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Saturday, June 2, 2018
Havdalah 9:26 p.m.
Shabbat Shalom! 19 Sivan, 5778
This week’s parashah is Beha’alotekha.
Sunday, 6/3 ~ 20 Sivan Benei Mitzvah Retreat continues
8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel
Monday, 6/4 ~ 21 Sivan
7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:00 am Talmud Study, 61C Café, 1839 Murray Avenue 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 7:30 pm Sisterhood Book Club, Robbin’s house
Tuesday, 6/5 ~ 22 Sivan 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Ruderman Inclusion Committee Meeting, Eisner Commons
Wednesday, 6/6 ~ 23 Sivan 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 11:00 am Coffee with the Cantor, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel
Thursday, 6/7 ~ 24 Sivan 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel
Friday, 6/8 ~ 25 Sivan Candle lighting 8:30 pm
7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 5:45 pm Shababababa, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel
Saturday, 6/9 ~ 26 Sivan
Havdalah 9:31 pm
6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:30 am Shabbat Service, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Youth Lounge, then Lehman Center and Eisner Commons 10:30 am Learners’ Service, Weinberg Pavilion 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 12:45 pm Shabbat Shi’ur, Gabriel Project Mumbai, Helfant Chapel 8:30 pm Minhah, Discussion, Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel
ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Please look for this symbol inside for info on accessible entrances at Beth Shalom.
THE WEEK AT A GLANCE
FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 2 - 8, 2018 19 - 25 SIVAN, 5778 Yahrzeits
Claire Abrams Louis Adler Ruth Altshuler Louis Applebaum Samuel A. Barbalat Eva Bendas Della Berman Hermine Blaufeld Abraham S. Burack Philip R. Caplan Usher Cohen Jean L. Davis Ida Dunn Abe Feldman Rebecca Fishman Jack Fleishman Pauline H. Freedman Minnie G. Freeman Ike Friedken Chaya Globus Fred Gluck Sarah Goldman Samuel H. Gordon
Jennie Gorman Carl J. Greenberg Morris Grinberg Rhoda Grinberg Albert Gross Julius Halpern Ida Hausman Ronald Herberman Anna Herskovitz Benjamin Horne Henrietta S. Hydovitz Milton Jackson Bennett Kaufman Bernard Klein Paul Kossis Jack K. Kruman Max Leff Sarah Miller Leff Elyk Lembersky Cecile G. Levine Sarah Levinson Sarah Lewis Morris N. Lincoff
Eleanor W. Markiewicz Ben Mazur Louis Meyers Yetta Middleman Arthur Ockner Sarah Pearlman Gertrude Pechersky Rose Rapoport William Rapport Harry Recht Sidney L. Reinwasser Lynne Ellen Robins Jack Rosenblum Mordecai Rothman Maya Rybchinsky Samuel S. Sandomire Sidney Santman Michael C. Schaffer Herman Schwartz Louis Schwartz Anne Segal Idalee Segal Hans Seidler
Hyman Shapiro Frieda Siegel Hannah Siegle Anna Sigal Sarah Silverberg Ethel Singer Fannie Stark Mark James Steinberg Morris Steinman Gizella Stern Morton N. Stewart Yekusiel Surloff Meyer B. Swartz Herbert Swimmer Samuel H. Tanur Sam Tepper Florence Toig Albert Unger Bertha Weinberg Leonard Young
5915 BEACON STREET ° PITTSBURGH, PA 15217 ° 412.421.2288 ° BETHSHALOMPGH.ORG
Please refrain from using electronic devices in the synagogue during Shabbat.
The following Yahrzeits will be observed today and in the coming week. This list comprises those dear departed for whom there are dedicated plaques in our praying spaces, and those for whom contributions have been made to have their names listed here.
Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel
Youth Services
Friday and Saturday
10:00-10:30 am - Gym is open before Youth Tefillah.
