Louise Abraham Lewis Adler Phillip Alexander Harry Altman Joseph Aronson Maurice L. Avner Joseph I. Baradon Dora Basova George Belsky Sam Benkovitz Abe P. Bennett Tillie Berenfield Louis Berger Charles Berman Gilbert Berman Shirley Bernhardt Hyman Berson Gittel Bialo Libby Bonn Isabell W. Braemer Leo Brasz Harry Caplan Milton Caplan

Gnesse Carlis Julius Closky Alvin Cohen Dora A. Cohen Ruth Cohen Yetta Cohen Edward J. Cramer Harry Daniels Florence Davis Rebecca Dell Jennie Denmark Saul Diamond Lena D. Eisner Melvin H. Epstein Sidney B. Estner Florence Farkas Beatrice Fealk Lillian Fenster Anna H. Fine Abraham Finegold Israel Fireman Morris Fleishman Katherine Frank

Joseph Freeman Sadie Gerson Jeanette Goddy Esther Danovitz

Goldman Ruth Gould Edward Green Bertram Greenglass Celia Grinberg Julius L. Gusky Sylvia Hausman Saul Helfand Minnie Heller Henry Herskovitz Bessie R. Hirschfield Milton Horn Ruth Rose Jolson Allan Kanarek Daniel Kantor Ruth Kaufman Dmitry Kiderman Louis Kirsch Henry Klarsfeld

Ann Kline Mollie Koss Tsina Kotlyarova Saul Kravetz Dora Krifcher Harry Levy Aaron Lieber Ida Liebling Nathan Linder Gail Liss Sarah Esther Liss Maurice Louik Yetta Lubin Fred Ludwig Nathan Mann Samuel Mann Benjamin S. Marcovsky Thelma Marder Charles Marion Jacob Marks Pauline Martin Milton Meyers Alex Miller

Ephraim Miller Jay C. Miller Cecelia Morris Jack Morris Bella Stern Moscowitz Max Moses Sorel Myers Ernest J. Nachman Idel Naftulovich Aaron Naimark Lorraine Ostrover Lev Ostrovsky Samuel Parker Helen R. Parnes Benjamin Perlman Phillip Platt Marvin Plesset Joseph Porter Max Portnoy Leah Rabner S. Raymond Rackoff Lena Robin Benjamin H. Rosen

Mildred Rosenbloom Stanley Rosenbloom Pearl Rosenfeld Enoch Roskies Harvey James Roth Samuel A. Rothman Azriel Meyer Sachs Irwin I. Saron Floyd Schachter Melanie Beth

Scheinberg Frank Schiffman Gertrude Schneider Gussie Seidman Maurice Sherman Isaac Shina Michel Sidorow Herman Siegel Harry Silverman Phyllis Silverman Sidney Silverman Elizabeth Simon Sallie Slesinger

Irene Sniderman Isadore Steckel Anna Stein Esther Stoller Solomon Shlomo Suissa Raye K. Supowitz Fannye G. Taper Charles Taylor James L. Venzerul Melvin Vishnovitz Jennie Whitman Jacob Wolhendler Abraham Henry Wulf Rafi Yosefi Harry Zalevsky Phyllis K. Zangwill Joseph Zytnick Mindel Zytnick

Shabbat Shalom! 4 Adar, 5780

This week’s parashah is Terumah.

Sunday, 3/1 ~ 5 Adar

8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 12:30 pm BSUSY Purim Prep, Shear Youth Lounge 2:00 pm Introduction to Judaism, Stofman/Zweig Libraries 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group - Textual, Zoom Video Call

Monday, 3/2 ~ 6 Adar

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Talmud Study, Lehman Center 6:00 pm BSUSY Lounge, Shear Youth Lounge 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:15 pm Latin Cardio, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Tuesday, 3/3 ~ 7 Adar

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 12:00 pm Lunch and Learn, Zweig Library 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 5:30 pm March of the Living Session #2, Eisner Commons 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Bylaws Committee Meeting, Stofman and Zweig Libraries 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group - Torah and Modern Life, Zoom Video Call

