May 2015 Iyar/Sivan 5775 Volume 19, Issue 5 From Our Spiritual Leader Cantor Henry Shapiro Jewish Numbers I was reading a passage in last week’s Torah reading, in parsha M’tzora. I came across a phrase mentioning the quantity needed for part of an offering as a, log of oil. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, a log is equivalent to about a pint. The origin of the word is a little vague but what caught my attention was the letters are the same letters לגas in the first word of the holiday Lag B’Omer. Since that’s the next holiday on the Jewish calendar, it’s obviously been on my mind. Now the Lag in that phrase doesn’t have a meaning by itself but comes from a numbering system using Hebrew letters. Basically אaleph means one, בbet means two, etc. If you look at the Torah ark at PJC, you’ll see the Hebrew letters on the doors are really the first 10 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. After reaching 10, you add 10 plus 1, ( ) יאto get 11. 20 is represented by the next hebrew letter כplus whatever single digit you might need. The next grouping is Coming Events Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM May 15th & 16th May Birthday Shabbat - call Leslie or Diane to sponsor May 23rd Erev Shavuot 9:27 PM - Light Candles (after Shabbat) May 24th First Day of Shavuot Services 9:30 AM Shavuot Evening Service, with Yizkor 7:00 PM May 25th Second Day of Shavuot Services (Yizkor Service during Torah Service) 9:30 AM 9:28 PM Shavuot Havdalah See calendars for Candle Lighting times
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May 2015 Iyar/Sivan 5775 Volume 19, Issue 5
From Our Spiritual Leader
Cantor Henry Shapiro
Jewish Numbers I was reading a passage in last week’s Torah reading, in parsha M’tzora. I came across a phrase mentioning the quantity needed for part of an offering as a, log of oil. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, a log is equivalent to about a pint. The origin of the word is a little vague but what caught my attention was the letters are the same letters לג as in the first word of the holiday Lag B’Omer. Since that’s the next holiday on the Jewish calendar, it’s obviously been on my mind. Now the Lag in that phrase doesn’t have a meaning by itself but comes from a numbering system using Hebrew letters. Basically א aleph means one, בbet means two, etc. If you look at the Torah ark at PJC, you’ll see the Hebrew letters on the doors are really the first 10 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. After reaching 10, you add 10 plus 1, ( יא( to get 11. 20 is represented by the next hebrew letter כplus whatever single digit you might need. The next grouping is
Coming Events
Friday Night Shabbat Services - 6:00 PM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services - 9:30 AM May 15th & 16th May Birthday Shabbat - call Leslie or Diane to sponsor May 23rd Erev Shavuot 9:27 PM - Light Candles (after Shabbat) May 24th First Day of Shavuot Services 9:30 AM Shavuot Evening Service, with Yizkor 7:00 PM May 25th Second Day of Shavuot Services (Yizkor Service during Torah Service) 9:30 AM 9:28 PM Shavuot Havdalah See calendars for Candle Lighting times
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May 2015/ Iyar/Sivan 5775 ל for 30. So we add up to 30 + 3 = לג , hence Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of the
Omer. Now we also have our secular holidays designated by numbers such as the ‘4th of July’, or even nowadays, ‘9/11’. So too are other Hebrew noteworthy dates labeled with numbers - such as Tisha B’Av, the ninth of the month of Av or Tu B’Shvat, the 15th of Shvat. Recently Tu B’Av, the 15th of Av has become a romantic day, the modern Israeli equivalent of Saint Valentine’s Day. The number ‘Tu’ above is slightly different numbering from the system I just described above. It turns out that if 10 is a ‘yud’ and we add a ה, we get the first two letters for Gd’s name. To avoid that, 9 + 6 is substituted, thus טו, pronounced Tu. There’s more than simple numbering in using Hebrew letters this way, and as you might guess it has a deeper meaning, but I’ll save that for another essay. Finally, the number 49 is associated with this time of year and the holiday of Shavuot. Shavuot translated from Hebrew means ‘weeks’. It’s a week of weeks, 7x7 = 49 days. That’s the time between Passover and Shavuot and why and how we count the Omer. There’s also a 49 in the biblical Passover story. It is said by the Rabbis to represent the 49th of 50 levels the Jewish people had fallen to while enslaved in Egypt. The 49 days leading to Shavuot are supposed to be a time to raise our awareness and spiritual level. By the time we reach Shavuot, we will be ready for our spiritual high point, receiving the Torah on Mt. Sinai. Cantor Henry Shapiro
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From the President’s Desk………………………….Robert E. Korfin In the past, I’ve wondered is anybody reading? Is anybody listening? Wait, I’m getting ahead of the story. A couple months ago, I ask if our members actually read The Scribe. I mentioned just last month about the condition of the driveway or circle at Parkway Jewish Center. The cold weather, the heavy trucks and other vehicles that come down our driveway have left us with nooks, crannies and holes that resemble the moon. About six years ago, I contacted the borough about helping us out and doing some spot repairs to the driveway. They came to our aid and did a nice job at the time. Over the years, the combination of the traffic that I mentioned above and the very cold winters and hot summers have brought us to the place where we need to get work done again. One of our Parkway Family read our newsletter and sprang into action. Shirley Holtzman Schwartz made a call to the Public Works department and told them about our situation. The bottom line…….Parkway Jewish Center has been put on the work list. Our driveway repairs will be fixed sometime next month. Many thanks to Shirley for springing into action for us. I’ve already referred her to Marty Griffin, the action reporter from KDKA. As they say in the business…..stay tuned. Cantor Shapiro will be traveling to Chicago to attend the Cantor’s Assembly Meeting. It’s kind of a Cantor’s Convention. Can you imagine 500 cantors singing in the shower at the same time? We wish him safe travel and a successful meeting. One more thing about our driveway….don’t let anything stop you from attending Shabbat Services. We would love to have you join with us any Friday evening or Saturday morning. The weather is terrific again and we even offer valet parking. And if you believe that….I have 3 lbs. of matzah to sell you. Last year we had a few barbeques at Parkway. They were either part of a Shabbat Service under the Stars or we just got together for a picnic. We’ve been using the same two charcoal grills. We decided enough is enough. Time to get with the program and move up to gas. So be looking for our new gas grill very soon. We’ll probably have a cookout to celebrate the new arrival just as soon as it gets here. Have I told you lately about our wonderful PJC website? Our editor, webmaster, and all around terrific lady, Linda Tashbook has my thanks and the thanks of all of our members. Check it out at: parkwayjewishcenter.org It’s spring, go out and take a walk, then we’ll talk again….
