Ezra, 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 |
| Wed, Mar 4, 2020
In-person |
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) |
| Tu, Oct 13, 2020
4:30pm CJG Zoom Room |
Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading
Prepare Blessing After Torah reading |
Amazing work, Ezra! You’re very talented and have a knack for this! |
| Week of Oct 18-23 | NO LESSON – CANTOR GREEN VACATION WEEK | Learn Blessing After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3) |
| Tu, Oct. 27
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Blessings before and after Torah Reading
Prepare Torah Trope like a song |
Print & Learn Torah Trope like a song, first half — up to first Sof Pasuk (PDF | MP3)
Spend time with “munach segol”. Keep reviewing everything learned so far. |
| Tu, Nov 3
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope first half Prepare Torah Trope 2nd half |
Finish learning and fine tune last week’s homework (Kadma up to first Sof Pasuk).
Learn from Pazer up to Geiresh. Be careful of “T’-LEE-SHA” (PDF | MP3) We’ll learn the rest next week. |
| Tu, Nov 10
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Torah Trope to date
Prepare from Geir-shayim to end Prepare Rishon Aliya 18:1 |
Finish learning Torah Trope from Geir’shayim. Be able to sing the whole thing through next week.
PRINT (IN COLOUR if possible) & Learn Rishon Aliya 18:1 (PDF | MP3) Learn Rishon Aliya 18:1 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 17
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Torah Trope (all)
Review Rishon Aliya 18:1 Prepare Rishon 18:2 |
Learn Rishon Aliya 18:2 (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 24
4:30pm |
Review Rishon to date
Prepare Rishon 18:3 |
Finish learning Aliya 1, 18:2
Learn Aliya 1, 18:3 (MP3) |
| Tu, Dec 1 | NO LESSON, CANTOR UNAVAILABLE, BUT STILL DO THIS WEEK’S HOMEWORK! | Learn Aliya 1, 18:4 (MP3) |
| Tu, Dec 8
4:30 PM SKYPE
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Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 18:5 |
1. Learn the new material, Aliya 1, 18:5, first half (MP3)
2. Review and smooth out first 4 p’sukim (use the audio files if you need to touch anything up) 3. If you have time, go back to 18:5 and learn the rest of it. That will complete your first aliya! |
| Tu, Dec. 15
4:30pm SKYPE |
Review Rishon Aliya to date
(Prepare rest of v5 if necessary) Prepare Sheini Aliya 18:6 |
Learn 2nd half of Rishon aliya 18:5 (MP3)
Learn Sheini Aliya (PDF ) vs 6 and first 1/3 of vs 7 (MP3) You have 2 weeks to do all this. |
| Dec 22 | NO LESSON | Keep learning material from last week (MP3) |
| Th, Dec 31
9:30am |
Review Rishon Aliya
Review Sheini aliya to date Prepare Sheini v7 |
Smooth out 18:5 (MP3) |
| Tu, Jan 5
4:30pm |
Review Rishon Aliya
Review Sheini Aliya to date Prepare Sheini aliya 18:8 |
1. Smooth out 18:7
2. Learn Sheini aliya 18:8 first half – up to asher asah (MP3) 3. Go back and make sure Aliya 1 and 2 so far are confident and smooth |
| Tu, Jan 12
4:30pm |
Review Sheini Aliya to date
Review Rishon Aliya Prepare Sheini rest-of-18:8 |
Learn Sheini, rest of 18:8 (MP3)
Smooth out the Rishon aliya (ie., practice AND work out any glitches — writing anything you need on your sheet to get you there, like we talked about) |
