9/13/25: Shabbat Shalom

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: Sep. 12 at 7:15 p.m. | Sep. 20 at 7:03 p.m.
  • Morning Services: Sep. 13 at 9:30 a.m. | Sep. 20 at 9:30 a.m.
  • Minhah /Ma’ariv: Selihot – Sep. 13 at 7:15 p.m. | Sep. 20 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Havdalah: Selihot – Sep. 13 at 7:45 p.m. | Sep. 20 at 8:02 p.m.

Zoom services do not require a sign-up.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

Thank You to:

The participants in the Shabbat service on September 13, 2025:
Service Leaders: Rabbi Adelson, Rabbi Goodman, Jonathan Weinkle, Arielle Jacobs, Sheldon Catz
Torah Readers & Haftarah: Zarky Rudavsky, Dave Held, Irene Kaplow, Adam Kolko, Sammy Shear
Others: Ira Frank, Helen Feder

Mazal Tov to:

The staff of the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, including member Jim Busis, for receiving the Lion of Truth award from StandWithUs in recognition of their courage, leadership, and commitment to standing up for Israel and fighting antisemitism.

Condolences to:

Rachel Krasnow (Ed Fine), Evelyn Favish, and Melissa B. Krasnow (Corey Cochran) on the passing of their mother, sister and grandmother, Jocelyn Lehman, on Saturday, September 5, 2025.

Rabbi Stephanie Wolfe on the passing of her mother, Elaine Gail Wolfe, on Wednesday, September 10, 2025.

Barukh Dayyan Ha’Emet:

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of our previous longtime member, Dorene Binstock Cohen, beloved wife of the late Eugene R. (“Huey”) Cohen on Monday, September 8, 2025.

THIS WEEK’S TORAH READING

Parashah – Ki Tetse

Aliyah	Verses	Leyner	Etz Hayim
1.	Deuteronomy 24:14-16	Phillip Barnett	1130
2.	24:17-19	Phillip Barnett	1131
3.	24:20-22	Phillip Barnett	1131
4.	25:1-4	Phillip Barnett	1132
5.	25:5-10	Dave Held	1133
6.	25:11-16	Phillip Barnett	1134
7.	25:17-19	Phillip Barnett	1135
Maftir	25:17-19	Phillip Barnett	1135
Haftarah	Isaiah 54:1-10	Lidush Goldschmidt	1138

Minhah – Ki tavo

	Deuteronomy	Leyner
1.	26:1-3	Ilanit Helfand
2.	26:4-11	Ilanit Helfand
3.	26:12-15	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 SEP. 13 – 19, 2025 20 – 26 ELUL, 5785

Gertrude Alexander
Julius Altshuler
Anna Amdur
Helen R. Amdur
Milton A. Banov
Mata Barach
Dorothy Belsky
Abraham Bennett
Irene Slayton Benson
Selma Berger
Isadore Berkowitz
Louis S. Berkwit
Rachael Bress
Fannie Broida
Jann Carole Childs
Ida Dunn
Alla Egoudina
Aaron Finegold
Eva S. Friedman
Anna M. Ginsburg
Meyer B. Glass
Jack Glasser
Oscar Goldberg
Elka Goldstein
Goldye Greenberger
Clifford M. Grobstein
Israel Halpern
Randi Harlow
Samuel Henry Harris
Steven Herer
Hyman Hoffman
Morris Hoffman
Sam Hurwitz
Elma Huttner
Sadie Jacobs
Clara Josephs
Lillian Kohler
Max Leff
Ernest Lembersky
Louis Levinson
Harry Loikrec
Max Lumelsky
Mary R. Mervis
Shirley L. Meyers
Roman Moiseevich
Bennie Neiman
Abe D. Nowling
Lillie Palkovitz
Rose Podolsky
Jane Pollack
William Price
Irvin Radbord
Freda Rapport
Lillian Rapport
Anna Goldie Reingold
Sylvia Reznick
Mary Sachnoff
Thelma Schiffman
Frank Schoenfeld
Bella Kluger Schwartz
Irene L. Schwartz
Morris Sigman
Goldie Silverman
Morton S. Silverman
Rella Silverman
Harry A. Simons
Albert A. Slutsky
Pearl Sherman Stahl
Saul Stein
Ralph Tisherman
Rose Vogel
Gayle Wimmer
Abraham York
Joseph Zwick