Infant - Kindergarten with Manny Theiner
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3rd floor
1st - 4
th Grade - Youth Tefillah
10:30 am - 12:00 pm Eisner Commons, 2rd floor
5th
- 6th
Grade—Youth Tefillah 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Homestead Hebrew Chapel, 2nd floor
Friday, June 1, 2018
Candle lighting 8:26 pm
Shabbat Morning Service 9:30 am
Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom
Minhah, Discussion, Ma’ariv, with the new Lev Shalem Pirkei Avot books 8:20 pm
Homestead Hebrew Chapel
Congregational Kiddush 12:15 pm
Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom
Shabbat Shi’ur - 12:45 pm
Helfant Chapel
Kabbalat Shabbat, led by Hazzan Rob Menes 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel
The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask.
What Was Manna from Heaven Made Of?
In this week’s parashah (portion of the Torah) we read about manna. It is described as a fine, scale-like thing, fine as the hoar-frost on the ground (hoar-frost is a greyish frozen dew), and it is also described as white coriander seed. Manna would fall over night, and it was collected each morning (except on Shabbat, as two portions were collected on Fridays). It was either baked or boiled, and was said to taste like wafers boiled in honey.
According to The New Jewish Encyclopedia, 1976 edition, an expedition of the Hebrew University discovered in 1927 that a certain secretion of an insect living on the leaves of the tamarisk is similar in taste to that described in the Torah. As reported in Time magazine in that year, Dr. Fritz Bodenheimer and Oskar Theodor in the summer observed “the little pills forming as yellow, sulphur-like drops on the tamarisk twigs.”
These little pills turned out to be from insects, particularly, it is thought, the Trabutina mannipora and Najacoccus sperpentinus (J. Leibowitz, Hebrew U., 1944), or from the cocoon of the parasitic beetle Trehala.
In fact, another source, the British Independent, in an article by John Emsley, April 21, 1996, indicates that manna was “almost certainly trehalose, a white crystalline carbohydrate made of two glucose molecules joined together.” Trehalose manna was reported to be “highly nutritious, consisting of 30 per cent trehalose plus protein.”
Trehalose is produced by some bacteria, fungi, plants, and lower phyla animals as a source of energy and to survive freezing and lack of water. Insects use it to fuel flight. It is also found in honey, bread, beer, wine, and vinegar. Shiitake mushrooms and baker’s yeast are said to contain as much as 20 percent. The chemical is now synthesized and used in many products. There is a fear that its increased use has contributed to the rise in C. Diff. infections. (Maybe that was what was wrong with Miriam?)
According to a Smithsonian article by Lisa Bramen from April 8, 2009, Bedouins on the Sinai peninsula continue to harvest and eat such manna. A chemical analysis of the excretions found they contained a mixture of three basic sugars with pectin.
The name, by one rabbinic theory, is said to come from “man hu?” or “what is it?” based in Aramaic.
Manna is also described in this parashah as the color of bdellium, which is definitely not white; it is a brownish semi-transparent oleo-gum resin that is extracted from Commiphora wightii and C. africana trees growing in that area. Used in perfumery, bdellium is sort of a poor-man’s myrrh. But we digress - from the question, if not from the portion.
Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our Shabbat Services. We look forward to seeing you again soon.
All are welcome to the congregational Kiddush in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom immediately following services.
OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY
SHABBAT SHALOM
Kate Wrenshall and Josh Lewis and family on the passing of Kate’s father William Ebbs Wrenshall IV.
Condolences to
Kiddush Sponsorship
Celebrating a simhah or honoring the memory of a loved one? To sponsor a catered Kiddush,
contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected]
Mazal Tov to
Everett and Lindsey Herman on the bir th of twin boys on May 25th.
Ari and Amy Silbermann on the bir th of a son on May 30th.
LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE
Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street or Rear Parking Lot Entrance
Eisner Commons, Homestead Hebrew Chapel: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 2nd Floor
Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 3rd Floor
Shear Youth Lounge, Rice Auditorium: Enter at Beacon Street, take elevator to 4th Floor
Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom: Enter at Shady Avenue
OUR LEADERSHIP Clergy Rabbi Seth Adelson, Ext. 115, [email protected] Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar
Officers
Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Ria David, Vice President Joe Jolson, Vice President Arlene Shapiro, Vice President Mitch Dernis, Treasurer Steve Albert, Secretary
Staff Rob Menes, Executive Director, Ext. 226, [email protected] Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design Manager, Ext. 108 Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112, [email protected] Liron Lipinsky, JJEP Director, Ext. 323 Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Director of Derekh and Y outh Tefillah, Ext. 111 Jennifer Slattery, Early Learning Center Director, Ext. 190 Marissa Tait, Y outh Programs Director, Ext. 463 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 193
Auxiliary Presidents
Alex Kiderman, Men’s Club Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Ethan Mackler, USY
Honorary President Ruth Ganz Fargotstein
Want to help us out with daily minyan but can’t commit to a particular morning or evening? Download the app “GroupMe” to your phone, and either go to tinyurl.com/cbspghminyan or read this QR code to join our group. Then, when the minyan is short of ten, you and everybody else on the list will receive a notice in GroupMe. If you are available to come and help out, write a message saying you’re on your way. It goes out to the whole group, and then everybody knows minyan is covered. Simple! Talk with Ira Frank or Rabbi Adelson if you have questions.
Please Contribute to the Sisterhood Flower Fund
Please contribute to those beautiful flowers on special days in our praying spaces.
Volunteer to Help with Kiddush! Really, we need YOU!
Please volunteer to help make the Kiddush happen - setup, cleanup, everything in between. We especially need volunteers for
June 16th
June 23rd
Please contact Michelle Vines, at 412-421-2288 x113, or [email protected].
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SHABBAT - 19 SIVAN 5778
PARASHAT BEHA’ALOTEKHA
Parashat Beha’alotekha
A summary of this week’s parashah, from Hazzan Rob Menes, www.HazzanMenes.info
The Israelites have been out of Egypt for two years and are well into their daily experience of wandering in
the Wilderness. This week's parashah gives an interesting blend of the ritual and personal concerns of the
people.
First, we read that Aaron is instructed to light the Menorah, and its construction is reviewed. The portion then
continues with a description of the dedication of the Levites as assistants to the priests. The celebration of the
second Pesach (Passover) is recounted, but with an interesting twist: some people can't bring the required
sacrificial offering, due to ritual impurity, so God gives them a second chance a month later, with the
introduction of Pesach Sheini.
Then, the movements of the Pillar of Cloud by day and the Pillar of Fire by night are explained, indicating
God's presence among the people and the nature of divine leadership in the wilderness. As the central story of
this portion, the Israelites take to complaining about the lack of variety in their diet. They are provided with
Manna from heaven, but this is not enough - they want meat! Even though God is angered by the people's
impudence, God agrees to satisfy the people's craving for meat and sends flocks of quail. To make a graphic
point, God sends so much meat that it comes out the people's nostrils!
Next, Moses expresses frustration as the leader of a difficult people. To help, Moses is instructed by God to
appoint 70 Elders to help him govern and judge the nation. The Elders are divinely confirmed and given the
gift of prophecy. In a final episode of dissention, Moses's own brother Aaron and sister Miriam speak slander
against Moses. As a result, Miriam is stricken with Tzara'at, a scaly skin affliction, and is sent out of the camp.
Moses pleads with God to heal her.
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Sweepstakes Tickets Are On Sale
Men’s Club 2018 Sweepstakes tickets are available now, at $75 each. Drawing every Friday, through November, based on PA Lottery number.
Tickets must be paid to win! Contact Ira Frank for tickets, 412-849-2937 or [email protected].
Sisterhood Book Club
Monday, June 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m., at Robbin’s house!
The book is Walking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshenn,
Please contact our Receptionist at 412-421-2288 or [email protected] for more information.
Aliyah Verses Readers Hertz
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Hayim
1st ראשון Numbers 9:15-18 Debby Gillman 609 821
2nd 9:19-23 שני Debby Gillman 609 822
3rd 10:1-7 שלישי Debby Gillman 610 822
4th 10:8-10 רביעי Rabbi Amy Bardack 610 823
5th 10:11-20 חמישי Rabbi Amy Bardack 611 823
6th 10:21-28 ששי Danny Kass 612 824
7th 10:29-34 שביעי Danny Kass 612 825
Maftir 10:32-34 מפטיר Danny Kass 612 825
Haftarah הפטרה Zechariah 2:14 - 4:7 Danny Kass 620 837
Say “Happy Birthday” and Help the Shul
For each month, in advance, we produce a list of coming birthdays among our fellow congregants. The list is available in our office and also online. On the back of the list is a place to order birthday greetings to be sent from the shul to the individuals you circle on the other side of the page. You can even stash some cash in your account and draw down on it as you send greetings
throughout the year!
Sisterhood Ice Cream Social
Wednesday, June 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m., in the Eisner Commons!
No charge.
Please RSVP to Judy Kobell at 412-422-3226 or [email protected].
Sisterhood Judaica Shop - Great Gifts!
Open Friday 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (except holidays), or by appointment
Barbara Kaiserman, 412-422-5677
June - 30% off Wedding Gifts and Jewelry
Bring your whole self on an intellectual, spiritual, and physical journey.
October 28 - November 8, 2018
Led by Rabbi Seth Adelson
Additional information at daattravel.com/Beth-Shalom-2018 or contact Da’at at 888-811-2812, Rabbi Adelson at 412-421-2288, or Joe Jolson at 412-480-3049.
UPCOMING EVENTS For additional information, please see the flyers in the racks, or go to our website.
Check the calendar on our website for daily event information at http://www.bethshalompgh.org
Coffee with the Cantor - a stimulating discussion group led by our Executive Director, Hazzan (Cantor) Rob Menes.
Discussing "Perceptions of Judaism in the Modern World." Throughout the year we will investigate sometimes controversial practices and discuss
both the Jewish and non-Jewish reactions to them. Coffee provided! Every Wednesday, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
in the Lehman Center. Signup not required.
10:30 a.m., June 9, the topic is “Ethics.” Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for those who would like
to learn more about tefillah, Jewish prayer. All ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to the veterans. The program is free.
Beginning June 4th, every Monday Every Monday morning at 9am at 61C Cafe, you can find Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learning Masekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out
the Jewish calendar. Find it online here: https://www.sefaria.org/Rosh_Hashanah.2a
Saturday, June 9, 2018, at 12:45 p.m., in the Helfant Chapel Learn about the Gabriel Project Mumbai, which provides daily nutrition, literacy, hygiene and health to 1,500 vulnerable children in the slums of Mumbai, India, and surrounding
villages. Over 160 Jewish volunteers have had life-changing experiences in India. Learn how you can take part in this work of tikkun olam.
Please Sponsor Learning...
Rabbi Adelson has purchased a limited number (18) of the new Pirkei Avot Lev Shalem: The Wisdom of our Sages, put out by the Rabbinical Assembly, and he is eagerly looking forward to studying with the congrega-tion. Study with these books will continue some Saturday afternoons, after Minhah.
Please call the office to make your donations for honors and memorials for these books.
Saturday, June 2, 2018, 12:45 p.m., Helfant Chapel This year we welcome Jessica Hammer leading a text study in honor of Pride Month.
Learn more about LGBTQIA Jews, share your perspective on LGBTQIA Judaism, and explore the diversity of our tradition. Event is free! RSVP to Chris Hall at
Congregation Beth Shalom joins the 2018 Pittsburgh Pride EQT Equality March, Sunday, June 10, at 11:45 a.m., Downtown Pittsburgh. Come march with us!
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Civil Rights Symposium - Hate Crime & Hate Speech
Wednesday, June 13, 2018, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., at Rodef Shalom, 4905 Fifth Ave.
Presented by the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh
Representatives from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, FBI & State Police, and other
law enforcement agencies discussing hate speech and hate crime that occurs right
here in western Pennsylvania. Registration requested: jfedpgh.org/civil-rights
Registration and desserts at 6:30 p.m.
Questions? Erin Wyland at [email protected] or 412-999-5252.
