Jordan, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bat 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.
VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, Jan 9 6:20-7:10pm |
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, 4. 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) |
| Th, Feb 6
6:30-7pm |
Intro to Webpage
Prepare Kiddush for Friday Evening (long version) |
Learn Kiddush for Friday evening p49 – Lines 2-4 (PDF | MP3) (learn up to the 0:24 second mark) |
| Th, Feb 13
4-4:30 |
Review Kiddush lines 2-4
Prepare Kiddush line 1 Prepare Kiddush lines 5-6 |
Finish learning (ie., add melody) to Lines 2-4 from last week (PDF | MP3) (learn up to the 0:24 second mark)
Learn Line 5-6 (new). Use same MP3, from 0:24-0:36. If there is time and you’ve learned all the above WELL, add the intro line – “Savri…” (MP3) |
| Th, Feb 20
6:30-7pm |
Review Kiddush to date
Continue learning Kiddush, amount depending on how last week felt. |
CANTOR GREEN ASKED TO RESCHEDULE LESSON – COMMUNITY EVENT – BUT NO TIME COULD BE FOUND. STUDY ON YOUR OWN INSTEAD:
Scroll down and try the recording widget! Sing in this week’s homework. You have 30 seconds per recording. Most homework assignments will fit in that time. Learn Kiddush from “Ki Hu Yom T’chilah” up to “Mikol Ha-amim”, using the audio file above, from 0:36-1:02. Keep practicing everything learned so far! (…and do that every week!) |
| Th, Feb 27
6:30-7pm |
Review Kiddush to date
Prepare Kiddush last two lines. Prepare Blessing before Torah reading if there’s time. |
Learn last 2 lines of kiddush (MP3 – from 1:02 to end) |
| Th, Mar 5
6:30-7pm |
Review Kiddush (complete)
Review Blessing before Torah Reading Prepare Blessing after Torah Reading Prepare Aleinu first half of first paragraph |
Learn Blessing after Torah reading (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Mar 12
FB MESSENGER 4:00-4:30 |
Review Torah blessings
Review Aleinu to date Prepare Aleinu part 2 |
Learn Aleinu part 2 (MP3)
Keep reviewing everything learned so far! Figure out if Tuesdays, 5:15-5:45 is a possible new time to meet. |
| Th, Mar 19 | NO LESSON | CANTOR ON HOLIDAY |
| Th, Mar 26
5pm SKYPE |
Review Aleinu
Prepare Shiru Ladonai Shir Chadash part 1 |
Learn Shiru Ladonai Shir Chadash part 1 (p16) (PDF | MP3) – do a LOT of listening. The more you listen, the easier it will be to sing along! |
| Th, Apr 5pm
SKYPE |
Review Aleinu
Review Shiru Ladonai part 1 Prepare Shiru Ladonai part 2 |
Learn Shiru Ladonai Part 2 (MP3)
Keep reviewing everything so far! |
| Apr 9 & 16 | NO LESSON – PASSOVER | Learn Shiru Ladonai Part 3 (MP3) |
| Th, Apr 29
5pm SKYPE |
Review Shiru Ladonai (complete)
Review Aleinu Review Kiddush Prepare Mizmor Shiru Ladonai (p18) |
Touch up the tune for the last 3 lines of Shiru Ladonai (from Az Y’ran’nu), finishing with “lai, lai, lai” once you run out of words. Like in the audio file.
Learn Mizmor Shiru Ladonai p18 (PDF | MP3), up to V’zameiru (half-way through) Keep practicing everything we’ve learned so far, at least once a week, and FIX anything that needs some extra work. 5 minutes on a problem area can solve the problem FOR LIFE! |
| Th, May 7
5pm SKYPE |
Review Shiru Ladonai p16
Review Mizmor Shiru p18, first half Prepare Mizmor Shiru 2nd half |
Learn Mizmor Shiru 2nd half (MP3 starting at 0:56 mark)
Keep practicing and smoothing ou Shiru Ladonai (p16) and the first half of Mizmor… (p18 |
| Th, May 14
4pm SKYPE |
Review p16 and p18
Prepare Y’did Nefesh p14 first stanza |
Learn Y’did Nefesh verse 1 of 4 (PDF | MP3) – I think the levels are right now.
