Griffin, 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.
VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, Aug 15
5:00-5:45pm SKYPE |
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: Get a looseleaf binder (with sheet pockets) |
| We, Oct 28,
4:30pm SKYPE |
Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading | Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading (PDF | MP3)
Learn Blessing After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3) Confirm you have a working Skype account, and find Cantor Green at jgreen361 |
| We, Nov 4
4:30pm |
Review Blessing before and after Torah Reading
Prepare Haftara Trope |
Learn Haftara Trope like a song (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Nov 11
4:30pm |
Review Haftara Trope like a song
Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
Learn Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Nov 18
4:30pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara
Prepare Haftara 1:15 (2nd half of Haftara |
Learn Haftara (PDF) 1:15 (MP3) |
| We, Nov 25
4:30pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara
Review Haftara 1:15 Prepare Haftara 1:16-18 |
Learn over NEXT TWO WEEKS (no lesson next week), Haftara 1:16-18 (MP3) |
| Dec. 2 | NO LESSON | Keep doing homework from last week! |
| We, Dec 9
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Haftara to date (with blessing before, always!)
Prepare Haftara 1:19-20 |
Learn Haftara 1:19-20 (MP3) |
| We, Dec 16
4:30pm |
Review Blessing before the Haftara
Review Haftara to date Prepare Haftara 1:21 |
Learn Haftara 1:21 (MP3) |
| We, Dec 23 | NO LESSON – VACATION TIME | Keep practicing your haftara |
| We, Dec 30
4:30pm |
Review Haftara (from 1:15 to date)
Prepare Haftara 1:22-23 |
Learn Haftara 1:22-23 (MP3) |
| We, Jan 6
4:30pm |
Review Haftara from 1:15 to date
Prepare Haftara 1:24 and first third of 1:25 (up to larov) |
Learn Haftara 1:24 and first 1/3 of 1:25 (MP3) |
| We, Jan 13
4:30pm |
Review Haftarah to date
Prepare rest of 1:25 and 1:26 |
In v23, fix the melody of “Vayishtachu LaMelech”
Learn rest of 1:25 and 1:26 (MP3) |
| We, Jan 20
4:30pm |
Review Haftara to date, with blessing, check on melody of “Adonai” in blessing
Prepare Haftara 1:27-28 |
Learn Haftara 1:27-28 (MP3) |
| NEW SCHEDULE BEGINS
We, Jan 27 5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 1:29-30 |
Learn Haftara 1:29-30 (MP3) |
| We, Feb 3
5:20-5:40p |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 1:31 Prepare blessing 1 after Haftara, 1st half |
Learn Haftara 1:31 (MP3)
Learn Blessing 1 after haftara, first half, up to emet vatzedek (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Feb 10
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara (entire 2nd half)
Review blessing 1 after haftara up to emet vatzedek Prepare 2nf half of blessing 1 after haftara If time, prepare Blessing 2 after haftara |
Learn Blessing 2 after Haftara (MP3)
Learn Blessing 3 after Haftara (MP3) |
| We, Feb 17
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Blessings 1, 2, 3 after Haftara
Work on Blessing 3 |
Finish learning Blessing 3 after Haftara (MP3) |
| We, Feb 24
5:20-5:40pm |
Review first 3 blessings after Haftara
Prepare 1st half of blessing 4 after haftara |
Learn first half of blessing 4 after Haftara – be careful of word pronciation (MP3)
Work on the circled (mispronounced) words from blessing 3 |
| We, Mar 3
5:20-5:40 |
Review blessings 1-3 and half of 4 after haftara
Prepare Torah Trope like a song |
Learn Torah Trope sheet (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Mar 10
5:20-5:40 |
Review Blessings after Haftara
Review Torah Trope Prepare Shishi aliya, first verse |
Learn Shishi aliya 25:1-2 (PDF | MP3) – look at table below for the starting time of each verse.
