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
|
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 |
Learn rest of Haftara 1:6, and 1:7
Scan the latest copy of your page with transliteration and email it to Cantor Green. (I’ll put it on this page for emergencies) Make sure to come up with a consistent place to keep your bat mitzvah folder so it doesn’t get misplaced. You have 3 weeks before our next lesson. Use the time to do “super-review” of your haftara so that you “sense” the next words and tune at any given point. Make it super-confident! |
| We, Apr 19
4:40-5pm ZOOM |
Review Haftara to date with Blessing before
Prepare Haftara 1:8 |
1. Learn Haftara rest-of-1:7 (from vayaz’ru) and first 4 words of 1:8 (up to ven y’hoyada)
2. Go back and smooth out (ie., “re-learn” – use the homework technique) 1:6 and 1:7 3. Review everything learned so far so it stays fresh and confident! |
| We, Apr 26
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-1:8 and 1:9 up to ein rogeil Review Maftir |
Learn Haftara rest-of-1:8 and 1:9 up to ein rogeil
Practice maftir — keep it smooth! |
| We, May 3
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest of 1:9 and 1:10 Review Maftir |
1. Learn haftara, rest-of-1:9 and 1:10
2. Touch up, using the audio files, anything that gets you tripped up or is un-confident, partic. the new verses, 7-9 3. Keep smoothing out and “going for it” on your maftir. It’s just missing the final bit of confidence, but otherwise, you know it well! |
| We, May 10
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 1:11 Review Maftir |
Learn Haftara 1:11
Keep Smoothing out vs. 7-10. Circle words with a pencil where you find yourself pausing or “searching” for the right pronuciation or tune, and go back to the audio file for those words and practice them separately 5-8 times in a row. This should help you overcome any confidence issues! |
| We, May 17
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 1:12 and 1:13 up to adoni hamelech |
Learn Haftara 1:12 and 1:13 up to adoni hamelech
Make sure you circle words or phrases throughout the whole haftara so far that give you pause or where you hesitate, so that you can go back (when CJG is on vacation) and work on smoothing out those spots. |
| We, May 24
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 1:13 from nishbata up to yimloch acharai |
Smooth out homework from last week – 12 an 13 up to Adoni hamelech
Learn Haftara 1:13 from nishbata up to yimloch acharai |
| We, May 31
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of 1:13 and 1:14 |
Learn Haftara rest-of 1:13 and 1:14
Go back and smooth out haftara from 1:10 on. You have two weeks to do that — no lesson next week |
| We, Jun 7 | NO LESSON – CJG Vacation | Keep making your haftara amazing and smooth and confident! |
| We, Jun 14
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara from 1:9
Prepare Haftara 1:15 |
Learn Haftara 1:15
Keep smoothing out from 1:09, and to help you get the notes right, do write some note “pictograms” to help you with the trope sounds. |
| We, Jun 21
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara to date (from beginning)
Prepare Haftara 1:16 and 1:17 up to la-amatecha Review Maftir |
Learn Haftara 1:16 and 1:17 up to la-amatecha
Practice Maftir – it got a bit rusty! |
| Tu, Jun 27
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara from beginning
Prepare Haftara rest-of 1:17 Review Maftir |
Verse 13, fix the trope from nish-bata up to the end of the verse (adoniyahu)
Smooth out first half of v17 (up to la-amatecha) |
| JULIA AT CAMP | NO LESSONS UNTIL AUG 2nd | |
| We, Aug 2
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftarah from p2
Prepare rest of v17 |
Touch up vs 16-17 to date
Learn rest of v17, v18, and v19 up to v’chol b’nei hamelech |
| Tu, Aug 8
5:00-5:20pm |
Review Haftara from v16
Prepare rest of v19, and v20 up to the last word of the page (alecha) |
Learn rest of v19, and v20 up to the last word of the page (alecha)
Review and smooth out v. 17-19 |
| We, Aug 16
4:40-5:00pm (usual day & time) |
Review Haftara from v16
Prepare Haftara rest-of-verse-20 Prepare 1st Blessing after the Haftara, 1st half |
Learn Haftara rest-of-verse-20 (top of p4)
Learn Blessing 1 after Haftara (the whole blessing!) |
| We, Aug 23
4:40-5:00 |
Review Haftara from v 17
Review Blessing 1 after Haftara Prepare Blessing 2 and some of Blessing 3 after Haftara |
Smooth out v18, particularly working on the trope of the second v’atah (t’vir). Same for vayeisheiv in verse 20
Learn Blessing 2 after the haftara, and once you’re done learning that this week, listen to Blessing 3 after haftara a number of (extra) times this week. NO LESSON Next week, but do the homework below. |
| We, Aug 30 | NO LESSON, CJG on vacation, but
PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ====> |
Learn Blessing 3 after Haftara
Keep smoothing out haftara and Blessings 1-2 after haftara |
| We, Sept 6
4:40-5:00pm |
Review Blessings 1-3 after haftara
Prepare Blessing 4 after Haftara, 1st half
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Smooth out blessing 3 after haftara
Learn first half of blessing 4 after haftara, up to ultif-aret |
| We, Sept 12
4:40-5:00pm |
Review blessings 1-4.5 after Haftara
Prepare rest of Blessing 4 after haftara Prepare Haftara 21 up to v’hayiti |
Learn 2nd half of blessing 4 after the Haftara (from al hakol)
Learn Haftara 21 up to v’hayiti Smooth out haftara from v18 |
| We, Sep 20
4:40-5:00pm |
Review Haftara from v18 to mid-21
Review blessings 3 and 4 after haftara Prepare Haftara rest-of-v21, 22, and 23 up to hanavi\ Review Maftir |
Smooth out blessing 4
Learn Haftara rest-of-v21, 22, and 23 up to hanavi Smooth out Haftara v18-21 Reminder: You MUST review everything learned so far, each week, to keep it fresh and confident like the week your learned it! Reach out to Rav Baruch (Frydman-Kohl) ravbaruch@kehillatbethisrael.com, to set up Bat Mitzvah D’var Torah and Mitzvah Project. Tell him Cantor Jason sent you! |
| We, Sep 27
4:40-5pm |
Review Haftara from v18
Prepare rest-of-v23 and 24 |
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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 – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara Chayei Sarah – IN PROGRESS
Blessings after Haftara –
Torah Trope –
Maftir aliya – DONE
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel