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Joseph N. Abravanel Jean Adler Rose R. Adler Linda Fine Alvarez Arlene S. Apter Ann G. Arons Betty Ann Averbach Jacob Baker Jerome Balbot Bessie Barach Rubin Benkovitz David H. Berger Harry Berger Isadore Bialo Benjamin H. Blatt Aaron S. Blitz Joseph Braemer Istvan Brown Paul Brown Sylvia K. Burack

Sidney N. Busis Morris Calig Sylvia Riesberg Cazen Louis Childs Edith Cohen Jacob Cohen Max R. Cohen Nathan S. Cohen Richard A. Cohen Mollie Erlichman Rose Marie Farhy Samuel Farkas Sarah Feld William Fenster Joseph Leon Fine Arthur W. Fivars Dorothy J. Golden Milton Goldstein Albert W. Golomb George Gordon

Meyer Gordon Leon Gottlieb Evelyn K. Green Benjamin Halpern Dolores Fromkin Harris Rose Harris Helen W. Hart Melvin W. Helfant Fannie Herring Esther F. Herskovitz Emil I. Hoffman Morris Jacobson Lisa M. Katz Nathan M. Katz Samuel Katz Max Kaufman Matilda Klein Annie H. Kreger Saul Lapiduss Rena Lautman

Julia Lebovitz William Harold Lederer Dorothy Lerner Andrew S. Levine Edward David Levy Jay A. Levy Morris Levy Sam Levy Albert Lewis David Lichter A. Joel Litman Clara S. Locker Denise Malvin Samuel Marcovsky Mary H. Marcuson Herschel Mattes Helen Miller Katie Miller Moses Miller Ruth Zionts Morgan

David Morris Elizabeth Nadas Rose Goodman Naftali Elizabeth Nathanson Anna Neiman Steven Levin Ochs Lucille Bailiss Pollock Annie Port Iyegudis Portyanskaya Leo Rabinowitz Herbert Reingold Harry Reinwasser Jean Robin Shalom S. Rose Harry Rosen Myer Rosenthal Rose Rosenthal Joseph H. Rossen Anna Roth Bennett Sachnoff

Sophie Saltzman Mayme H. Samuels Sara Sapir Mendel Schmidt Saul David Schneider Ann Schwartz Jean G. Semins Maurice Shapera Alexander J. Shlyak Tatyana J. Shubs Herb Shuman Louis Singer Naxman Skotnevsky Selma E. Smith Grigory Snitkovsky Sadie M. Speer Eli Spungen David Stahl Dorothy Kaufman Stein Florence Stein

Elizabeth Steinman Regina Stern Bessie Torin Louis J. Tracht Celia Trachtenberg Joseph A. Tucker Esther Vogler Lena F. Wald Mary Watkins Rabbi Meyer Waxman Benjamin Weinman Fred G. Weinstock Albert Weisman Joseph D. Wolfe Harry Zasloff Ilya Zavalkovsky

Shabbat Zakhor Shalom! 11 Adar, 5780

This week’s parashah is Tetsavveh.

Sunday, 3/8 ~ 12 Adar Begin Daylight Saving Time

8:00 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:30 am J-JEP Tefillah, Helfant Chapel 10:00 am Purim Carnival, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 1:00 pm Baby’s First Purim Party, Eisner Commons 2:00 pm Introduction to Judaism, Stofman/Zweig Libraries 6:00 pm Over 21 Purim Party, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group - Textual, Zoom Video Call

Monday, 3/9 ~ 13 Adar Fast of Esther, Erev Purim

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Talmud Study, Lehman Center 5:45 pm Purim Activities, Various Locations (please see inside for details) 6:00 pm Adult Costume Contest & Youth Costume Parade, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 7:00 pm Evening Service, followed by Megillah Reading, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary

Tuesday, 3/10 ~ 14 Adar Purim Please note: Lunch and Learn

Downtown will take place on March 17.

8:00 am Morning Service & Megillah Reading, Community Day School, 6424 Forward Ave. 12:30 pm ELC All-School Family Celebration, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting, Lehman Center 8:30 pm Online Parashah Study Group - Torah and Modern Life, Zoom Video Call

Wednesday, 3/11 ~ 15 Adar Shushan Purim

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 How to be Antiracist Book Club, Eisner Commons

Thursday, 3/12 ~ 16 Adar

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 4:15 pm J-JEP, Classrooms 6:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting, Lehman Center 7:00 pm Evening Service, Helfant Chapel 7:30 pm Bylaws Committee, Stofman/Zweig Libraries 7:30 pm Walking Toward Freedom - Interfaith Series, Jewish Community Center, 5738

Forbes Avenue, Squirrel Hill

Friday, 3/13 ~ 17 Adar Candle lighting 7:07 pm

7:30 am Morning Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 6:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat, Helfant Chapel 7:00 pm Parashah Study Group Siyyum Potluck Dinner, Samuel & Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Saturday, 3/14 ~ 18 Adar Men’s Club Shabbat; Aufruf - Krieger and Chandler Havdalah 8:08 pm

6:30 am Early Morning Shabbat Service, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 9:15 am Shabbat Morning Service, Men’s Club Shabbat, Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary 10:00 am Youth Tefillah, Meet in Shear Youth Lounge, then to respective services 12:15 pm Congregational Kiddush Luncheon, Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom 1:00 pm Men’s Club Shi’ur, Helfant Chapel 6:35 pm Minhah, Homestead Hebrew Chapel 7:00 pm Se’udah Shelishit, in the Eisner Commons 7:45 pm Ma’ariv, Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Discussion Service 10:30 am

Weinberg Pavilion

Early Morning Shabbat Service, including the anniversary of Lester Shapiro becoming a bar mitzvah 6:30 am

Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Havdalah 7:00 p.m.

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 MARCH 7 - 13, 2020 11 - 17 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, March 6, 2020

Candle lighting 5:59 p.m.

Minhah 5:30 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Se’udah Shelishit, sponsored by Anne Jackson in loving memory of her mother Shirley Cochran 5:55 pm

Eisner Commons

Ma’ariv 6:40 pm Homestead Hebrew Chapel

Congregational K iddush 12:15 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Kabbalat Shabbat 6:00 pm Helfant Chapel

Shabbat Morning Service 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

Daf Yomi - Berakhot Siyyum 12:45 pm Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

Shababababa and Shabbat Haverim 5:45 pm

Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom

The family and friends of Sherry Helfant Malone, who passed away on February 24.

Elisheva (Emanuel) Schreiber, on the passing of her father George William Reynolds II on March 2.

Condolences to

Rita Gusky of New York who grew up here but moved ther e in 1960. She r eminds us of her grandfather Benjamin Weinman (z”l), whose yahrzeit is this week. He was one of the founders of this congregation. She sends her greetings and love to anyone who remembers her and the Weinman/Gusky family.

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

What Are Those Thingy-Dos in that Abbreviation?

If only “Thingy-Do” were a technical term!* This doo-hickey comes with fingers wiggling in the air. There are a few different items we find in Hebrew that are double strokes. And as near as we can tell, they are all called gershayim.

In an abbreviation, as on the gravestone seen in the image, we use the straight gershayim, or sometimes only one geresh.

On gravestones one often sees נ״פ which stands for (essentially) “here lies.” One also may see the abbreviation (with a series of single gereshim) for “may her/his soul be bound up in the bond of life”: ת׳נ׳צ׳ב׳ה׳. Sometimes a single geresh is used in פ׳נ, too.

Gershayim are also used for acronyms - as a way of letting one know that the “word” is an

acronym. The letters of “Tanakh” תנ״ך) ) stand for the books comprising it - Torah, Nevi’im (Prophets), Ketuvim (Writings). Maimonides was known as Rambam ( ם״רמב ).

Gershayim may also indicate the name of a Hebrew letter, as in ן ״עי as opposed to the word ן :They also may indicate a numeral written with Hebrew letters .(eye) עי 14 is ד״י . One may also see a single-digit numberal: 3 is ״ג .

When writing a name in Hebrew which does not carry a letter with that sound - such as a

“J” - one would write a geresh after the appropriate letter to show that sound: Gene is ין׳ג .

Other such letter substitutions include ׳ז as in ׳קולאז (collage) and ו׳ (or sometimes וו but that does not have a geresh)

for a “w.” (There are more such combinations, for sounds in languages other than English.)

Full word transliterations may also be called out by gershayim: Rashi refers to his home town Troyes as . ש״טרוי

Sometimes one will see in printed material apostrophes or quotation marks used instead of geresh or gershayim. That is because many fonts do not support the marks. One would use the “99” (”) marks rather than the “66” (“) (see the photo for an example of those, too!). The computer code for gershayim is U+05F4, and for the singular geresh it is U+05F3.

Geresh and gershayim are also cantillation marks. Found in last week’s haftarah (for Shabbat Shekalim) is ח The .ויקgershayim have to be curvy to be cantillation marks. The computer code is U+059E.

