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, 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, 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
Prepare Maftir 11:29 |
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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)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – IN PROGRESS
Maftir aliya –
Blessing before Haftara
Haftara –
Blessings after Haftara (Benny only)
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel
| Lily to start Haftara w blessing, 54:1-10 (the Sefardi reading) |
| Benny to finish Haftara w blessings afterward, 54:11-55:5 |