Eddie Sinclair’s Personalized Bar Mitzvah Page

Eddie, 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 cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com or call/text 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

Bar Mitzvah Date: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2023, 8:30am (Time TBC)
ROSH CHODESH CHESHVAN
30 Tishrei, 5784

Tutoring Schedule – Starting Jan. 12, 2023: Thursdays, 4:00-4:20pm at KBI.

DATE/TIME GOALS HOMEWORK ASSIGNED
We, June 15, 2022

6:30-7:15pm

IN-PERSON, but Richard on 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.

We, Nov 2

5-5:20pm

IN-PERSON

Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading (PDF | MP3)

Learn Blessing After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3)

Th, Nov 10

4-4:20pm

Review Blessing before and after Torah Reading

Prepare Torah Trope Sheet

Learn Torah Trope like a song this week (PDF | MP3).
Th, Nov. 17 NO LESSON – Jason at Convention Keep smoothing out Torah Trope sheet, but this week, look at the symbols, not the words!
Mo, Nov 21

5:30pm at Jason’s House

Review Torah Trope

Review Torah Blessings

Prepare R”Ch Aliya 1; 28:1-2

Use the audio files in the folder below and your printed sheet to learn Aliya 1, 28:1-2 (in the audio file, that means up to 35 seconds.)
Th, Dec 1

4-4:20pm

Review R”Ch Aliya 1; 28:1-2

Review Torah blessings

Prepare Aliya 1, 28:3 up to ladonai

Learn Aliya 1, 28:3 up to ladonai.

Smooth out and become more confident/smooth with verses 1-2 from last week. The words and tune should roll of your tongue without having to work too hard to read the printed page (but you still want to point as you sing!)

Work on blessing after Torah reading to smooth out those middle 2 lines!

Th, Dec 8

4-4:20pm

Review Torah blessings

Review Aliya 1 to date

Prepare 2nd half of 28:3

Learn 2nd half of Aliya 1, rest 28:3

Don’t forget to review everything learned so far, every week!

Th, Dec 15

4-4:20pm

Review Aliya 1

Prepare Aliya 2, 28:3-4

Learn Aliya 2, 28:3-4. Make sure you keep in mind the different end-of-sentence trope compared to the end of aliya 1

Reminder – keep reviewing everything learned so far, every week!

We, Dec 21

5-5:20pm

Review Aliya 1

Review Aliya 2 to date

Prepare Aliya 2, 28:5

First, learn 28:5

THEN Smooth out 28:4

Do them in this order so that you don’t end up spending too much time on the almost-learned stuff and not enough time on the new material. This is a general rule to follow when touching up material from a previous week.

Th, Dec 29 NO LESSON – CJG VACA Keep reviewing!
Th, Jan 5

4-4:20pm

NO LESSON – EDDIE AWAY
Th, Jan 12

4-4:20pm

Review Aliya 2

Prepare Aliya 3 first verse(s)

Review Aliya 1

Learn Aliya 3, 28:6-7
Th, Jan 19

NO LESSON – CJG ILL. Please do homework at right this week.

Review Aliya 3 to date

Prepare Aliya 3, 28:8 and 28:9 up to t’mimim

Learn Aliya 3, 28:8, and 28:9 up to t’mimim.

Remember to review everything learned so far each week!

Th, Jan 26

4-4:20pm

Review aliya 3 to date

Prepare rest of aliya 3

Parents: Plan to register and be at the CURRENT STUDENTS B’nei Mitzvah information session on Tuesday, Feb 7, 6:45-8pm. Register at www.kehillatbethisrael.com/bm-sessions

Aliya 3: end of v8, practice “uch-nis-ko”

Learn Aliya 3, 28:9-10 (to the end of the aliya)

Th, Feb 2

4-4:20pm

Review aliya 3

Prepare Aliya 4, 28:11

Learn Aliya 4, 28:11

Keep smoothing out aliya 3

See you on Tuesday at the IN-PROCESS BM info session!

Start planning a schedule for coming to KBI for services. Sunday mornings are at 8:30am; or (also a good idea, for getting to know the congregation and them, you), Saturday mornings — services start at 9am, but 9:30 is a good time to arrive.

Th, Feb 9

4-4:20pm

Review Aliya 3

Review Aliya 4 to date

Prepare Aliya 4, 28:12

Add more “ch” to your “ch’s”!

Aliya 4, 28:11, fix “shiv-ah t’mimim

Learn Aliya 4, 28:12

Th, Feb 16

4-4:20pm

Review Aliya 4 to date

Prepare Aliya 4, 28:13

Smooth out aliya 4, 28:11-12

Learn aliya 4, verse 28:13 (much of it is a repeat of earlier verses in aliya 4)

If you have time, touch up aliya 3. Needs some refresher work!

Th, Feb 23

5:40-6pm

(Diff time b/c Jason delayed)

Review Aliya 3

Review Aliya 4 to date

Prepare Aliya 4, 28:14 up to 
ur-vi-it ha-hin

Review Torah Blessings and Aliyot 2 and 3

Learn Aliya 4, 28:14 up to ur-vi-it ha-hin

Review Aliya 2 – needs some touching up still

Th, Mar 2

4-4:20pm

Review aliyot 2, 3 and 4 (to date)

Prepare Aliya 4, rest of 28:14 and 28:15

Fix up aliya 2 – “Ta-aseh Bein Ha’arbayim” is a music-ending phrase; and make transition from that into “va-asirit” correct/smooth

Learn aliya 4, rest-of-28:14 and 28:15

Next Rosh Chodesh morning service is Thursday, March 23, 7:30am. If you can be there, that would be great.

Th, Mar 9

4-4:20pm

Review aliya 2 and 4

Prepare Vay’hi Binsoah (Shabbat melody, like at Hebrew school!)

In aliya 2, work on bein ha-arbayim; and Va-asirit. Make ’em smooth, confident.

Finish learning aliya 4, 28:15

There’s a bat mitzvah this Saturday morning, 9am-12pm (Lola Wise). Please do attend shul!

Th, Mar 16 NO LESSON – CJG away, but please do the homework at right ===> Learn Vay’hi Binso’a Ha’aron up to mi-panecha (ie., first half) (PDF | MP3)

There’s a bar mitzvah this Saturday morning, 9am-12pm (Emet Chen-Melzer). Please do attend shul!

Th, Mar 23

4-4:20pm

Review Aliya 4 (entire)

Review Vay’hi Binsoa

Prepare Gad’lu and first musical phrase of L’Cha Adonai

Smooth out aliya 4, verses 14 and 15

Learn Gad’lu line (use the Weekday Torah service folder below)

Learn L’cha Adonai up to v’hahod

Th, Mar 30

*5:40-6pm

Review Aliya 4

Review Torah Processional to date

Prepare next 2-3 lines of L’Cha Adonai

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Downloads (click to open, right-click to save to your computer)

Torah Trope Sheet (PDF | MP3)

Torah Blessings (PDF)

Rosh Chodesh Weekday Torah Readings (folder)

Weekday Torah Service (folder)

Hallel for Rosh Chodesh (folder)

Goals in order of priority

Blessings before and after Torah reading – IN PROGRESS

Torah Trope – DONE

Rosh Chodesh 4 Torah Readings (PDF & MP3) – IN PROGRESS

Torah Processional –

Torah Recessional –

Hallel –

D’var Torah and mitzvah project (with Rabbi Kenter) –

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IF TIME AND INCLINATION PERMIT:

Musaf –

Shacharit –

P’sukei D’zimra –

 

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