| Tu, Jan 19
4:30pm |
Review Sheini aliya
Review Rishon Aliya Prepare Sh’lishi Aliya 18:9 |
Learn Sh’lishi Aliya 18:9 (MP3)
Review and smooth out BOTH aliyas 1 and 2 (Rishon and Sheini) |
| NEW SLOT:
We, Jan 26 5:00-5:20pm |
Review Sh’lishi Aliya to date
Prepare Sh’lishi, 18:10 |
Learn sh’lishi, 18:10 (MP3)
Fix, in sheini aliya, verse 18:7. Listen 5-10 times, and sing along until you can do it on your own. |
| We, Feb 3
5-5:20pm |
Review sh’lishi to date
Prepare sh’lishi 18:11-12 Check on Sheini, 18:7 which you worked on last week. |
Finish learning 18:10 from last week (MP3)
Practice the transition between each verse Learn Sh’lishi 18:11, and if time, 18:12 (MP3) Every week, at least once, review everything we’ve learned so far to keep it from getting rusty and causing us to have to go back and ‘re-learn’ things. Also, remember to LISTEN AT LEAST 15 TIMES to each phrase before trying to sing along. |
| We, Feb 10
5-5:20pm |
Review Sh’lishi to date
Prepare Sh’lishi 18:12 and first half of 18:13 |
Learn Sh’lishi 18:12 and first half of 18:13 (MP3)
Touch up end of 18:10 – make sure you sing it as and end of SENTENCE, not and end of ALIYA! |
| We, Feb 17
5-5:20pm |
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LESSON CANCELLED – EZRA PICKING UP NEW PUPPY TODAY |
| We, Feb 24
5-5:20pm |
Review Sh’lishi to date
Prepare rest of 18:13 and 18:14 |
EZRA ARRIVED WITH 5 MINUTES TO GO TODAY (FORGOT). It’s okay, learn this:
Rest of 18:13 and 18:14 (MP3) |
| We, Mar 3
5-5:20pm |
Review all of Sh’lishi
Review blessings before and after Torah reading Prepare Va-ani T’filati for Shabbat Mincha (PDF) |
Learn Va-ani T’filati (2 lines) (PDF | MP3)
Smooth out the two circled trouble spots in the sh’lishi aliya |
| We, Mar 10
5-5:20pm |
Review Va-ani T’filati
Prepare Vay’hi Binsoa |
Learn Vay’hi Binsoa & Ki Mitziyon p229 (MP3) – Ezra doubled his learning this week on his own! |
| We, Mar 17
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional
Prepare Gad’lu for Shabbat Mincha and L’Cha Adonai as Shabbat Morning |
Learn Gad’lu and first half of L’Cha Adonai up to l’chol l’rosh (MP3) |
| We, Mar 24
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional to date
Prepare second half of L’cha Adonai (it’s in same MP3) Review Sh’lishi aliya |
Learn second half of L’Cha Adonai (MP3) |
| We, Mar 31
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional to date
Prepare Torah Recessional (PDF) |
Finish polishing up L’Cha Adonai
Print the Torah recessional PDF in the box to the left of this one! Learn Y’hal’lu and Hodo al Eretz (p232 – MP3) |
| We, Apr 7
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional
Review Y’hal’lu / Hodo Al Eretz (recessional) Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz up to y’chon’neha |
EZRA WASN’T ON SKYPE. He sent me a recording of his Y’hal’lu – it was excellent!
Learn Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat PART 1, page 72 (PDF | MP3 collection) |
| We, Apr 14
5-5:20pm |
Fix Mizmor L’David ==> L’David Mizmor
Prepare Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat Part 1 |
Finish learning last line of part 1 (Ki simach-tani…) using the same MP3 as box above.