Wednesday, 3/4 ~ 8 Adar

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 12:15 pm Life and Text: Weekly Parashah Study, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Yousef Bashir - Beth Shalom Speaker Series, Eisner Commons

Thursday, 3/5 ~ 9 Adar 7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Walking Toward Freedom - Interfaith Series, Calvary Episcopal Church,

315 Shady Avenue, Shadyside 7:30 pm Open Meeting of the Nominating Committee, Lehman Center

Friday, 3/6 ~ 10 Adar Candle lighting 5:59 pm

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 5:45 pm Shababababa and Shabbat Haverim, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel

Saturday, 3/7 ~ 11 Adar Havdalah 7:00 pm

6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:30 am Shabbat Morning Service, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services 10:30 am Discussion Service, Weinberg Pavilion 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 12:45 pm Daf Yomi - Berakhot Siyyum, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 5:30 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 5:55 pm Se’udah Shelishit, in the Eisner Commons 6:40 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Early Morning Shabbat Service 6:30 am Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Havdalah 6:53 p.m.

ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH COMMUNITY, LIFELONG JEWISH LEARNING, & SPIRITUAL GROWTH

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THE WEEK AT A GLANCE

FOR THE WEEK OF FEB. 29 - MARCH 6, 2020 4 - 10 ADAR, 5780 Yahrzeits

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Please refrain from using electronic devices in the

synagogue during Shabbat and holidays. Thank you.

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.

Friday, February 28, 2020

Candle lighting 5:52 p.m.

Minhah 5:20 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Se’udah Shelishit, sponsored by Helen & Rich Feder in memory of their beloved parents, Gina & Juda Bickel and Mildred & Milton Feder 5:45 pm

Eisner Commons

Ma’ariv 6:30 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Congregational K iddush, sponsored in part by Lydia Bestul 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Hod veHadar Instrumental Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Shabbat Morning Service, including Lydia Bestul being called to the Torah 9:30 am

Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

Youth Services

Saturday

10:00-10:30 am - Meet in the Shear Youth Lounge

or Rice Gym.

Toddler - Pre-K with Manny Theiner 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Hoffman & Zweig Libraries, 3rd floor

Mini-Minyan, Pre-K - 2nd Grade Youth Tefillah

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

3rd - 5th Grade Youth Tefillah 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Youth Lounge, 4th floor

Shabbat Across America Congregational Dinner (by prior reservation) 7:00 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

New Tunes Workshop 12:45 pm Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

The Rabbi’s Assistant answers questions that someone might be too shy to ask.

The Curious Tale of the Mishpatim Haftarah.

A couple weeks ago, your humble correspondent was offered to learn and deliver the haftarah for Parashat Mishpatim. The request came just nine days in advance (a Thursday), which seemed precious little time (for me) to learn it. Looking it up, though, on the spot, it carries such wonderful cantillations that it was hard to resist. Thursday night I worked on it.

Friday afternoon (still a scant week ahead) I realized that the following week would be Shabbat Shekalim, and thus a different haftarah would be chanted. I was learning the wrong one!

Looking to work on that initially attractive haftarah, I found it will next be chanted in 2022. So I offered my services for then, too. However, looking to place the chanting on my calendar, I found that that is the day when my twin cousins become benot mitzvah! They will have taken my haftarah opportunity! The next time it comes around will be in 2025.

So, to Shekalim rather than Mishpatim. Just a touch of fancy cantillation, but it is a story in which there is a fair king and in which the carpenters would end up with a fair wage, so the practicing would be delightful in another way.

But what is this? In the Shekalim Haftarah, there is a cantillation variation in one word between what is published in the Book of Haftarot on the one hand and in the humashim and online in Sefaria, and even in Hazzan Rob Menes’ online singing on the other hand. It is a word in 2 Kings 12:12. How could this be?

Well, as usual we open up a wealth of information. The Masoretes, groups of Jewish scholars between the 6th and 10th centuries CE (about whom we should devote a few columns), took it upon themselves to protect and transmit the Bible as written. They also devised and passed down vowels and cantillation marks. Working in various locations mostly in the Middle East, the Masoretes left us several “codices” (“codex” being the name given to such a mauscript).

The Aleppo Codex (930 CE), kept in the Israel Museum, had been the earliest full original codex surviving to modern times, but it was partly destroyed in 1947 (295 pages of 491 survive). Next oldest is the Codex Leningradensis (1008 CE), which lives in the Russian National Library, and which Rabbi Adelson put into my hands in the form of the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, rife with annotated information.

That book told us that the oldest opinion on the word “vayotzi’uhu” is that there is a geresh over that “u” and not a revi’a.

Over the centuries the Masoretes disagreed with each other over various details, thus passing along differing opinions. The family of Moses ben Asher was largely responsible for passing along the texts. The ben Naphtali family also passed along a version, with nearly 900 differences from the ben Asher books. Thus, possibly, the discrepancy.

Of course, it also is possible that it was a typo (or a scribe-o) in the preparation of the Haftarah Book…

We look forward to your questions. We have these columns online at http://bethshalompgh.org/ive-always-wondered/ .

Rabbi Adelson joins the Officers and Trustees in welcoming all members and guests to our services. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

All are welcome to the congregational kiddush, sponsored in part by Lydia Bestul, immediately following services in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom.

This week’s Se’udah Shelishit will be sponsored by Helen & Rich Feder, in memory of their beloved parents, Gina & Juda Bickel and Mildred & Milton Feder.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

SHABBAT SHALOM

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 catering1@bethshalompgh.org

Se’udah Shelishit / Third Shabbat Meal

Every Shabbat afternoon from Oct. 19 until Pesah, we dine together at se’udah shelishit (the third Shabbat meal). Free to attend; all are welcome. We meet in the Eisner Commons, starting one and a half hours before

havdalah time (check this Bulletin or the website for the schedule). We are seeking sponsors, please!

To sponsor the a third meal, please contact Ira Frank: 412-281-4064 or natfabira@juno.com

LOCATING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE

Palkovitz Lobby, Helfant Chapel, ELC, Front Offices: Enter at Beacon Street (or Rear Parking Lot Entrance with key) 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 Rabbi Mark Staitman, Rabbinic Scholar Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Dir. of Derekh & Youth Tefillah, Ext. 111

Executive Officers Deborah Firestone, President, Ext. 106 Kate Rothstein, Executive V ice President Alan Kopolow, Vice President Jordan Fischbach, Vice President Fred Newman, Treasurer Dan Eisner, Secretary David Horvitz, Past President

Staff Ken Turkewitz, Interim Exec. Director, Ext. 226 Dale Caprara, Controller, Ext. 109 Anthony Colaizzi, Communications & Design

Manager, Ext. 108 Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, Ext. 112 Rabbi Larry Freedman, J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Kate Kim, Assistant J-JEP Director, Ext. 323 Hilary Yeckel, Early Learning Center Dir., Ext. 390 Rosie Valdez, ELC Administrator Marissa Tait, Dir. of Youth Programming, Ext. 463 Ethan Einhorn, Kadima Y outh Advisor Adi Kadosh, BSUSY Y outh Advisor Michelle Vines, Events Coordinator, Ext. 113 Lonnie Wolf, Cemetery Director, Ext. 293 Tika Bonner, Receptionist, Ext. 114 Amira Walker, Bookkeeper, Ext. 110

Auxiliary Presidents Ira Frank, Men’s Club Judy Kornblith Kobell, Sisterhood Elana Kolko, USY

Mazal Tov to

Ellen & Bob Garvin on the engagement of their son Michael to Leslie Klein of Albany, New York. Michael is the grandson of members Ralph & Audrey Silverman and the late Norman & Ruth Garvin.

The family and friends of Arlyn Gilboa, who left us on February 25.

Seth & Carolyn Glick and family on the passing of Seth’s gr andmother Ellen (Falk) Hirsch on February 23.

Condolences to

IMPORTANT: Stand up for the values and strength of the Conservative Movement in Israel by casting your ballot for MERCAZ, the “champions of progress & pluralism.”

Vote for delegates to the World Zionist Congress, and encourage others to do so as well. Voting period ends March 11.

Text “VOTE” to 917-336-1162 or go to www.Mercaz2020.org.

