Lev, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bar Mitzvah. To ensure simcha success, please use the tools and downloadable items provided here to learn and practice your training assignments between visits with Cantor Green. For questions, e-mail me at cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com or call/text me at 613-327-3984.
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| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, June 28 5:15-6pm |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Intro to Webpage Goal Setting Lesson Time |
STUDY METHOD (always have your printouts/pages in front of you)
1. Listen to the assigned audio files a whole bunch of times, over several days. Let it sink in! 2. Sing along with the audio files many times until it is identical, smooth and confident. If there are glitches, use the slider to “rewind” and review a word or two at a time until identical. 3. Sing the whole assignment without the audio file (as you will in your next lesson). Use this approach every week, and knock my socks off with how well you know it! AND, every week, you MUST review at least once, everything learned to date, and FIX any glitches. Homework for this week: Bring a looseleaf binder (with sheet pockets) |
| Tu, Oct 16
5:30-6pm |
Prepare Torah Trope (cantillation notes – PDF | MP3) | Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | MP3) |
| Tu, Oct 23
5:30-6pm |
Review Torah Trope
Prepare Kohein (Rishon) Aliya 33:1-2 |
Learn Kohein (Rishon) Aliya 33:1-2 (PDF | MP3) |
| Tu, Oct 30
5:30-6pm |
Review Torah to date
Prepare 33:3-4 |
Learn Kohein (Rishon) Aliya 33:3-4 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 6 5:30-6pm |
Review Rishon Aliya to date
Prepare Rishon aliya 33:5-6 Prepare Rishon aliya 33:7 (for ‘if there’s time) |
Learn Rishon aliya 33:5-6 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 13
5:30-6:00pm |
Review Rishon Aliya to date
Prepare Sheini – 33:7-8 |
Learn Rishon 33:7 (MP3)
Learn Sheini 33:8 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 20 | Review Rishon Aliya (complete)
Review Sheini to date Prepare Sheini 33:9 and half of 10 |
Learn Sheini 33:9 and up to etnachta of 33:10 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 27
5:30-6pm |
Review Torah to date
Prepare Sheini 33:rest-of-10 thru end of aliya (33:12) |
Learn Sheini 33:rest-of-10 and 33:11 (MP3) |
| Tu, Dec 4 | NO LESSON – CHANUKAH CARNIVAL | Come to Teen Sufganiyot program!
Learn Sheini 33:12 (MP3) |
| Tu, Dec 11
5:30-6pm |
Review Sheini Aliya
Prepare Sh’lishi 33:13-14 |
Touch up 33:12 from last week
Learn Sh’lishi 33:13-14 (MP3) |
| BREAK | Learn rest of Sh’lishi (MP3) | |
| Tu, Jan. 8
5:30-6pm |
Review Torah to date, with blessings
Practice 33:17 |
Learn rest of Sh’lishi (MP3) |
| Tu, Jan 15
5:30-6pm |
Review Sh’lishi, with Torah Blessings
Prepare Shabbat Mincha Torah service beginning |
Learn Blessing after Torah reading (PDF | MP3)
Practice Torah reading from left hand side Learn Ashrei ‘top & tail’ p226-7 (MP3) – temporarily use this PDF, and check if you have the blue sim shalom siddur at home. |
| Tu, Jan 22
5:30pm |
Review Torah reading (Left side)
Review Torah blessings Review Ashrei Prepare Uva L’Tziyon |
Learn Uva L’tziyon first two entries (MP3) |
| Tu, Jan 29
5:30pm |
Review Mincha to date
Prepare rest of Uva L’Tziyon |
Fix melody of Hal’luya at end of Ashrei (same tune as y’hal’lucha selah from the opening lines)
Finish learning Uva L’tziyon paragraph (3rd & 4th entries) And learn Adonai Tz’va’ot entry middle p228 All of these are in the mp3 from Jan 22 (MP3) Practice Torah reading from left hand side |
| Tu, Feb 5
5:30pm |
Review Mincha to date
Prepare V’yiv-t’chu Prepare 1st sentence of Chatzi Kaddish |
Learn Adonai Tz’va’ot entry middle p228 (MP3)
Keep practicing Torah reading from the Left side |
| Tu, Feb 12
5:30pm |
Review Mincha to date
Prepare V’yivt’chu v’cha Prepare 1st paragraph of Chatzi Kaddish (shabbat mincha nusach) |
Learn Baruch HaGever until the end of the page (MP3) |
| Tu, Feb 19
NO LESSON |
Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Torah service first half | NO IN-PERSON LESSON TODAY – NO RIDE OR COMPUTER AVAILABLE TO LEV
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Torah Service first half p229 (MP3) |
| Tu, Feb 26
5:30pm |
Review Mincha to date
Work on Chatzi Kaddish before Torah service 1st half (file wasn’t linked properly) |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Torah Service first half p229 (MP3) |
| Tu, Mar 5
5:30pm |
Review Mincha to date
Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Torah service 2nd half |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish 2nd half UP TO “B’rich hu” (MP3) |
| Tu, Mar 12
