Yossi, 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. 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) |
| Th, May 20
3:20-3:40pm |
Prepare Haftara Trope sheet, 1st half. | Learn Haftara Trope like a song, up to first sof-pasuk (ie., first 4 lines) (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, May 27
3:20-3:40pm |
Review Haftara Trope 1st half
Prepare Haftara Trope 2nd half |
Learn Haftara trope 2nd half (from Pazeir) (PDF | MP3)
Go back and fine tune the first half Print the PDF of all materials IN COLOUR (PDF) |
| Th, Jun 3
3:20-3:40pm |
Review whole trope sheet
Prepare blessing before Haftara |
***Print the PDF of all materials IN COLOUR (PDF)*** Or ask Cantor Green to print a copy for you to pick up. |
| Th, Jun 10
3:20-3:40pm |
Review Blessing Before Haftara
Prepare Haftara 44:15 first half (up to mei-alai) |
Learn first half of Haftara 44:15 (up to mei-alai) using MP3 and table below.
Please practice putting a BIG glottal stop in Yis-ra /// EL Remember that each week, you must review everything learned so far (so this week, that means practicing and smoothing out and getting more confident with the blessing before the haftara. |
| Th, Jun 17
3:20-3:40pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing
Prepare rest of 44:15 |
Learn rest of Haftara 44:15 using the MP3 below
Don’t forget to practice everything we’ve learned so far each week. Always start a review of your haftara with the blessing before the haftara. When you practice your blessing before the haftara, please make the “eloheinu” notes the same as the “adonai” notes. |
| Th, June 24
3:20-3:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:16 and first half of 44:17 |
Learn Haftara 44:16 (MP3) from 0:53 of the audio file below
Smooth out the blessing before the haftara. Ask your mum to email me your camp dates! |
| July 1 | NO LESSON – CANTOR VACA | Learn Haftara 44:17 up to yil-bashu (MP3) from 1:18 of the audio file below.
Smooth out the blessing before the haftara. |
| Th, Aug 26
3:20-3:40pm |
Review haftara to date
Prepare rest of 44:17 |
Learn rest of 44:17 (from 1:36 of the audio file) |
| Th, Sep 2
3:20-3:40pm *started 8 minutes late |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare 44:18 |
Fix in blessing before Haftara “ha-ne-EH-marim” (no ‘ch’ sound in this word)
Learn Haftara 44:18 (1:59 in the audio file) |
| Th, Sep 9
3:20-3:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara first 2/3 of 44:19 |
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| Tu, Oct 19 | Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:19 |
Learn last 3 words of 44:18
Learn first half of 44:19 up to M’shar’tim Bam |
| Tu, Oct 26 | NO LESSON – CANTOR AWAY BUT DO HOMEWORK: | Learn second half of 44:19, from V’hinichu Otam |
| ***Tu, Nov 2
***5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:20 |
1. Learn 44:20 (3:21 of the audio file)
2. Go back and smooth out 44:19 (from 1:59 of the audio file) |
| Tu, Nov 9
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:21 and half of 44:22 |
Learn Haftara 44:21 and half of 44:22 (up to “ki im b’tulot) – from 3:42 of the audio file |
| Tu, Nov 16
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from v19
Prepare haftara rest-of-44:22 |
Smooth out 44:21-22 (up to ki im b’tulot) (ie., from last week)
Learn Haftara rest-of-44:22 |
| Tu, Nov 23
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara up to 44:22
Prepare Haftara 44:23 and 44:24 |
Learn Haftara 44:23 and 24 using the audio file below)
You have TWO weeks to learn this material (about a week-and-a-half worth of material) because there is no lesson next week. |
| Tu, Nov 30 | NO LESSONS – CHANUKAH (Programming at KBI – Cantor unavailable) | Keep learning the above homework.
Remember to review everything learned so far! Keep it well-oiled! |
| Tu, Dec 7 | Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:25 NO LESSON – KIDS NEEDED A BREAK |
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| Tu, Dec 14
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:25 |
Smooth out v23 and v24
Learn Haftara – first half of 44:25 (up to ul-eim) |
| Th, Dec 23
9:30-9:50 |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 44:25-26 |
Finish learning first half of 44:25 (from last week)
Learn second half of 44:25 and 44:26 using the materials below. Next meeting is Jan. 4, so you have just under two weeks to prepare this. |
| Tu, Jan 11
5:20-5:40pm |
WE MISSED A WEEK BECAUSE OF COVID
Review Haftara from 44:20 Prepare Haftara 44:27 |
1. Learn Haftara 44:27
2. Go back and smooth out 44:26 3. Review everything learned so far |
| Tu, Jan 18
5:20-5:40 |
Review Haftara from beginning
Prepare Haftara 44:28 |
Learn new material, Haftara 44:28
THEN go back to 44:26-27 and make them smooth and confident. |
| Tu, Jan 18
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from p2
Prepare 44:29 and first part of 44:30, up to kol. |
Go back to 44:28 and finish learning it (use the home technique anew on it!)
