Eliya, 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. It is your responsibility to check this page to ensure it’s working properly right after each lesson, and let Cantor Green know if there’s a problem right away.
VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| We, May 5, 2021
6-6:45pm ZOOM |
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. 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) |
| Tu, Oct 19
5:20-5:40pm |
Prepare Torah Blessings (before and after) | Learn Torah Blessings (PDF | MP3 Before | MP3 After)
Get looseleaf folder (with pockets for sheets Cantor Green gives you) and add the above to it. |
| Tu, Oct 26 | NO LESSON | Keep practicing the above |
| Tu, Nov 2
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Haftara Trope like a song, first half, up to first sof pasuk. |
Learn first half of Haftara Trope (PDF) up to first sof pasuk. (MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 9
5:40-6pm |
Review first half of Haftara Trope
Prepare 2nd half of haftara trope |
Learn second half of Haftara Trope (same PDF and MP3 as last week) |
| Tu, Nov 16
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara Trope
Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
Learn Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| Tu, Nov 23
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara
Prepare Haftara 60:1-2 |
Learn Haftara 60:1-2 (from 0:00 to 0:40 of the audio file below)
Keep practicing blessing before the Haftara – you will sing it before every runthrough of the haftara! |
| Tu, Nov 30 | NO LESSON – CHANUKAH PROGRAMMING AT KBI | Learn Haftara 60:3 |
| Tu, Dec 7 | Print Haftara in colour
Review Haftara to date (with Blessing) Prepare Haftara verse 4 and half of v5 NO LESSON – KIDS NEEDED A BREAK. |
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| Tu, Dec. 14 | Print Haftara in colour
Review Haftara to date (with Blessing) Prepare Haftara verse 4 and half of v5 |
Learn Haftara 60:4 and half of 60:5 up to l’vaveich. |
| Th, Dec 23
5-5:20pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-60:5 and 60:6 |
Learn Haftara rest-of-60:5, 60:6, and first 4 words of 60:7 (up to yikav’tzu lach)
You have just under two weeks to learn it! |
| Tu, Dec 28 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AWAY | Keep studying everything learned so far – keep it fresh and error-free! |
| Tu, Jan 11
5:40-6pm |
MISSED LAST WEEK’S LESSON BECAUSE THE READ FAMILY HAD COVID
Review Haftara to date Prepare rest-of-60:7 and 60:8 |
Learn rest-of-60:7 and 60:8 |
| Tu, Jan 18
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing
Prepare Haftara 60:9 |
Learn Haftara 60:9 |
| Tu, Jan 25
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 60:10-11 |
Learn Haftara 60:10-11 |
| Tu, Feb 1
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare haftara 60:12 and half of 60:13 up to yach-dav |
Smooth out 60:10-11 so you can move confidently through them
Learn haftara 60:12 and half of 60:13 up to yach-dav |
| Tu, Feb 8
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from v9
Prepare rest of 60:13 and 60:14 up to v’hish-tachavu |
Smooth out 60:12 and half of 60:13
Learn rest of 60:13 and first half of 60:14 (up to v’hish-tachavu) |
| Tu, Feb 15
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date from the blessing
Prepare rest of 60:14, and 60:15 |
Learn rest of 60:14 and 60:15 |
| Tu, Feb 22
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from 60:13
Prepare Haftara 60:16, and 60:17 up to chesef |
Fix the transition from v’ein oveir to v’sam-tich (notes). Use the audio file as needed.
Learn Haftara 60:16 and half of 0:17 up to chesef |
| Tu, Mar 1
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-60:17 and 60:18 up to b’ar-tzeich |
Learn Haftara rest-of-60:17 and 60:18 up to b’ar-tzeich |
| Tu, Mar 8
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from v13
Prepare rest of 60:18 and 60:19 up to lo ya-ir lach |
Learn rest of 60:18 and 60:19 (you have two weeks to do that!) |
| Tu, Mar 15 | No Lesson – Purim week | |
| Tu, Mar 22
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from v14
Prepare 60:20-21 |
Learn Haftara 60:20-21
Go back and practice/smooth out all of the haftara to date. |
| Tu, Mar 29
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date | Review Haftara from v 16 to 21, using the audio file to make sure you’re becoming good at doing it just like the audio file. When you come across a word that you were ‘about to’ sing different, go back and write yourself a transliteration from the audio file to make sure you get used to the correct word or trope. |
| Tu, Apr 5
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from 60:14
Prepare rest-of-Haftara 60:21 and 60:22 (end!) |
Learn Haftara rest-of 60:21 and 60:22 |
| Tu, Apr 12
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Entire Haftara
Prepare Blessing 1 after haftara |
Learn blessing 1 after haftara – 1st half (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) |
| Tu, Apr 19 | NO LESSON – PASSOVER, but do the homework ===> | Learn blessing 1 after haftara – 2nd half (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) |
| Tu, Apr 26
5:20-5:40pm |
Review haftara from 60:21
Review Blessing 1 after Haftara Prepare Blessing 2 and a bit of 3 after haftara, up to yeishev zar (2 words on top of p2) |
Learn Blessing 2 and a bit of #3 after haftara, up to yeishev zar (2 words on top of p2) |
| Tu, May 3
5:20-5:40pm |
Review blessing after haftara to date
Prepare rest of blessing 3 Prepare 1st half of blessing 4 Review Haftara up to verse 7 |
Learn rest of blessing 3 after haftara and first part of Blessing 4 after haftara (up to HaShabbat HaZeh) |
| Tu, May 10
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Blessings after Haftara to date
Prepare rest of blessing 4 after haftara Review haftara from v8 |
Learn the rest of Blessing 4 after the haftara |
| **We, Jun 8
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Blessings after haftara
Review haftara from v15 |
Fix all the “goyim”s, keep reviewing everything this week, marking everything that gives you some pause. Work for a couple minutes each on all your marked items. This will make everything work totally smoothly and confidently on the day! |
| Tu, Jun 14
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara blessings from #3
Prepare Torah Trope like a song (we can actually use the same sheet as I gave you for Haftara Trope — it’s the same trope names, just slightly different notes!) |
Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | MP3)
Touch up Blessings after Haftara (make sure they’re smooth and confident) |
| Tu, Jun 21
5:20-5:40pm SKYPE |
Review all 4 Blessings after Haftara
Re-study Torah Trope |
Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | MP3). Make sure you are singing real TORAH notes exactly like in the audio file — LISTEN MANY TIMES FIRST! — so that you don’t mix it up with Haftara Trope.
Keep smoothing out Blessings after Torah reading, especially the corrections you wrote onto your page at Tuesday’s lesson. |
| Tu, June 28
5:20-5:40pm |
Review all 4 Blessings after Haftara
Review Torah Trope Prepare Maftir aliya verse 29:6 using the table below |
Learn maftir aliya verse 29:6 |
| Tu, July 5
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah trope
review Maftir verse 6 prepare Maftir verse 7 |
First, learn maftir verse 7
Then, touch up maftir verse 6 from last week. Use the table below, as usual! |
| Tu, July 12 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AWAY | Keep practicing. If you can, learn verse 8 this week! |
| Tu, July 19
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Maftir to date (or the whole thing!) | Smooth out all of maftir (ie., finish learning verse 8, smooth out verse 7, and fix the little word adjustments you wrote in by hand in v6-8).
Try to learn it well enough so that you can also do it smoothly from the left-hand side. We’ll work more on doing that when you get back from camp. |
| July 25-Aug 19 | NO LESSONS – ELIYA AT CAMP, but take ALL your printed materials to camp | Study, at LEAST once a week at camp, ALL your materials to date so they stay fresh and we don’t have to re-learn anything. When you get back from camp, we’ll have about 3 lessons for final reviews. |
| Tu, Aug 23
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Maftir
Review Blessings after Haftara If time, review some or all of haftara |
Keep reviewing. NEXT LESSON in 2 weeks. We’re now in maintenance mode and we don’t need 3 weekly lessons doing the same review. We’ll be in touch about a Thursday morning minyan and runthrough the week of the Bat Mitzvah! Mazal tov! |
| Tu., Sep 6
5:20-5:40pm |
Review everything again! | NO LESSON ON TUESDAY NEXT WEEK – Please come at 7:15am on THURSDAY (Sep 15) for Minyan, your first aliya, and your full runthrough on the bima, including your d’var Torah. Bring all your materials with you. |
| Th, Sep 15
7:15am |
Minyan (Tallit, t’filin, Aliya) Breakfast with minyannaires Full runthrough on bimah |
Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF)
Torah Blessings (PDF)
Ki Tavo Maftir Aliya (PDF | MP3), all in Deut. Chapter 29
| 6 – 0:00 | 7 – 0:24 | 8 – 0:45 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara Ki Tavo (PDF | MP3) – all in Isaiah Ch 60
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:16 | 3 – 0:40 | 4 – 0:55 | 5 – 1:22 | 6 – 1:51 |
| 7 – 2:24 | 8 – 2:51 | 9 – 3:06 | 10 – 3:48 | 11 – 4:11 | 12 – 4:40 |
| 13 – 5:00 | 14 – 5:32 | 15 – 6:07 | 16 – 6:31 | 17 – 7:01 | 18 – 7:42 |
| 19 – 8:07 | 20 – 8:39 | 21 – 9:07 | 22 – 9:31 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – DONE
Blessings after Haftara – DONE
Maftir aliya – DONE
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) – IN PROGRESS
Conclusion of Services – DONE