WE NEED YOU!

Are you willing to give some of your time once every other month (possibly less frequently if we get more volunteers) to welcome participants as they enter the synagogue? Beth Shalom’s Membership Committee is working to begin a GREETER PROGRAM to welcome individuals on Shabbat mornings. Volunteers would be asked to welcome people from approximately 9:45 until 11:00 a.m. on a rotating basis. The hope is to have 1-2 individuals each week. If interested, please contact Linda S. Newman at NewmanL201@gmail.com or at

336.508.2427. We need YOU to make this program work. Thank you for your participation.

Beth Shalom is now a member of the Life and Legacy program, offered by the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation to provide for long-term sustainability for Jewish

institutions. Beth Shalom’s program is called the Legacy Circle, and includes these team members: Ira Frank, Mindy Shreve, Julian Elbling, Kate Rothstein, Rabbi Jeremy Markiz, Debby

Firestone, and Ken Turkewitz. Our goal is to assure the future of Congregation Beth Shalom.

Please consider leaving a legacy gift to Congregation Beth Shalom, which begins with a “Declaration of Intent ” and may include these giving opt ions: Will or Trust, Retirement Plan

Assets (IRA, 401K, Pension), Life Insurance Policy, Cash Donation.

You can make a difference for the future of Pittsburgh’s Jewish Community and Congregation Beth Shalom. For further information, please contact any

member of our team or Rabbi Jeremy Markiz at the Shul.

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2nd 25:6-9 שני Lydia Bestul 326 487

3rd 25:10-16 שלישי Irene Kaplow 327 487

4th 25:17-22 רביעי Irene Kaplow 328 488

5th 25:23-30 חמישי Irene Kaplow 329 489

6th 25:31-33 ששי Lydia Bestul 329 490

7th 25:34-40 שביעי Marlene Behrmann Cohen 330 491

Maftir 25:37-40 מפטיר Marlene Behrmann Cohen 330 491

Haftarah 1 הפטרה Kings 5:26-6:13 Sheldon Catz 336 500

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Old Jewish-Organization Pittsburgh-Area Cookbooks

Our friends at the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center are this year collecting old Jewish-organization cookbooks published in western Pennsylvania. To contribute a cookbook to the collection, please contact Eric Lidji at eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org. Then bring your

books to Audrey Glickman, Rabbi’s Assistant, with your name and address attached.

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Sisterhood Book Club

The Sisterhood Book Club will discuss Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Date and location to be announced.

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

March - 30% off all seder and matzah items

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PURIM CARNIVAL!

Sunday, March 8, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Beth Shalom. Come to Kosherland for Purim games and Purim fun!

For more information, and to sponsor, please call Marissa Tait 412-421-2288 x463 mtait@bethshalompgh.org

Chocolate Seders

Thursday, March 26, at Beth Shalom

3rd-7th Grade 5:15-6:15 p.m., 8th-12th Grade 6:30-8:00 p.m. cosponsored with Rodef Shalom $8 includes dinner & chocolate and J-JEP (no dinner)

Eat your way through the haggadah in chocolate... RSVP for both BY MONDAY, MARCH 23,

at https://tinyurl.com/cbschocolate2020

mailto:eslidji@heinzhistorycenter.org

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

March 3rd at Beth Shalom, March 10 Downtown at David Horvitz’ office, 535 Smithfield Street

Discussing the roots of egalitarianism in Conservative Judaism, including the teshuvah “Woman and Mitzvot” from 2014 by Rabbi Pamela Barmash.

Please register for Sq. Hill classes at http://bethshalompgh.org/lunchandlearn/ To include lunch in your registration for the Lunch and Learn classes that are

at Beth Shalom, you must register by noon on the Friday prior to the class. (Lunch cannot be ordered for downtown, but may be taken with you. Registration not required.)

We invite you to this non-denominational class! This six-week course will cover an overview of creation, Bible, diversity, holidays, and Shabbat.

2:00-4:00 p.m. on 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8, and 3/15 Cost, including book, is $80 for a member, $100 for a non-member.