Keep reviewing everything learned so far, we’ll review it next week! |
| We, Apr 21
5-5:20pm |
Review Mizmor Shir Part 1
Prepare Mizmor Shir Part 2 |
Learn Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat PART 2 (up to the 25 second mark – adei ad), page 72 (PDF | MP3 collection) |
| We, Apr 28
5-5:20pm |
Review Mizmor Shir Part 2 up to Adei Ad
Prepare rest of part 2 and first section of part 3 Review Torah Recessional to date |
Learn rest of Mizmor Shir part 2 (up to aven)
Learn 1st 2 lines of part 3 (up to ra-anan) (PDF | MP3 collection) |
| We, May 5
5-5:20pm |
Review Mizmor Shir up to ra-anan
Prepare Mizmor Shir rest of part 3 Review Torah readings |
Learn 1st 4 lines of part 3 (first 17 seconds of the part 3 audio file)
(PDF | MP3 collection) |
| We, May 12
5-5:20pm |
Review Mizmor Shir to date
Prepare from Tzadik Katamar to the end |
Learn Last 4 lines of Mizmor Shir (Tzadik Katamar is at the end of the part 3 audio file, and ends with the part 4 audio file) |
| We, May 19 | Review Mizmor Shir (entire)
Prepare L’David Mizmor, top & tail, with Uvnucho Yomar intro |
Finish smoothing out last 4 lines of Mizmor Shir (Tzadik Katamar)
Learn end L’David Mizmor (Mi Hu Ze Melech ==> Uvnucho Yomar) (MP3) |
| We, May 26 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AT CONVENTION | Learn Eitz Chayim Hi, first 2 printed lines (MP3 – Blumenthal melody) |
| We, Jun 2 | Review from Tzadik Katamar
Review Torah Recessional from Y’hal’lu (incl. Mi Hu Ze Melech) Review Eitz Chayim 1st 2 lines Prepare Eitz Chayim last line Review Torah processional |
Learn last line of Eitz Chayim Hi (MP3)
Learn end L’David Mizmor (Mi Hu Ze Melech ==> Uvnucho Yomar) (MP3) Ask your parents to reach out to Rabbi Kenter to start working with him on your D’var Torah and mitzvah project. (CJG emailed mom!) |
| We, Jun 9
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah recessional
Prepare Havdallah – Eliyahu HaNavi |
Learn Eliyahu HaNavi (PDF / MP3) |
| We, Jun 16
5-5:20pm |
Review Eliyahu HaNavi
Prepare Hinei El Y’shuati first 4 lines |
Practice transition back to the beginning verse
Learn Hinei El Y’shuati first 3 lines (MP3) |
| We, Jun 23
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah service to date (Eliyahu, Hinei)
Prepare rest of Hinei El Y’shuati paragraph |
Learn Hinei El Y’shuati remaining 4 (MP3) |
| We, June 30 We, July 7 |
NO LESSONS – CANTOR VACATION | Keep learning material above. If you have time and are able, learn more of the rest of the audio file (Lay’hudim…) (MP3) |
| We, July 14 (EZRA IN MONTREAL) | Review Havdallah
Prepare rest of Hinei up to Savri Review Eitz Chayim Hi |
Learn Lay’hudim, Kos Y’shu-ot lines (MP3) and Savri line (MP3) |
| We, July 21
4:30-4:50pm |
Review Havdallah
Prepare Friedman Havdallah, first 3 lines |
Touch up last week’s homework
Learn Savri Chaveirai; Friedman Yai Lai niggun; and blessing over wine (hagafen) (MP3) |
| We, July 28
4:20-4:40pm |
NO LESSON – EZRA CAMPING | |
| Aug 1-18 | NO LESSONS – EZRA AT CAMP | |
| Th, Aug 26
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah
Prepare next 2 blessings |
Print the Havdallah packet (PDF below)
Learn Lay’hudim, Kos Y’shu-ot lines (MP3) and Savri line (MP3) |
| We, Sep 1
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah – Hinei El Y’shuati whole paragraph
Prepare next 2 blessings (b’samim, ha-eish) |
Finish learning Lay’hudim, Kos Y’shu-ot lines (MP3) and Savri line (MP3)
Learn Blessing 3 (Borei m’orei ha-eish) (MP3) |
| Wednesdays throughout September are all Holy Days.
We’ll try and find an alternate lesson time the week of Sep 22 to review |
NO LESSONS BUT: (homework!) | Learn per week:
Here’s an audio file of the blessings after HaGafen, without the refrains sung: MP3 |
| ***Th, Sep 23
4:30-4:50pm |
Review Havdallah | Learn 4th blessing of Havdallah (Baruch…Hamavdil Bein Kodesh L’Chol…) from 0:45 seconds in this MP3
Review all 3 Torah readings so you can sing them to Cantor Green from the LEFT side of the page. |
| We, Oct 6
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah
Review Everything else |
Rishon Aliya (PDF)
Sheini Aliya (PDF)
Sh’lishi Aliya (PDF)
Torah Processional (PDF)
Torah Recessional (PDF)
Eliyahu Hanavi (PDF) / Havdallah (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
1st Aliya (Rishon) – DONE
2nd Aliya (Sheini) – DONE
3rd Aliya (Sh’lishi) – DONE
Torah Processional – DONE
Torah Recessional – DONE (incl. Mizmor Shir L’yom Hashabbat)
Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat (p72) – DONE
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Havdallah – IN PROGRESS