Julia, 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 ONLINE
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, Sep 1, 2022
5:15-5:55pm |
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. |
| Tu, Nov 22,
4:30-4:50pm PULL HER OUT OF OTT FOR LESSON! |
Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading | Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Nov 30
4:40-5pm
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NO LESSON – GREENBERG PERSONAL REASONS | |
| We, Dec 7
4:40-5pm |
Review Blessing before Torah Reading
Prepare Blessing after Torah reading |
Learn Blessing After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3)
Learn Torah Trope first half (up to first “Sof Pasuk) (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Dec 14
4:40-5pm |
Review both Torah blessings
Review Torah Trope first half Work more on Torah Trope 1st half |
Finish Learning Torah Trope first half (up to first “Sof Pasuk) (PDF | MP3). Make sure you use the homework technique in the top box of this column, and give yourself at least 3 separate homework sittings of 15-20 minutes each to make this work!
The plan for next week (below) is grayed out so you don’t get confused as to what this week’s homework is! 🙂 |
| We, Dec 21
4:40-5pm |
Review Torah Trope first half
Prepare Torah Trope 2nd half |
Learn Torah Trope second half (from Pazeir to the end) (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Dec 28 | NO LESSON – WINTER BREAK | Keep smoothing out Torah Trope Sheet |
| We, Jan 4
4:40-5pm |
Review Trope Sheet
Prepare Maftir 25:16 and half of 25:17 up to m’at shana. |
Learn Maftir 25:16 and half of 25:17 up to m’at shana.
Touch up Torah blessings so they’re smooth. |
| We, Jan 11
4:40-5pm |
Review Maftir to date
Re-prepare Maftir 25:16 and half of 25:17 up to v’sheva shanim |
Touch up blessing after Torah reading
(Re-)prepare Maftir 25:16 and 2/3 of 25:17 up to v’sheva shanim Use the MP3 for the Maftir in the downloads section below. Let Cantor Green know right after you get home from each lesson if there’s any problem with your webpage! |
| We, Jan 18
4:40-5pm ZOOM (CJG ill) |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare rest of 25:17 and 25:18 |
Learn rest of 25:17 and 25:18
Keep smoothing out blessing after Torah reading |
| We, Jan 25
4:40-5pm |
Review Maftir (entire) with Torah blessings around it.
Prepare Haftara Trope like a song |
Smooth out 25:18
Learn Haftara Trope, first half (up to first sof pasuk)… BUT, if you can, finish it up! (MP3) |
| We, Feb 1
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara Trope | Learn 2nd half of Haftara Trope (MP3)
Finish smoothing out maftir 25:18. Make it roll off your tongue. |
| We, Feb 8
4:40-5pm |
Review entire Haftara Trope sheet
Review entire Maftir Prepare Blessing Before Haftara |
Learn Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Keep smoothing out maftir |
| We, Feb 15
4:40-5pm |
Review Maftir with blessings (particularly interested in a smooth transition to verse 18 and a smooth ending!
Review Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara 1:1 and 1:2 up to v’tulah |
Fix the beginning notes/tropes of Blessing before Haftara
Smooth out all of the blessing before haftara Learn Haftara 1:1 |
| Th, Feb 23
5-5:20pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara
Review Haftara 1:1 Prepare Haftara 1:2 |
First, Learn Haftara 1:2
Then, Smooth out Haftara 1:1, particularly the transition from ba bayamim to Vai-cha-SU-hu. |
| We, Mar 1
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing before
Prepare Haftara 1:3, and 1:4 up to ad m’od |
Learn Haftara 1:3, and 1:4 up to ad m’od |
| We, Mar 8
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-1:4, and 1:5 up to vaya-as lo |
Please smooth out and get more confidence going on the blessing before the haftara.
Learn rest of 1:4 from va-t’hi hamelech Smooth out 1:3 and 1:4 Come to Lola Wise’s Bat Mitzvah at KBI this Saturday!! It’s very important you attend your classmates’ b’nei mitzvah. |
| We, Mar 15 | NO LESSON – CANTOR VACA, but please keep doing the homework from last week. | See homework from March 8th – keep working on it;
Review entire Haftara with blessing before and make sure there are no “glitches” |
| *Th, Mar 23
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date, with blessing before
Prepare Haftara 1:5 and 1:6 up to leimor |
Learn Haftara 1:5 and 1:6 up to leimor |
| We, Mar 29
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing before
Prepare rest of Haftara 1:6, and 1:7 up to hakohein |
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Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF)
Torah Blessings (PDF)
Maftir Chayei Sarah – (PDF | MP3) – All in Gen. 25
| 16 – 0:00 | 17 – 0:23 | 18 – 0:52 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara Chayei Sarah – All in 1-Kings, Chapter 1 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:18 | 3 – 0:55 | 4 – 1:23 | 5 – 1:45 | 6 – 2:16 | 7 – 2:44 | 8 – 3:09 |
| 9 – 3:39 | 10 – 4:18 | 11 – 4:39 | 12 – 5:09 | 13 – 5:33 | 14 – 6:23 | 15 – 6:47 | 16 – 7:12 |
| 17 – 7:29 | 18 – 7:58 | 19 – 8:17 | 20 – 8:54 | 21 – 9:23 | 22 – 9:45 | 23 – 10:01 | 24 – 10:27 |
| 25 -10:52 | 26 – 11:43 | 27 – 12:09 | 28 – 12:40 | 29 – 13:04 | 30 – 13:23 | 31 – 14:05 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – IN PROGRESS
Torah Trope –
Maftir aliya –
Haftara Trope –
Blessing before Haftara –
Haftara Chayei Sarah –
Blessings after Haftara –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel