Jaxon, 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 ONLINE
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, Aug 4, 2022
5:15-6:00pm IN PERSON @ KBI |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
BM Folder 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. |
| We, Aug 10
5:40-6pm |
Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading | Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Aug 17
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessing before Torah Reading
Prepare Blessing after Torah reading |
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Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF)
Torah Blessings (PDF)
| 20:25 – 0:00 | 26 – 0:40 | 27 – 1:00 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF)
Haftara (PDF | MP3), all in Amos Ch9
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:33 | 9 – 1:14 | 10 – 1:40 | 11 – 2:04 |
| 12 – 2:34 | 13 – 2:58 | 14 – 3:30 | 15 – 4:08 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Blessing before Haftara
Haftara –
Blessings after Haftara –
Maftir aliya –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
IF TIME: Torah Processional –
IF TIME: Torah Recessional –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Conclusion of Services, etc.