Keep practising blessings after the Haftara – make them smooth and confident |
| We, Mar 17
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Blessings after Haftara
Review Shishi 25:1-2 Prepare Shishi 25:3-4 |
Learn Shishi 25:3-4 using materials below |
| We, Mar 24
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Shishi to date
Prepare Shishi 25:5-6 (it’s already recorded, below!) Review Haftara (no blessings |
Learn Shishi 25:5-6 using materials below
Keep reviewing everything learned so far, so it stays fresh! |
| We, Mar 31
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Shishi to date
Prepare Shishi 7-8 Review Blessings after Haftara |
Learn Shishi 25:7-8 using materials below |
| We, Apr 7
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Shishi to date
Prepare Shishi 25:9-10 |
Learn Shishi 25:9-10 (and if able, some of 10… but quality before quantity!) using materials below |
| We, Apr 14
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Shishi to date
Prepare Shishi 25:11 |
Learn Shishi 25:11 using the materials below |
| We, Apr 21
5:20-5:40pm |
Review entire Shishi aliya with b’rachot
Prepare REcessional |
Print Torah Service (PDF)
Learn Ashrei (top & tail) (p151-152) (MP3) |
| We, Apr 28
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Ashrei top & tail
Prepare Y’hal’lu and Hodo Al Eretz |
Learn Y’hal’lu and Hodo Al Eretz (MP3)
Fix up first word of each of the last 3 lines of Ashrei (t’-HI-lat; VI-va-reich; VA-anachnu) |
| We, May 5
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Ashrei top & tail
Review Y’hal’lu and Hodo Prepare Mizmor L’David first stanza (4 line) |
Learn first stanza (first 4 lines) of Havu Ladonai (MP3) |
| We, May 12
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah Recessional to date
Prepare Stanza 2 of Havu Ladonai |
Learn stanza 2 (MP3) of Havu Ladonai (Kol Adonai Ba-KOach up to k’mo ven r’eimim) |
| We, May 19 | Review Havu Ladonai to date
Prepare the 3rd stanza |
Learn stanza 3 (MP3) of Havu Ladonai |
| We, May 26 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AT CONVENTION | Review Week!! Practice everything learned so far, making sure to smooth out (with the audio files) anything that isn’t confident or done correctly. Particularly, make sure the trope of your torah reading is back in your memory banks! 🙂 |
| We, Jun 2 | Review Havu Ladonai
Prepare last stanza (A-melody only!) Review Shishi Aliya |
Learn last stanza of Havu Ladonai (MP3) |
| We, Jun 9
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Havu Ladonai (from Recessional)
Prepare Eitz Chayim Hi |
Learn Eitz Chayim Hi (MP3) |
| We, Jun 16
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah Recessional
Review Haftara with blessings Review Shishi aliya Prepare next aliya to learn |
Keep reviewing everything
Print in COLOUR your Sh’vi’i aliya (PDF) |
| We, Jun 23
5:20-5:40 |
Happy birthday! (3 days early)
Review Shishi Prepare Sh’vi’i first 1.5 verses |
Learn Sh’vi’i 25:12-13 (MP3) |
| SUMMER BREAK | ||
| We, Aug 18
5:25-5:45 |
Review Shishi
Review Sh’vi’i up to 25:13 Prepare Sh’vi’i 25:14-16 |
Learn Sh’vi’i, 25:14-16 (MP3) |
| We, Aug 25
5:o0-5:20 |
Perhaps a miscommunication about our temporary time change for today…
Review Sh’vi’i to date Prepare Sh’vi’i 25:17-18 (if you’re able) |
Learn Sh’vi’i, 25:17-18 (MP3). Other uploads are in the way! If you don’t see the link by tomorrow, please remind me. |
| We, Sept 1
5:20-5:40 |
Review Sh’vi’i
Review Torah Recessional |
Review Eitz Chayim Hi using the audio file — make sure you’re holding the syllables longer that need a lot of notes (like d’-ra-a-a-a-che-ha) |
| Wednesdays throughout Sept are all HHs. We’ll try to find an alternate date around Sept 22. | Review Eitz Chayim Hi
Review Everything |
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| We, Oct 6
5:20-5:40pm |
Review everything | |
| We, Oct 13
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah recessional
Review [new] sh’vi’i and acharon (formerly known as Shishi and sh’vi’i) |
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| We, Oct 20
5:20-5:40pm |
Review [new] sh’vi’i and acharon (formerly known as Shishi and sh’vi’i) | |
| We, Oct 27 – Review day
Review Haftara with blessings Review Sh’vi’i and acharon aliyot Review Torah blessings |
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| Th, Oct 28
Minyan prep 7:15am Minyan 7:30am Runthrough on bimah 8:30-10am |
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Haftara Trope (PDF | MP3)
Torah Trope (PDF)
Torah Service (PDF)
| 25:1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:14 | 3 – 0:33 | 4 – 0:54 | 5 – 1:14 | 6 – 1:26 | 7 – 1:57 | 8 – 2:20 | 9 – 2:40 | 10 – 3:09 | 11 – 3:29 |
Sh’vi’i Aliya (PDF | MP3)
Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Second Half of Haftara – DONE
Blessings AFTER Haftara – DONE
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Shishi aliya – DONE
Sh’vi’i aliya – DONE
Torah Processional – AUDREY –
Torah Recessional – GRIFFIN – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) – IN PROCESS
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; PD
ALIYA
Split the haftara down the middle. Opener does opening blessing, ender does ending blessings
Some Torah readings each – Sh’vi’i and Shishi
Anim Z’mirot – Erin can teach them.
Alan & Helen can layn other aliyot
Alan PD
Immediately send Erin & Michael audio files for
AZ, Torah and Haftara Blessings
Prefer shorter haftara so the kids can do more of the service.
Hope for whole torah reading, with family members