Emet Chen-Melzer’s Personalized Bar Mitzvah Page

4:10-4:30pm

IN PERSON

Intro to Webpage

Goal Setting

Lesson Time

1. In your first homework session, Listen to the assigned audio files, each phrase separately, at least 15 times each. Let it sink in! Best practice is to listen a couple more times in a second sitting before trying to sing along.

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. You’ll know you’re ready for step 3 when the audio recording feels too slow or is ‘holding you back’.

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.

Bring a looseleaf binder (with sheet pockets). Put in it the Haftara Trope sheet (PDF)

4:10-4:30pm

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare blessing before haftara

Prepare Haftara **HaChodesh** 45:16-17

Learn Haftara 45:16-17 using the table below.

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 45:18-19

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 45:20-21

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 45:22-23

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 45:24-25

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 46:1 and half of 46:2 up to the end of p2 (asu hakohanim)

Learn Haftara 46:1 and half of 46:2 up to the end of p2 (asu hakohanim)

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare rest of 46:2 and 46:3

Learn rest of 46:2 and 46:3

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 46:4-5 (maybe 6 if Emet wants!)

Learn Haftara 46:4

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftarah 46:5-6

Touch up 46:2-4. Watch for trope and no extra v’s or u’s.

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 46:7-8

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Haftara 46:9

Learn Haftara 46:9

5:40-6:00pm

Prepare Haftara 46:10-11

Touch up verse 9

4:00-4:20pm

To do this, go through your whole haftara with a pencil handy, and in your first study sitting, circle all the kinks. In your second sitting, work on smoothing out each set of funny words/notes using the audio files; and third sitting — polish them all up and do another round of touch-ups as needed.

4:10-4:30

Review Haftara from Ch 46, hopefully up to vs 12

Prepare 46:13

Touch up 46:12 as needed.

4:30-4:50pm

As you do your “step 4” – reviewing the whole haftara – practice your glottal stops when you have an alef or ayin mid-word (like ka-asher ya-aseh)

5:20-5:40pm

IN-PERSON

Prepare Haftara 46:14-15

CANCELLED – CJG NOT AVAILABLE

CANCELLED – EMET “UNPLUGGED”

5:10-5:30pm

Work on Blessing 1 + 2 after Haftara

Smooth out ending of Haftara

5:10-5:30pm

Review Blessings 1 and 2 after Haftara

Work on Blessing 3 and 4 after Haftara

Have fun on your retreat!

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Torah Trope Sheet

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir HaChodesh 12:1-3

Learn Maftir 12:1-3 using table below.

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir 12:4-5 (or 6?)

Learn Maftir 12:6-7 next week – no lesson next week as CJG will be at Cantors’ Convention.

Remember to review everything we’ve learned so far — don’t forget it! Keep it fresh.

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir – 12:8-10

Start reviewing from the left-hand side, to prepare you to read from the Torah.

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir 12:11

2. Touch up last week’s material

Check with your parents about driving you to lessons during the winter (arriving 10 minutes late currently)

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir 12:12-13

Please communicate with Cantor Green about a skype lesson or two from Taiwan.

Figure out skype lesson time for Dec. 20.

TIME TBC FROM TAIWAN

SKYPE (jgreen361)

Prepare Maftir 12:14-15 (might be 2 weeks’ worth of material while you’re away)

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir 12:16 and half of 12:17 up to Mitzrayim

Review Haftara with Blessings to make sure it’s as good as new!

Bring all your printed materials next lesson

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Maftir rest-of-12:17 and 12:18; and if possible, some of 12:19.

In haftara, next time you run through it, circle the sticky bits and work on those.

4:10-4:30pm

Review haftara from 46:8 to the end with blessings

Prepare Rishon aliya for Thursday morning

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Rishon Aliya for Thursday morning

Spend some time reviewing your Haftara and blessings, and the Torah service (ie., OTT materials!)

4:10-4:30pm

Prepare Weekday Sheini, first verse

2. Go back and smooth out Aliya HaRishonah. Separate Yih-yeh | Lachem (do tropes faithfully)

If you can, get it going from the left-hand side.

4:10-4:30pm

Review Sheini to date

Prepare Sheini 34:5-7

NO LESSON – OJCS break

Prepare Sheini 34:8-10

Review everything from the beginning — we’re going to start reviewing together for the home stretch!

4:10-4:30pm

Review Everything from the beginning! Haftara with all blessings; Maftir; Torah Processional and Recessional for Shabbat (this list will spill over to next week as time runs out today)