If one would ask Lonnie in the Cemetery Office, he would say these characters are #28 and #29 on the engravers’ chart.

*Rabbi Adelson notes the slang word for this in Hebrew, chupchik - יק׳ופצ׳צ - deriving from Russian chubchik, meaning “small thing.”

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, immediately following services in the Samuel and Minnie Hyman Ballroom.

This week’s Se’udah Shelishit will be sponsored by Anne Jackson in loving memory of her mother Shirley Cochran.

OUR CONGREGATIONAL FAMILY

SHABBAT SHALOM

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). Seeking a sponsor only for April 4th!

To sponsor the a third meal, please contact Ira Frank: 412-281-4064 or [email protected]

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 Y outh 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

Dr. Larry & Sharon Dobkin on the engagement of their daughter Rachel Dobkin to Benjamin Eisenstein of Skokie, Illinois.

Bruce & Bev Klein on the bir th of gr andson Ethan Daniel in Chicago on Febr uar y 28.

Grandparents Lorraine & Rabbi Aaron Mackler on the birth of a baby girl to Hannah Mackler & Michael Feurstein of Raleigh, NC, on Wednesday, March 4.

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 [email protected] or at

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

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Beth Shalom is now a member of the Life and Legacy program, offered by the Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Beth Shalom’s Legacy Circle includes 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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1st ראשון Exodus 27:20 - 28:5 Irene Kaplow 339 503

2nd 28:6-9 שני Irene Kaplow 340 505

3rd 28:10-12 שלישי Irene Kaplow 340 506

4th 28:13-17 רביעי Dave Held 341 506

5th 28:18-21 חמישי Adam Kolko 341 507

6th 28:22-25 ששי Adam Kolko 341 507

7th 28:26-30 שביעי Adam Kolko 342 508

Maftir מפטיר Scroll #2 Deut. 25:17-19 Raffa Rothstein 856 1135

Haftarah 1 הפטרה Samuel 15:2-34 Peter Oleinick 996 1282

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PARASHAT TETSAVVEH

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pa’amon Old Jewish-Organization Pittsburgh-Area Cookbooks

Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center is collecting old Jewish-organization cookbooks published in western Pennsylvania. To contribute a cookbook to the collection, please 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.

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

Passover Rituals in the Illuminated Haggadah

March 8, at 11:30 a.m. in the Zweig Library Our friends at New Light Congregation share with us Professor Adam Cohen, who will be

speaking on The Uses of Haggadot from Eras Past and their Illustrations, a talk on some of the halachic and midrashic aspectsof Pesah and the seder as revealed by an examination of selected

images from illustrated medieval haggadot. Prof Cohen will also offer suggestions on incorporating visuals into your seder. Please RSVP to Beth at [email protected].

Tetsavveh

Congregational Dinner

Friday, March 20, 7:15 p.m. Congregational Dinner (after Teen-Led Kabbalat Shabbat Service at 6:00)

Sponsored by Men’s Club and Sisterhood

$60 per family (2 adults, 2 children); $25 per adult; $10 per child (12 and under)

RSVP by 3/13/20, please. Sign up online: https://tinyurl.com/DinnerMarch5780

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

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, DATE CHANGE: March 17 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.)

THIS SHABBAT: 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 March service topic is “Torah Sources 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 [email protected]

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

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.

March 8, 1:00 p.m. - Come witness the cuteness of babies in t iny 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 [email protected].

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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 [email protected]

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

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Men’s Club Shabbat

Saturday, March 14, 9:15 a.m., Faye Rubenstein Weiss Sanctuary Special guest Imam Chris Caras, religious director, Islamic Center of Pittsburgh.

Kiddush luncheon sponsored by the Beth Shalom Men’s Club. Please consider sponsoring. http://bethshalompgh.org/Mens-Club-Shabbat-5780

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

*Adult Costume Contest Categories: Most Elaborate Costume, Most Likely to Scare Children, Most Likely to Make You Smile, Best Family Costume, Best Couple Costume, Requiring Most Explanation, Most Likely to Get You Arrested, Weirdest Superhero, Most Timely Concept, Best Costume Tied to Purim Characters or Themes.

Megillah Readers: Rabbi J onathan Perlman, Sheldon Catz, Ilanit Helfand, Beth Kissileff, Mitch Dernis, Elan Kiderman, Elana Kolko, Jonathan Weinkle, Shuli Dernis, Rabbi Amy Bardack, and the CDS kids organized by Rabbi Mark Goodman.