Learn first half of 44:29 up to yoch’lum. |
| Tu, Feb 1
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from p2
Prepare Haftara rest-of-44:29 |
1. Learn rest of 44:29
2. Go back and smooth out from 44:26-29 |
| Tu, Feb 8
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara p2
Prepare Haftara 44:30 first half, up to yih-yeh |
Learn first half of Haftara 44:30, up to yih-yeh |
| Tu, Feb 15
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from beginning
Prepare rest of haftara 44:30 and 44:31 (end!) |
Practice the notes of v27 and v30, first word (both are t’lisha k’tana notes)
Learn rest of Haftara 44:30 and 44:31 |
| Tu, Feb 22
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from 44:26 | It was a tough afternoon for you. No problem. Just keep smoothing out the last page of your haftara. |
| Tu, Mar 1
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from 44:26
Prepare first half of blessing 1 after Haftara |
Finish learning 44:31 (end!)
Print & Learn first half of first blessing after haftara (up to emet va-tzedek) |
| Tu, Mar 8
5:40-6pm |
Braces report!
Review Haftara from 44:26 Prepare Blessing 1 after Haftara |
Learn Blessing 1 after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
You have two weeks to do this. Learn up to the end of the first sentence this week (emet va-tzedek), and up to the final period next week. No lesson next week. |
| Tu, Mar 15 | NO LESSON – PURIM WEEK | |
| Tu, Mar 22
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from 44:27
Review Blessing 1 after Haftara |
Finish learning blessing 1 after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) |
| Tu, Mar 29
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessing 1 after Haftara
Prepare Blessing 2 after Haftara |
Smooth out haftara from v 27. Use the audio files to make sure you’re singing along accurately (both words and music)
Learn blessing 2 after haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4) |
| Tu, Apr 5
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara from 44:25
Review Blessings 1 and 2 after haftara Prepare Blessing 3 after haftara |
1. Learn first half of blessing 3 after Haftara, up to yeishev zar (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
2. Work on Haftara verses 30 and 31 – smooth them out. |
| Tu, Apr 12
5:40-6pm |
Review haftara from 44:25
Review Blessings after haftara to date Prepare 2nd half of blessing 3 after haftara Check with Yossi on
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Learn 2nd half of blessing 3 after the haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Make sure all of blessing 3 is smooth and the two “halves” connected |
| Tu, Apr 19 | NO LESSON – PASSOVER | Keep smoothing out all 3 blessing after the haftara learned so far |
| Tu, Apr 26
5:40-6pm |
Review blessings after Haftara
Prepare Blessing 4 after haftara, first half (maybe more) |
Learn blessing 4 after haftara
Review and smooth our blessings before and after TORAH reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| Tu, May 3
5:40-6pm |
Review 4 blessings after haftara
Review Torah blessings |
Keep reviewing, but don’t worry too much about little glitches — I’ll be there beside you for discreet help as needed. Just like we did in today’s lesson. |
| Tu, May 10
5:40-6pm LAST REGULAR LESSON! |
Review Everything, starting with Torah blessings | FANTASTIC WORK! WE’RE ALL DONE LEARNING!! |
| Th, May 12
7:15am MORNING MINYAN & RUNTHROUGH |
Please be at morning minyan by 7:15 so I can help you put on Tallit and T’filin (if you don’t have your own, you can use one of the extra sets at shul). You’ll be invited up to the Torah to say your Torah blessings (Bar’chu et Adonai Ham’vorach…) as your first aliya ever!
Breakfast will follow minyan, then we’ll review everything on the Bimah and using the actual Torah you’ll be reading from. |
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YOSSI’S COMPLETE PACKET (PDF) – set colour printing to “automatic” or “colour”
Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF)
Torah Blessings (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
| 24:21 – 0:00 | 24:22 – 0:13 | 24:23 – 0:32 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF)
Haftara (PDF | MP3) …all in Ch 44
| 15 – 0:00 | 16 – 0:53 | 17 – 1:18 | 18 – 1:59 | 19 – 2:25 | 20 – 3:21 | 21 – 3:42 | 22 – 3:58 |
| 23 – 4:34 | 24 – 4:53 | 25 – 5:25 | 26 – 6:05 | 27 – 6:18 | 28 – 6:47 | 29 – 7:13 | 30 – 7:33 |
| 31 – 8:15 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – IN PROGRESS
Blessings after Haftara –
Torah Processional – IN PROCESS DURING OTT
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel