Lily, 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 lessons. 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 me know if there’s a problem right away.
VERY IMPORTANT – MUST READ: KBI B’nei Mitzvah Handbook ONLINE
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| We, Dec. 14, 2022
In-person |
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, at least 15 times. 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, Jan 26
4:20-4:40pm |
Provide B’nei Mitzvah Red Folder, discuss link, bookmark it!
Prepare Blessings before and after Torah Reading |
Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| Th, Feb 2
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope like a song |
Learn Torah Trope Sheet like a song (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Th, Feb 9
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Trope
Work more on first half of Torah Trope Sheet |
Learn 1st half of Torah Trope Sheet like a song (PDF | Torah Trope), up to “stop“ |
| Th, Feb 16
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Trope first half
Prepare Torah Trope second half Start talking about maftir aliya Review Torah Blessings |
Learn Torah Trope second half; listen some extra times to Kadma V’azla. |
| Th, Feb 23
4:20-4:40pm |
Review entire Torah Trope sheet
Prepare Maftir 11:29 |
Learn Maftir 11:29 |
| Th, Mar 2
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir 11:30 and 31 up to eishet Avram b’no. |
Learn Maftir 11:30 and 11:31 up to eishet Avram b’no |
| Th, Mar 9
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir 11:30 and 11:31 up to eishet Avram b’no
Prepare rest-of-11:31 |
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| Th, Mar 16/23 | NO LESSONS (CJG & SACHS’ VACA) | Keep reviewing everything so far. Please take your stuff to Israel! |
| Th, Mar 30
4:20-4:40 |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare rest-of-11:31 and 11:32 (to end) |
Finish learning rest-of-11:31 and 11:32 (to end)
We have no lessons the next 2 weeks. But during that time, please learn the blessing before the Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Apr 20
4:20-4:40 |
Review Maftir (complete)
Review Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara 54:1 |
NO MEETING THIS WEEK – SACHSes CANCELLED |
| Th, Apr 27
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir (complete)
Review Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara 54:1 |
Learn Haftara 54:1 using the Haftara table and MP3 below
If you would like to get ahead and give yourself more time for other parts of the service, you can always keep listening to and practicing with more of the audio file. |
| Th, May 4
N/A |
Review maftir from STA”M side
Review Haftara with Blessing before Prepare Haftara 54:2 |
NO LESSON TODAY AFTER ALL, but please do this homework:
Learn Haftara 54:2 (always using the table and MP3 below) Keep reviewing your maftir every week! Keep it fresh! Please read it from the LEFT-HAND side of the page, so you get used to reading it from something that closely resembles reading it in the Torah scroll (no vowels, punctuation, or trope). |
| Th, May 11
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir from STA”M side
Review Haftara with Blessing before Prepare Haftara 54:3 (and some of 4 if ready) |
Smooth out 54:2
Learn Haftara 54:3 up to yiyrash |
| Th, May 18
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-54:3 and 54:4 Review Maftir from left side |
Learn rest of Haftara 54:3
Learn Haftara 54:4 You have 2 weeks to do this (because of Shavuot), but try to front-load your learning! |
| Th, May 25 | NO LESSON because of Shavuot | Keep studying. Use the opportunity to review everything learned so far and smooth out any tricky moments |
| Th, Jun 1
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 54:5 and 54:6 |
Learn Haftara 54:5 this week.
No lesson next week, but please do homework below next week. |
| Th, Jun 8 | NO LESSON (CJG Vaca) but please do homework at right this week ====> | Learn Haftara 54:6 this week
If you have time and would like to make some “extra” progress, you can learn 54:7, which is short. |
| Th, Jun 15
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 54:7 and some of 54:8 (or 54:8 and some of 9) |
Learn Haftara 54:7-8
HAVE A GREAT TIME AT CAMP |
| Th, Aug 3
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Haftara to date Prepare Haftara 54:9 |
Smooth out haftara 54:5-7. Write yourself hints or reminders in English on the page to help you get the lines smoothly.