Taught in partnership with the Miller Introduction to Judaism Program at the American Jewish University. Babysitting available upon request.

BethShalomPgh.org/IntroToJudaism

Discussion Service will be March 7 at 10:30 a.m., in the Weinberg Pavilion. Rabbi Adelson leads a discussion-oriented service for all ranges of davener, from the uninitiated to

the veterans. We seek meaning behind the words, and personal connections within tefillah. Free; all are welcome. This year’s theme is “The Intertextuality of Tefillah.”

The February service topic is “The Languages of Tefillah.”

Monday mornings at 9:15 a.m. Rabbi Jeremy Markiz learns Massekhet Rosh Hashanah, a tractate of the Talmud about the many new years that fill out the Jewish calendar. To join Talmud Class Google Group, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/talmudcbs

Textual Analysis: Sundays at 8:30 p.m. Torah & Modern Life: Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. Dig into the language of the parashah A wide-ranging discussion on how Torah and unpack a difficult section of Torah. affects our modern life, beliefs, and practice.

Join these lay-led discussion groups! All classes meet online. No Hebrew knowledge required. Interested in either or both? Contact derekhCBS@gmail.com

12:15 p.m. Wednesdays - Bring the parashah alive and make it persona lly meaningful as we discuss and explore the weekly parashah through the lens of Hasidic sources with Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman. To join the Google Group, go to https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/lifeandtextcbs

Wednesday, March 4, 7:30 p.m. - Yousef Bashir - The Words of My Father A Palestinian-American activist recalls his adolescence in Gaza during the Second Intifada, and how he made a strong commitment to peace in the face of devastating brutality inthis moving, candid, and

transformative memoir that reminds us of the importance of looking beyond prejudice, anger, and fear. Book signing follows. Further information at bethshalompgh.org/speakerseries

Preparing for Passover and Easter Together, Thursdays 7:30 –9:00 p.m. As we go into a shared season of celebration centered in freedom, we have the opportunity to explore

this idea together. Join us for this exciting six-session series. The event is free. Feb. 27 Jewish Freedom Congregation Beth Shalom March 5 Christian Freedom Calvary Episcopal Church, 315 Shady Avenue, Shadyside March 12 How We Pray Jewish Community Center, 5738 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill March 19 Praying the Psalms Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill March 26 Jesus & The Temple Rodef Shalom Congregation, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Shadyside April 2 Faith into Action Congregation Beth Shalom

Friday, March 13, 7:00 p.m., Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom Join us after Friday night services for dinner and a celebration of Torah learning. The online study

group is completing their first year of study, having studied all 54 of the weekly Torah portions! All are welcome to this event - those who have been studying with us every week, those who

studied once, families of the learners, and the congregation as a whole. This is a potluck dinner. Please register for this event only online at BethShalomPgh.org/Potluck

Registration closes on March 11th.

Congregational Over 21 Purim Party

Men’s Club and Sisterhood are hosting an Over 21 Purim Party for the congregation 6:00 p.m. on March 8

Dress Your Favorite Decade!

The party will include a light dinner, open bar, costumes (with prizes), games, 50/50 raffle,

and a DJ, music and dancing. $25/person https://tinyurl.com/cbsadultppurim5780

Monday, March 9, 2020 5:45 p.m. - Erev Purim Dinner for Families (by prior RSVP, $10/family until 3/5;

$20/family at the door www.BethShalomPgh.org/Purim) 5:45 p.m. - PJ Library Purim programming

6:30 p.m. - Adult Costume Contest and Youth Costume Parade 7:00 p.m. - Ma’ariv/Everning Service

7:15 p.m. - Full Megillah Reading, including songs, shtik, and more! 8:30 p.m. - Refreshments - Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Tuesday, March 10 8:00 a.m. - Megillah Reading at Community Day School, 6424 Forward Avenue

12:30 p.m. - ELC All-School Family Celebration

March 8, 1:00 p.m. Come witness the cuteness of babies in tiny costumes and meet other parents of

infants (0-12 months) at a Baby-and-Me Purim party. We will have snacks and decorated mat for Purim-themed photos. Older siblings welcome! Contact DerekhCBS@gmail.com.

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