Emmett, 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 – PARENTS MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook ONLINE
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Mo, Nov 14, 2021
9:45-10:30am In-person |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Parent 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. |
| Th, Dec 1, 2022
3:40-4pm |
Emmett intro to webpage
Prepare Blessing Before Torah reading |
Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading using the homework technique in the box above this one (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Dec 8, 2022
3:40-4pm |
Review Blessing before Torah reading
Prepare Blessing after Torah reading Prepare Torah Trope 1st half |
Learn Blessing after Torah Reading (PDF | MP3)
Learn Torah Trope first half (up to first “Sof Pasuk) (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Dec 15
3:40-4pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope first half Prepare Torah Trope second half |
Smooth out blessing after Torah reading
Smooth out Trope first half Learn Trope 2nd half (PDF | MP3) You have two weeks to finish learning this material. I suggest spreading it out evenly over two weeks, don’t leave it all for the second week. |
| Th, Dec 22 | NO LESSON – EMMETT TRAVELING | |
| Th, Dec 29 | NO LESSON – CJG VACA | |
| Th, Jan 12
3:40-4:00pm |
Review Torah Trope
Review Torah Blessings Prepare Naso Aliya 1 |
Learn Naso Aliya 1, 4:21, 4:22, and 4:23 up to ad. Use the audio file below. |
| Th, Jan 19
NO LESSON, CJG ILL. Please do homework at right this week. |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Rest of Aliya 1 Review Torah Blessings |
Learn rest of aliya 1, from ben-chamishim shana
Remember to review everything learned so far each week! |
| Th, Jan 26
3:40-4:00pm |
Review Aliya 1
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Review and smooth out, “recapture” Aliya 1 up to ad in the middle of the aliya.
If you can do more, add incrementally new words, up to the next red trope. 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 |
| Th, Feb 2
3:40-4:00pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare aliya 1, rest of 4:23, and 4:24. |
Learn aliya 1, rest of 41:23 (from la-avod avodah), and 41:24. |
| Th, Feb 9
3:40-4pm |
Review Aliya 1 (all)
Prepare Aliya 2, 4:25 |
Keep smoothing out Aliya 1, particularly the last pasuk (41:24)
Learn Aliya 2, 4:25 Touch up Blessing BEFORE Torah reading, being careful about the words at the start of each line, and about the tune of the “ham’vorach” in the first line. SLOW DOWN – let your brain have time to transmit the correct instructions to your vocal apparatus. |
| Th, Feb 16
NO LESSON – SCHOOL ACTIVITY |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 4:26 up to meitreihem |
Learn Aliya 2, 4:26, up to meitreihem |
| Th, Feb 22
3:40-4:00pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 4:26, up to saviv. |
Homework (brought forward from last week)
Learn Aliya 2, 4:26, up to saviv Go back to 4:25 and smooth it out. Use the audio files — listen again several times before singing along and then singing on your own. Make the whole aliya so far nice and smooth/confident |
| Th Mar 2
3:40-4pm |
Review aliya 2 to date
Prepare aliya 2, rest of 4:26 Review Aliya 1 |
Learn aliya 2, rest of 4:25 (from v’eit mei-t’reihem)
Smooth out all of aliya 2 up to that point. (Watch for “Saviv”, “v’-et masach”, and music of “hatachash asher alav mil-mala”) Learn Aliya 4:26 |
| Th, Mar 9
3:40-4pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, 4:27 up to avodatam |
In aliya 1, smooth out v24 – circled bit
In aliya 2, v27, work on notes and pronunciation of “al pi aharon uvanav” THIS WEEK: In v 26, Smooth out from v’eit mei-t’reihem to the end of the verse |
| Th, Mar 16 | NO LESSON – CJG VACA | THIS WEEK: Smooth out v27 up to hageir’shuni |
| Th, Mar 23
3:52-4pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 2 to date |
Review the heck out of Aliya 2. Re-practice each verse, partic v25-27. |
| Th, Mar 30
3:40-4pm |
Review aliya 2
Review aliya 1 Prepare rest of 4:27 and 4:28 |
Learn rest of 4:27 and 4:28 (ie., to the end of the aliyah)
You have 2 weeks to do this. Make sure you also spend time going over the whole aliya and keep it fresh and gaining in smoothness and confidence. If you complete aliya 2 during the Pesach break and it’s working smoothly, you can power-listen a hundred times to ALIYA 3. |
| Th, Apr 20
3:40-4pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 1 Prepare Aliya 3, 4:29-30 |
Work on circled words in your aliyot
Plan to lead (with CJG) the stuff you know from school Work on Aliya 3 – get first 3 verses smooth |
| Th, Apr 27
3:40-4pm |
Prepare Ashrei Top & tail – tune of AZ | Smooth out v31 & 32 – uvrichav v’amudav va-adanav
Learn v33 |
| Th, May 4
3:40-4pm |
Review all 3 aliyot
We only had 8 minutes for a quick runthrough… Homework this week is particularly important!! ===> |
Practice all 3 aliyot from the TORAH (left-hand) side of the page. That’s closest to what it looks like in the Torah itself, with no vowels, punctuation, or trope (music symbols). We’ll aim to review it from the Torah next lesson. |
| Th, May 11
3:40-4pm |
Do Torah reading review
Review Service items |
Smooth out the tune of aliya 3, verse 33. Use the audio file to get you on the right track. Note that the trope of mish-p’chot goes up because the trope looks like it goes up! Remember, practice aliya 3 from LEFTHAND side like you do for aliyot 1 and 2! |
| Th, May 18
Service at 7:15am |
FULL RUNTHROUGH ON THE BIMAH.
Bring your entire folder, PLUS your D’var Torah that you prepared with Rabbi Kenter, PLUS your Tallit and T’filin! |
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Torah Trope Sheet (PDF)
Torah Blessings (PDF)
Weekday Nasso Aliya 1 (PDF | MP3) – All in Num. Ch 4
| 21 – 0:00 | 22 – 0:09 | 23 – 0:26 | 24 – 0:54 |
Weekday Nasso Aliya 2 (PDF | MP3)
| 25 – 0:00 | 26 – 0:28 | 27 – 1:13 | 28 – 1:45 |
Weekday Nasso Aliya 3 (PDF | MP3)
| 29 – 0:00 | 30 – 0:12 | 31 – 0:39 | 32 – 1:01 | 33 – 1:36 |
Weekday Torah Service Folder (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Aliya 1 – DONE
Aliya 2 – DONE
Aliya 3 – DONE
Things Emmett knows from school –
Ashrei p21 – Emmett with CJG, top & tail
Aleinu p183 – DONE
Adon Olam p101 – DONE
Sh’ma Yisrael with Chabad V’ahavta – Emmett with CJG
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) – DONE