TIME TO START COMING TO SYNAGOGUE ON SATURDAY MORNINGS. ACCESS TO THE MOST HONOURS DEPENDS ON IT ON YOUR BIG DAY. You can’t expect to do well in a 500 meter race unless you show up to the track and practice regularly! |
| Tu, Aug 15
4:50-5:10pm |
NO LESSON – FAMILY STILL SICK |
Learn Haftara 54:8 using the usual homework technique. Practice often, to make up for not having had the benefit of a lesson in-person this week. |
| We, Aug 23
5:40-6:00pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 54:9 |
Learn Haftara 54:9 (and if you wanted to learn some of 54:10 for next week, that’s fine too!) |
| Th, Aug 30 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION, BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ====> | |
| Th, Sep 7
4:20-4:40pm |
Review entire Haftara
Prepare Haftara 54:10 |
Smooth out Haftara 54:9
Learn Haftara 54:10 |
| Tu, Sep 12
4:10-4:30pm |
Review entire haftara
Review Maftir Prepare Ein Kamocha first half |
Learn Ein Kamocha first 3 printed lines of Hebrew (up to l’olam va’ed)
Hint: See below for printout and audio files, or… (PDF | MP3 Folder)\ DIDN’T HAPPEN – TECHNICAL ISSUES |
| We, Sep 20
4:00-4:20pm |
Prepare Ein Kamocha to date | Learn Ein Kamocha first 3 printed lines of Hebrew (up to l’olam va’ed)
Keep practicing everything learned so far! |
| We, Sep 27
4-4:20pm |
Review Ein Kamocha to date
Prepare Ein Kamocha lines 4-6 |
NO LESSON TODAY – CJG UNDER THE WEATHER |
| We, Oct 4
4-4:20pm |
Review Ein Kamocha to date
Prepare Ein Kamocha lines 4-6 Review Maftir with Torah blessings Review Blessing before Haftara |
Learn the rest of Ein Kamocha (ie., audio file for lines 4-6)
In blessings before and after Torah reading, fix “asher” word so you’re doing the same melody for that as for “Baruch Ata Adonai…”. Go UP on your “sher” syllable! In your blessing before the Haftara, make sure you’re putting the accent on “Rim” of “Ha-ne-e-mar-RIM”. |
| We, Oct 11
4-4:20pm |
Review Ein Kamocha
Review Torah blessings Review Blessing before Haftara for “RIM” |
D’var Torah?? Tune up Ashrei. |
| TH, OCT 19
7:15 am MORNING SERVICE 1st ALIYOT & RUNTHROUGH |
Review all on the bimah! | |
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Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope | Haftara Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Maftir: Gen. 11:29-32 · Lily Sachs (PDF | MP3) – (Note, Benny is doing chamishi)
| 29 – 0:00 | 30 – 0:24 | 31 – 0:34 | 32 – 1:12 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF)
Haftara NOACH (Isaiah, Ashkenazi – Lily v1-10, Benny the rest (PDF | MP3)
| 54:1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:21 | 3 – 0:45 | 4 – 1:02 | 5 – 1:26 | 6 – 1:47 | 7 – 2:11 | 8 – 2:23 |
| 9 -2:45 | 10 – 3:13 | 11 – 3:42 | 12 – 4:01 | 13 – 4:17 | 14 – 4:30 | 15 – 4:49 | 16 – 5:04 |
| 17 – 5:31 | 55:1 – 6:07 | 2 -6:39 | 3 – 7:02 | 4 – 7:25 | 5 -7:39 |
Blessings after Haftara (Benny only) (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF | MP3 Folder)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Maftir aliya – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – DONE
Blessings after Haftara (Benny only)
Torah Processional (Lily) – EIN KAMOCHA PARAGRAPH ONLY, THEN CJG – DONE
Torah Recessional (CJG)
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Frydman-Kohl) – ???
Ashrei (AZ Tune) – DONE
Aleinu, Adon Olam – DONE
| Lily to start Haftara w blessing, 54:1-10 (the Sefardi reading) |
| Benny to finish Haftara w blessings afterward, 54:11-55:5 |