianne Eisner
Milton Eisner
Jacob Elinoff
Abraham E. Fairman
Herman Fineberg
Irwin Fineberg
Eva S. Fink
Ellen Fireman
Rebecca Fishman
Elaine Genberg
Leonard Gettleman
Tema Gilberg
Israel Gold
Louis Goldberg
Catherine Goldblum
Anna R. Goldman
Benjamin B. Goldman
Sarah Goldman
Herbert Goldstein
Israel Gould
Frances G. Green
Oscar Green
Carl J. Greenberg
Jacob Greenberger
Evelyn Leff Greenwald
Samuel Gross
Phyllis E. Gutmacher
Julius Halpern
Michael Halpern
Albert Hansell
Anna B. Hausman
Morris D. Henderson
Anna Herskovitz
Lena Israel
Sarah H. Jacobson
Rafael Kadoch
Ann Kalla
Rae Karsh
Mildred S. Karwan
Helen Kobell
Annie Kovinow
Jack K Kruman
Sara P. Kurtz
Eric Kweller
Helen Davis Landman
Stanley B. Lasday
Irving M. Leon
Lawrence Letwin
David J. Levenson
Paulina Levin
Cecile G. Levine
Harry H. Levine
Max Levinson
Naomi Levinson
Ralph Levison
Josephine Levy
Oscar Levy
Olaf L. Loikrec
Faye C. Makrauer
Pauline Mann
Phillip P. Marcuson
Harry Marder
Libby Margolis
Yetta Middleman
Sarah Milgrom
Hannah Miller
Katie Miller
Leah Miller
Morris Minkin
Robert Moldovan
Edith Nathenson
Samuel D. Nevins
Solomon Chaim Newman
Alvin Palkovitz
Sarah Pearlman
Leah P. Podolsky
Bernard Portnoy
Rebecca Portnoy
Rose Rattner
Ray Reinwasser
Lynne Ellen Robins
Israel M. Roobin
Esther R. Rosen
Harry Rosenblatt
Harvey Rosenblatt
Jose Rosenfeld
Sam Rosner
C. Lawrence Ruttenberg
Louis Ruttenberg
Ronald N. Ruttenberg
Dora Schultz
Hannah Schwartz
Herman Schwartz
Walter Sedler
Rose Semins
Moshe J. Shapiro
David Sheffler
Joel David Shire
Yakov Shomstein
Jacob Ezra Shrut
Hannah Siegle
Anna Sigal
Harris Silverberg
Sarah Silverberg
Alex Silverman
Jennie R. Silverman
Ethel Singer
Eleanore C. Sniderman
Morris Somach
Shirley Bassin Spatt
Nathan M. Stark
Dena Stein
Mark James Steinberg
Simon Steiner
Anne Cohen Stern
Eileen Suzan Stewart
Morton N. Stewart
Iris Kimball Teplitz
Florence Toig
Harry Toig
Ulla Brita Uhlin
Albert Unger
Marvin Valinsky
George Weintraub
Lillian Weisberg
Robert H. Weiss
William Weiss
Pauline Wollman
Sam Wynett
Bessie Yecies
Goodman Yorkin
Elinor Young
Gitel Younger
Alexander Yurkovetsky
Hermoine Ruth Zeilinger
Fay Ziff