(Keep practicing everything learned so far!) |
| Th, May 21
4pm SKYPE |
Review Y’did Nefesh stanza 1
Prepare Y’did Nefesh stanza 2 Review p16 & p18 |
1. Polish up Y’did Nefesh Stanza 1 (using the above technique — much more listening first!)
2. Learn stanza 2 (MP3) (same melody/same notes!) |
| Th, May 28 | NO LESSON – SHAVUOT | Come to Youth Shavuot Event – www.kehillatbethisrael.com/goodplace, Wednesday, May 27, 6-7pm. |
| Th, Jun 4
4pm SKYPE |
Review Y’did Nefesh to date
Prepare Y’did Nefesh stanza 3 |
Learn Stanza 3 of Y’did nefesh (MP3) |
| Th, Jun 11
4pm SKYPE |
Review Y’did nefesh up to stanza 3
Prepare Stanza 4 |
Learn Stanza 4 of Y’did Nefesh (MP3)
If you have time, start listening to the Niggun Ending of Y’did Nefesh (MP3) |
| Th, Jun 18
4pm SKYPE |
Review Y’did Nefesh 4 stanzas
Work on Y’did Nefesh Ending Niggun |
Listen many, many times to the Niggun Ending of Y’did Nefesh, with the goal of learning at about half of it, but if you can, the whole thing. The more you listen, the easier that will be! |
| Th, Jun 25
4pm SKYPE |
Review Y’did Nefesh ending niggun
Prepare L’cha Dodi chorus and first verse |
Learn L’cha Dodi chorus & verse 1 (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, July 2
4pm SKYPE |
Review Last verse & niggun of Y’did Nefesh
Review L’cha dodi first chorus & verse Prepare L’cha dodi next 2 verses |
NO LESSON – JORDAN ENGAGED OTHERWISE |
| Th, Jul 9
4pm SKYPE |
Review Last verse & niggun of Y’did Nefesh
Review L’cha dodi first chorus & verse 1 Prepare L’cha dodi next 2 verses |
Learn L’Cha Dodi verses 2 and 3 (with refrains) |
| Th, Jul 16
4pm |
Review L’cha Dodi 1st 3 verses
Prepare L’cha Dodi next 2 verses |
Jordan unavailable (Wpg). Continue July 30. |
| Week of July 20-24 | CANTOR GREEN VACATION – NO LESSON | |
| **We, Jul 29
5:30pm SKYPE |
Jordan unavailable – miscommunication on re-scheduling around Cantor Green’s change of schedule / Tisha B’Av | |
| Week of Aug 3-7 | CANTOR GREEN AWAY – NO LESSON | |
| Th, Aug 13
4pm |
Review L’Cha Dodi to date
Prepare L’cha Dodi vs. 4 and 5 |
Learn L’Cha Dodi vs. 4-5 (MP3) |
| Th, Aug 20, 4pm | Review L’Cha Dodi to date
Prepare L’cha Dodi vs. 6 & 7 |
Learn L’Cha Dodi vs. 6-7 (MP3)
Review and touch up the material we learned before L’Cha Dodi |
| Th, Aug 27
4pm |
Review L’cha Dodi to date
Prepare L’Cha Dodi vs. 8-9 Review Beginning of KabShab |
Learn L’cha Dodi vs. 8-9 (MP3) |
| Th, Sep 2
4pm |
Review L’Cha Dodi (entire)
Prepare Sh’ma, V’ahavta Prepare V’sham’ru |
After today’s lesson, you will now have 4 weeks of “Hiatus” (Break) while the clergy (particularly Cantor Green) get ready for the High Holy Days)
Finish learning L’Cha Dodi (vs 8-9) – don’t forget, in last line of verse 9, bow left then right. Refresh Sh’ma / V’ahavta (PDF) (melody from school) Learn V’sham’ru for Friday Night (PDF | MP3) (Quality over Quantity! I’d rather you know a smaller amount of material really well rather than an attempt at a lot of material, but learned not-very-well!) Review everything learned so far |
| HH Hiatus | NO LESSONS UNTIL AFTER YK | |
| Th, Oct 1
4pm SKYPE |
Review L’Cha Dodi (2nd page)
Review Sh’ma / V’ahavta Review V’sham’ru
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Touch up last stanza of L’cha Dodi
Practice last 2 lines of V’sham’ru, working out the tune |
| Th, Oct 8
4pm Skype |
Review homework
Prepare Yigdal first stanza |
Jordan didn’t appear on Skype |
| Th, Oct 15
4pm Skype |
Review homework from Sept. 2
Prepare Yigdal first stanza |
Learn new V’ahavta (PDF | MP3) from V’ahavta up to “hayom al l’vavecha” (start of the 3rd line down) |
| Th, Oct 22 | NO LESSON, CANTOR AWAY | Learn new V’ahavta (rest of it!) |
| Th, Oct 29
4pm SKYPE |
Review whole V’ahavta paragraph | Touch up melody of first half of V’ahavta
Learn second half of V’ahavta (from 0:47 of this MP3) |
| Th, Nov 5
4pm SKYPE |
Review V’ahavta paragraph
Review L’Cha Dodi (Mark it done if it’s ready) Review Torah Blessings |
Sort out melody of “ha-d’varim ha-eileh”
Sort out melody of “Uk-shartam l’ot al yadecha, v’hayu l’totafot bein ei-necha” Review L’Cha Dodi Take 20 minutes or so and run through everything we’ve learned so far. |
| Th, Nov 12
4pm |
Review Sh’ma/V’ahavta
Prepare Torah Trope like a song (PDF) |
Touch up V’ahavta paragraph, making sure to “scoop up” the letters that have a munach (little backwards L under the syllable)
Print out your Torah Trope Sheet: (PDF) and listen to the MP3 a few times to get some familiarity for next week. |
| Th, Nov 19
ZOOM (CJG) |
Prepare Torah Trope | Learn Torah Trope sheet (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Nov 26
*4:10-4:30pm ZOOM |
Review Torah Trope Sheet
Jordan emailed she had another commitment that she had to get ready for. NO LESSON TODAY. |
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| Th, Dec 3
NO LESSON |
CANTOR UNAVAILABLE | https://1drv.ms/u/s!Asfq_317GyiYgp4c-fFczbgWAgaryA?e=y0fslO |
| Th, Dec 10
4:00pm |
Prepare Sh’lishi aliya for prior Thursday (weekday) (PDF) | Jordan didn’t turn up for a lesson today |
| Th, Dec 17
4:00pm |
Prepare Sh’lishi aliya for prior Thursday (weekday) (PDF) | Learn Sh’lishi aliya (MP3). You have two weeks to learn it (no lesson next week). You might want to learn a verse-and-a-half each week. |
| Th, Dec 24 | NO LESSON – CANTOR VACATION | Keep reviewing everything learned so far!! |
| Th, Dec 31
3:30pm |
Review Sh’lishi
Start preparing Sheini |
Learn Sheini aliya, 21:7-8 (MP3) |
| Th, Jan 7
4pm |
Review Sheini aliya to date
Prepare Sheini aliya 21:9 and first half og 21:10 Review Sh’lishi aliya If time, review Kiddush |
Fix the musical notes of verse 21:7 and 21:8. Listen, listen, listen to the audio file!
Learn 21:9 (MP3) Make sure you do SUPER LISTENING and eventually repeating of the SOF PASUKS (ie., ending musical phrases) so that you sound like you’re ending the verse. |
| Th, Jan 14
4pm |
Review Sheini aliya to date
Review Sh’lishi aliya Prepare Sheini, 21:10, first half |
Learn Sheini 21:10 (MP3)
Remember to review everything learned so far, at least once a week |
| Th, Jan 21
4pm |
Review Sheini aliya to date
Prepare Sheini 21:11-12 |
Re-study end of verse 8 (Ani Adonai M’kadish-chem) making sure it’s the EXACT same melody as the end of verse 7 (Ki Kadosh Hu Leilohav).
Touch up end of v10 (same idea as two endings, above.) Learn 21:11 and first half of 21:12 (MP3) |
| NEW SCHEDULE!
NOW ON SKYPE (jgreen361) Th, Jan 28 3:40-4:00pm |
Review Sheini Aliya to date
Prepare Sheini Aliya rest of 21:12 Review Sh’lishi Aliya |
Learn sheini, rest of 21:12 (MP3)
Keep practicing everything we’ve learned to date, each week! |
| Tu, Feb 2
3:40-4pm |
Review Sheini aliya (entire)
Review Sh’lishi Prepare Rishon aliya 21:1-2 |
NO LESSON – NEW TIME DOESN’T WORK WHEN IN SCHOOL IN-PERSON.
Meet next week. |
| Tu, Feb 9
NEW TIME |
Review Sheini aliya (entire)
Prepare Rishon aliya 21:1-2 |
1. Learn Rishon Aliya, 21:1-2 (MP3)
2. Touch up trope of the two zakeif-katon phrases in verse 8 and 12. Make sure you do the tropes the same way when written with the same symbols. 3. Touch up, get confident with the Ki (pazeir trope) in vs 12. |
| Tu, Feb 16
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Sheini Aliya (entire)
Work on Rishon, 21:1-2 from last week Review Sh’lishi aliya with Torah blessings |
Learn Rishon Aliya, 21:1-2 (MP3) |
| Tu, Feb 23
4:20-4:40pm |
Work again on Rishon vs 21:1-2
Prepare Rishon 21:3 |
Finish learning Rishon, vs 21:1-2 (MP3)
Learn Rishon vs 21:3 (MP3) |
| Tu, Mar 2
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 21:4-5 (MP3) |
Learn Rishon 21:4-5 (MP3)
Smooth out tropes in Sheini aliya, v 12. |
| Tu, Mar 9
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Rishon aliya to date
Prepare Rishon 21:6 Review Sheini aliya |
Finish learning vs. Rishon 2-5 (from Feb. 23 and Mar. 2) |
| Tu, Mar 16
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Rishon Aliya
Prepare Rishon Aliya, 21:6 |
Learn Rishon aliya 21:6 (MP3) |
| Tu, Mar 23
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Entire Rishon
Start preparing to read all aliyot from LEFThand side |
Go back and listen to all homeworks with aliya parts – listen twice and sing twice. Work on an perfect one aliya at a time. Quality over quantity!
By the end of the week, sing through all three aliyot from the RIGHT side and make sure they’re smooth. |
| Tu, Mar 30
4:20-4:40pm |
Review All three aliyot, first from RIGHT side, then from STAM side
Plan on reviewing everything to date from here on. |
Aliya 1 – verse 2, fix trope of “l’-imo ul-aviv” – make sure you go up for an extra note at the end of ‘i-mo”
Aliya 1 – verse 5 – fix trope of ‘uviv-saram’ – make sure your voice goes up high on ‘viv’ Aliya 1 – verse 6 – fix the note of “ki” to stay in the same key. It’s one note down from your previous note. Aliya 2 – verse 7 – fix up trope of “ki kadosh-hu” Aliya 2 – Verse 10 – v’hakohein – use same note you just ended the previous word on. Try not to jump up 3 tones – you’ll end up uncomfortably high. Aliya 2 – Verse 11 – fix trope of “l’aviv ul-imo” – note the order of the two words is the opposite as in Aliya 1, and the trope is just a mercha-tip’cha (not a fancy, twisty, high trope like in aliya 1) |
| Tu, Apr 6
4:20-4:40pm |
Go back and review Aliya 1 and 2 homework
Review Sh’lishi (3) and note trouble spots Talk about runthrough in the sanctuary. |
Aliya 1 – fix very ending music – Heim makrivim… (high note is on vim)
Aliya 2 – fix up v12 – eit has its own trope; shemen-mish-chat is connected on the high note; make sure the whole line is smooth. Aliya 3 spots to work on: v13 – viv-tu-le-HA (not cha) v14 – watch the order of ‘vachalala zonah‘ v15 – practice v’lo y’chaleil… making sure ki is sung to a t’vir trope. Use the audio file if needed. |
| Tu, Apr 13
4:20-4:40 |
From the LEFT hand side:
Review Aliya 3 with blessings Review Aliya 2 Review Aliya 1 Review Friday night kiddush |
Print and practice your blessings before and after Torah reading
Practice everything learned so far, starting with Kiddush for Friday night (Feb 6), and Kabbalat Shabbat prayers/songs. |
| Tu, Apr 14 | EXCELLENT JOB DURING YOUR RUN-THROUGH! | To work on between now and your Bat Mitzvah:
Cantor Green will lead V’sham’ru p34. If you want to join in for chorus, you can practice it here – it’s the first 35 seconds: MP3 On the day (particularly during Kabbalat Shabbat), I will just jump in with my parts, to keep things moving smoothly. You can stay where you are, and I’ll announce you for your parts. Great work! Home stretch! |
| Tu, Apr 20
4:20-4:40pm |
Review prayers you worked on from run-thru | Touch up the niggun at the end of Y’did Nefesh |
Weekday Torah Reading (3 Aliyot) for Emor (PDF)
Friday Night Kiddush – DONE
Torah Blessings – DONE
Aleinu/Bayom Hahu – DONE
Shiru Ladonai Shir Chadash – DONE
Mizmor Shiru Ladonai – DONE
Y’did Nefesh – DONE
L’cha Dodi – DONE
Sh’ma/V’ahavta – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Third aliya for Thursday prior (weekday Emor) – DONE
Second aliya for Thursday prior (weekday Emor) – DONE
First aliya for Thursday prior (weekday Emor) – DONE
D’var Torah w/ Rabbi Kenter – IN PROGRESS
Before adding more, do complete review of above.
V’sham’ru –
Yigdal –