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Kiddush & Oneg Shabbat Sponsors PJC Sisterhood Edy Dickman Bernie Bernstein Gail and Alan Levine Faye Fischman Bob Caplan Lila and Marty Cooper Tammy and Neil Blumenfeld Ron Brown Linda Tashbook Kiddush Oneg Sponsorships Sisterhood invites you to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries and other Simchas by sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat or Saturday Morning Kiddush. You can also sponsor in memory of a loved one’s Yahrzeit. For more information, call Diane Bloomfield at 412-373-9240 or Leslie Rubin at 412-371-8437
Donation Contacts: Donations to the Marilyn Markowitz/Phyllis Stein Memorial Library Fund can be made by calling the shul office. Mazel Tov to: Susan and Michael Tell, on their Daughter Laynie's Graduation from the University of Pittsburgh Marvin Tell, on his Granddaughter Laynie's Graduation from the University of Pittsburgh Leslie and Charlie Rubin, on their Daughter Anna's upcoming Graduation from Princeton University Mike and Joanie Jacob, on Jordan's upcoming Marriage to Priscilla Leslie Rubin, on her retirement from Duquesne University Bob and Myrna Korfin, on the birth of their new Granddaughter
MAY ANNIVERSARIES
14 Sheryl and Rick Sternberg 19 Annette and Harold Felser
24 Laurie and Arnie Levine
MAY BIRTHDAYS
1 Norman Mayer 2 Gabriel Bloomfield
Theodore Bikel 3 Golda Meir 4 Ava Cain
6 Sigmund Freud 8 Marissa Cooper
Don Rickles 10 Tammy Blumenfeld
11 Michael Jacob Phil Silvers
12 Burt Bacharach 13 Shirley Kaufman
16 Debra Winger 20 Lois Goldberg
Moshe Dayan 21 Ruth Daniels*
Lisa Edelstein Al Franken
22 Holly Brown Richard Benjamin Susan Strasberg
24 Shirley Melnick Bob Dylan
25 Marjorie Moidel Arnold Levine Ron Goldberg
27 Henry Kissinger 29 Joanna Drummond
30 Mel Blanc Benny Goodman
30 Joanna Heyman 31 Marian Hershman
*Happy 90th birthday to Ruth Daniels
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May Yahrzeits
Week of April 24, 2015 - 5 Iyar Laura Rozensky, Bertha Silverblatt, Victor Katz, Nathan Miller, Abraham R. Schwartz, Susan Regina Klein, Joseph Loundy, Martha Peritz, Samuel Price, Julian Zilber, Fred Michael Katz, Faye E. Freehof, Reva Neustadt, Minnie Gabriel Peritz, Gunther Peritz, Lena Silber Schreiber, Reb Josef Schreiber, Adolf Rosenwasser, Bertha Schreiber Rosenwasser, Louis Rosenwasser, Isaak Rosenwasser, Judith Rosenwasser Week of May 1, 2015 - 12 Iyar Rose Zuckerman, Lewis W. Gumerman, Harry Caplan, Diane Korfin, Emanuel Stein, George Weintraub, Anna Temeles, Mary Marks, Joseph Rozensky, Fannie Ann Samuels, Izze Kaufman, Ruth Weinberg, Esther Zlatkin, Estelle Cutler, Anne Leonard, Matthew Levenson Week of May 8, 2015 - 19 Iyar Samuel Feinberg, Joseph Feldman, Sophie Richman, Melvin Fischman, Nathan Weisman,/ Max Wolfson, Miriam Hurwitz, Isadore Losman, Sherman Shapiro, Mary Kaufman, William Bluestone, Irwin Tatar, Sidney H. Brown, Samuel Goodman, Stephen Saltzman, Rebecca Goldstein, Irving Kordish, Marilyn Markovitz, Irving Levenson Week of May 15, 2015 - 26 Iyar Benjamin Solomon, Zelic Robbins, Sally Garfinkel Rosenberg, Harry Rosenfeld, Elizabeth “Libby” Quint, Max Stern, Miriam Stern, Nathan Berlin, Robert Milton Greenbaum, Abe Halperin, Jacob Zukerman, Henry Melnick Week of May 22, 2015 - 4 Sivan Joseph Marcus, Goldine Hirsch, Anna Shefsky, Laura Gross Jacob, Marion Cohen, Robert Moldovan, Charlotte Perelstine, Coleman Holtzman, Bertha Braun Perlman, Roy Temeles, Fannie Slutsky, Phil Samuels, Mary Rosenzweig, Hyman Kisilinsky, Samuel Cohen, Goldie Ackerman, Albert Fetter, Milton E. Lederman Week of May 29, 2015 - 11 Sivan Blanche Sigel, Florence Tatar, Mary Rebb Abromovitz, Ludwig Suess, Saul Grossman, Shirley Slepian, Max Steinberg, Matthew Allen Rosenbaum, Herb Weisman If the name is printed in Bold, a Yahrzeit Plaque will be illuminated in the Sanctuary during the Yahrzeit week. If you would like to place a Yahrzeit Plaque in the Sanctuary, please call the Synagogue Office at 412-823-4338 between 9 am and 1 pm daily. Condolences To: Hal Lederman, on the passing of his Mother, Shirley Lederman Stolzer Refuah Schleimah A Speedy Recovery to: Stan Markovitz, Helen Naimark, Betty Rapport, Michael Tell