5:30pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish to date
***CANTOR WILL ADD “YITBARACH” at the end of Y’hei Sh’meih (as congregation) Prepare rest of chatzi kaddish Review 3rd aliya |
Learn rest of Chatzi (MP3) from 0:16 |
| Tu, Mar 19
5:30pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish
Prepare Va’ani T’filati and Vay’hi binsoa |
Learn Va’ani T’filati, p229 (MP3)
Learn Vay’hi Binsoa, p229 (MP3) up to “mipanecha” at 0:16. |
| Tu, Mar 26
5:30pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish, Va’ani & Vay’hi first half
Prepare 2nd half of Vay’hi Binson Prepare Gad’lu line |
Learn rest of Vay’hi Binsoa (from 0:16) (MP3)
Learn Gad’lu Ladonai Iti (remembering to practice the slight bow) (MP3) |
| Tu, Apr 2
5:30pm |
Review Torah service to date
Prepare L’Cha Adonai 1st stanza |
Fix – ‘rov chas-de-cha’ in Va’ani T’filati
Learn Gad’lu Ladonai Iti (remembering to practice the slight bow) (MP3) Learn 1st paragraph of L’Cha Adonai (as Shabbat morning) p230 (MP3) |
| Th, Apr 11
5:00pm |
Review Gad’lu
Review L’Cha Adonai 1st half Prepare L’Cha Adonai 2nd half |
Learn 2nd paragraph of L’Cha Adonai (MP3) |
| Th, Apr 18 | PRE-SEDER BREAK | Keep smoothing everything out! |
| Th, Apr 25 | Review Torah recessional
NO LESSON |
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| Th, May 2
5pm |
Review L’Cha Adonai
Prepare 1st part of Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat |
Learn Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat 1st part – up to ‘aranein’ p72 (MP3) |
| May 9 | NO LESSON – LEV in Quebec City | |
| Th, May 16
5pm |
Review Mizmor Shir 1st part
Prepare Mizmor Shir 2nd part |
Touch up last line of last week’s lesson (last 3 words)
Learn Mizmor Shir 2nd part (Ma Gad’lu to Adei Ad) (MP3) |
| Th, May 23 | NO LESSON | Finish learning above MP3 |
| Th, May 30 | Review Mizmor Shir to date
Prepare Mizmor Shir part 3 |
Learn Mizmor Shir part 3 (MP3) |
| We, June 5
6:30pm |
Review Mizmor Shir
Review Mincha from Ashrei |
Learn end of Mizmor Shir (MP3) |
| Th, June 13 | NO LESSON – CANTOR CONCERT PREP | Sorry, Lev. Ran out of time today to upload new material. Will do so on Friday (June 7). Check back here tomorrow afternoon. No rush though — this will be material for the following week, after you learn the rest of Mizmor Shir.
Learn Y’hal’lu & Hodo Al Eretz p232 (MP3) |
| Th, June 20
5pm |
Review Mizmor Shir (entire)
Prepare Y’hal’lu & Hodo |
Finish learning Mizmor Shir, last 2 lines and practice the whole song.
Learn Y’hal’lu & Hodo Al Eretz p232 (MP3) Review everything so far!! Make sure it’s back to being smooth. |
| Fr, June 28
9:30am |
Review Mizmor Shir (for ending)
Review and finish learning Y’hal’lu/Hodo |
Finish learning Hodo al Eretz p232 (MP3)
Learn Eitz Chayim Hi (MP3) |
| Th, July 4 | NO LESSON – CJG ON HOLIDAY | Continue learning Eitz Chayim Hi.
Review everything so far! |
| Th, Jul 11
5pm |
Review Y’hal’lu & Hodo Al Eretz
Review Eitz Chayim Hi Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Shabbat mincha Amida, first paragraph (pentatonic) |
Power failure – LESSON CANCELLED |
| Tu, Jul 16
12:30-1pm |
Review Y’hal’lu & Hodo Al Eretz
Review Eitz Chayim Hi Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Shabbat mincha Amida, first paragraph (pentatonic) Review Torah reading |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish for Shabbat mincha before silent Amida (Pentatonic – black keys up and down) p233 (MP3) |
| Th, Jul 25
5pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish (pentatonic)
Prepare Aleinu (end of mincha) |
Keep working on the second half (particularly) of Chatzi kaddish from last week (MP3)
Learn Aleinu – top of page 248 up to and including “hakadosh baruch hu” (total 5 lines). (MP3) Learn end of aleinu from “kakatuv”, 3 lines up, second word (same MP3) |
| Aug 1 | NO LESSON | BOTH LEV & CANTOR AWAY |
| We, Aug 7 5:30pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish
Review Aleinu Review all |
Keep practicing |
| Th, Aug 15
12:30pm |
Review Everything on bima | |
| Aug 22 | NO LESSON | LEV AWAY |
| Th, Aug 29
5pm |
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Torah Readings (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Rishon Aliya – DONE
Sheini Aliya – DONE
Sh’lishi Aliya – DONE
Shabbat Mincha Proper – DONE (No Amida)
FINISH UP:
Aleinu – DONE
Havdallah (possibly “bar’chu nusach” for first paragraph, or to tune of Ani v’Atah) – Mira & friend with Guitar
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) – IN PROGRESS
Mira’s Haftara (Sh’kalim) with b’rachot (PDF | MP3)
Blue Sim Shalom Siddur ON LOAN – Must be returned after Bar Mitzvah (it has been dedicated!)
***CANTOR WILL ADD “YITBARACH” at the end of Y’hei Sh’meih (as congregation)