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LIBRARY NEWS The breathe of Spring has given us the feel of sunshine to warm our soul, the scent of flowers, the sounds of birds and beetle alike, the taste of fresh fruit and the sight of words on pages as you relax outdoors with a good book. Top Ten Jewish Best Sellers courtesy of the Jewish Book Council FICTION 1. The Boston Girl: A Novel by Anita Diamant* 2. Leaving Berlin:A Novel by Joseph Kanon 3. A Dangerous Place: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear 4. This Is Where I Leave You:A Novel by Jonathan Tropper 5. The Dovekeepers: A Novel by Alice Hoffman---the made for TV movie was based on
this novel.* NONFICTION 1. Believers: My Forty Years in Politics by David Axelrod 2. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir by Roz Chast 3. Jerusalem: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi 4. My Grandfather's Gallery A Family Memoir of Art and War by Anne Sinclair 5. Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1946 by Bruce Hoffman *--indicates that this book is available in our library. If any of these books appeal to you please call 724-864-2344 or email [email protected] and I will procure it for our collection. Other suggestions are always welcomed!!! See you in the library, Betty Ann
May 2015 Iyar/Sivan 5775 A* Pitseleh Oysgematert SALMON*
(The name is longer than the recipe, just so you know.)
A piece of parchment paper about 11 x 15. You’ll fold this in half the short way. Next to the fold you’ll put a piece of salmon fillet. Next to that put 3 or 4 pieces of fresh asparagus or broccoli or some green beans – (think green veggie). Nearby you’ll put a few pieces of a big potato or you’ll be fancy and get those little potatoes you don’t even need to peel. (This is such an easy recipe you won’t be oysgematert (exhausted) at the end!)
Now season the fish with a sprinkle of garlic powder, a sprinkle of onion powder, a shake of salt and a pinch pepper too. Just a pitseleh. On top of these seasonings you can put a teaspoon of brown sugar on the fish, then drizzle some Tamari or soy sauce, then a drop or two of olive oil, and finally, a squeeze from a piece of lemon. All this on the fish. Don’t worry the veggies will get some of this flavor as it’s baking.
Now here’s the tricky part: fold over the parchment paper to cover the salmon and veggies. Take a pinch of the paper’s edges and fold it tightly over all the way around the three edges. It’s like pinching pie crust and folding over. When you get to the last corner of the paper and you’ve pinched and folded tuck that end under the package. You should now have a nice little package that is tightly sealed. Put this on a baking sheet in a 400 degree oven, and bake it for 15 to 20 minutes depending on how thick your piece of fish is. The package will balloon in the oven. When you take it out of the oven, it will deflate. Let it sit for a few minutes. Then slit open the parchment paper, and spoon some of the gravy over the fish and veggies. You can serve it with salsa too.
*Pitseleh –pronounced (pit-se-leh, to rhyme with “fit sulla.” It means “a little piece.” 1. “And how is your darling pitseleh?”
*Oysgematert – pronounced (oyss-ge-mot-tert), to rhyme with Royce besotted. It means to be utterly exhausted, worn out. 1. After what he/she went through, who can blame him/her for being oysgematert?
What your guests will say after they eat this? Aha! Pronounced with a note of sudden comprehension, pleasure and triumph. “Ah-A That’s why they called off the party!” or “Ah-A! Then I win the bet!”
Recipe submitted by Tammy Blumenfeld
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