Sacha, 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 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
Click here to confirm you’ve read the entire handbook (required).
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Th, Feb 2
5:15-6pm |
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. Figure out if Saturday morning or afternoon. Keep BM Folder in your backpack so you’ll always have it at lessons. Bring it every week, and use it during every homework sitting. |
| Th, Feb 16
5-5:20pm |
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading | Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Listen to the audio file for Torah Trope sheet 10x through. Point to the words as you hear them. (PDF | Torah Trope Audio) |
| Th, Feb 23
10:40-11am |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope, repeat-after me style. |
Learn Torah Trope (PDF | Torah Trope MP3). Dwell on the melody of “kadma v’azla” to really internalize it properly. Note that “Geiresh” that follows it is the same trope as “azla”, so if you get stuck, practice them in reverse order for a minute or two (then go back to the right order!
Keep coming to shul on Saturday mornings. |
| We, Mar 1
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Trope Sheet
Prepare Weekday Emor Aliya 1, 21:1 |
Learn Emor Aliya 1, 21:1 (PDF) using the audio file and table below |
| We, Mar 8
NO LESSON – Sacha had another commitment |
Review Aliya 1, 21:1
Prepare 21:2-3 |
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| We, Mar 15
NO LESSON |
CANTOR GREEN ON VACA | |
| We, Mar 22
5-5:20pm |
Review Aliya 1, 21:1-3
Prepare 21:4-5 and 21:6 up to sheim eloheihem |
Learn 21:4-5 and 21:6 up to sheim eloheihem |
| We, Mar 29
5-5:20pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, rest-of-21:6 Prepare Aliya 2, 21:7-8 |
Learn Aliya 1, rest of 21:6
Learn Aliya 2, 21:7 and 21:8 You have several weeks to do this – next meeting is after passover. |
| We, Apr 19
5-5:20pm |
Review Aliya 1 (entire)
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, 21:9 and 21:10 up to et ha-b’gadim |
Learn Aliya 2, rest-of-21:10 (from et rosho), 21:11, and however much of 21:12 you can do WELL in the time you have this week. Challenge without being overwhelmed! |
| We, Apr 26
5-5:20pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 21:12 Prepare Aliya3, 21:13 |
Learn Aliya 2, 21:12
Learn Aliya 3, 21:13 (remembering not to say Amen first because you will have this aliya) |
| We, May 3
5-5:20pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 3, 21:13 Prepare Aliya 3, 21:14-15 |
Learn Aliya 3, 21:14-15 |
| We, May 10
5-5:20pm |
Review All 3 aliyot (1 and 2 from the STA”M side, and 3 from the right-hand side)
Prepare Eliyahu HaNavi (you know the first half!) Prepare first 2 printed lines of Hinei Eil Y’shu-ati |
Practice aliya 3 from LEFThand side
Learn 2nd half of Eliyahu HaNavi (Bim-heira…) using the folder in the downloads section. Learn first 2 printed lines of Hinei Eil Y’shu-ati (also in folder below) |
| We, May 17
5-5:20pm |
Review aliya 3 from lefthand side
Review Eliyahu HaNavi Review Hinei Eil Y’shu-ati first 2 lines Prepare Hinei next 2 lines |
Make sure you’re comfortable with the jump up in notes to “Bimheira v’yameinu” in Eiliyahu Hanavi
Learn Hinei Eil Y’shuati next 3 printed lines, up to Elohei Ya’akov Selah |
| We, May 24
5-5:20pm |
Review Eliyahu Hanavi, partic the modulation up a 4th to Bimheira
Review Hinei Eil Prepare last 2 lines of Hinei Eil Review Aliya 3 from lefthand side |
Learn last 2 lines of Hinei Eil
If time allows learn some or all of next 2 lines (Lay’hudim… Adonai Ekra) Come to Teen Tikkun Leil Shavuot tomorrow (Thursday) evening, 7:30pm – learning with Rabbi Kenter and Cantor Green, with ice cream bar! |
| We, May 31
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah to date
Prepare rest of Havdallah |
Learn (or finish learning!) rest of Havdallah – noting:
– “Savri Chaveirai” |
| We, June 7 | NO LESSON – CJG away | Keep working your way through Havdallah |
| We, Jun 14
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah (all)
Prepare Shabbat Mincha Torah Service – Va’ani T’filati and first 2 printed lines of Vay’hi Binsoa |
Learn (from Shabbat Mincha Torah Service) Va’ani T’filati and first 2 printed lines of Vay’hi Binsoa. |
| We, Jun 21
5-5:20pm |
Review Va’ani and Vay’hi
Prepare from Vay’hi Binsoa from Ki Mitziyon and, prepare Gad’lu Ladonai Iti line |
Learn from Vay’hi Binsoa from Ki Mitziyon
Learn Gad’lu Ladonai Iti Have a great time at camp! Please take your stuff with you and review everything at least once every week or two. |
| NO LESSONS END OF JUNE/JULY | SACHA AT CAMP | |
| We, Aug 2
5-5:20pm |
FAMILY FORGOT! | |
| We, Aug 9
5-5:20pm |
Review everything we can so far:
Torah Processional for Shabbat Mincha to date (Va’ani T’filati through Gad’lu) Torah Readings Havdallah |
Listen to L’Cha Adonai 15 times (MP3 in the Torah Service folder, or here). Goal is to be familiar enough with it that we can learn the whole paragraph in one week next week. |
| We, Aug 16
5-5:20pm |
CANTOR GREEN GOT CONFUSED, ONLINE NOT IN-PERSON |
Learn L’Cha Adonai 1st half |
| We, Aug 23 | Prepare L’Cha Adonai first half | Learn L’Cha Adonai 2nd half
Learn Torah RE-cessional, Y’hal’lu and Hodo al Eretz YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS TO DO THESE BECAUSE CANTOR GREEN IS AWAY ON VACA NEXT WEEK |
| We, Aug 30 | NO LESSON, but keep learning material from last week’s homework | |
| We, Sep 6
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional
Review Torah Recessional to date Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz Umlo-ah, Part 1 (up to l’mir-mah) |
Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz Umlo-ah, Part 1 (up to l’mir-mah) |
| We, Sep 13
5-5:20pm |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz to date
Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz part 2 |
In part 1, practice going DOWN a note on “sher” of “asher lo nasa”. Confirm with audio file if needed.
Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz Part 2 from “yisa v’racha” up to “pit-chei olam“ |
| We, Sep 20
5-5:20pm |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz to date
Prepare next section of Ladonai Ha’aretz from S’u Sh’arim (middle of paragraph) up to milchama Review Torah Processional |
Learn next section of Ladonai Ha’aretz from S’u Sh’arim (middle of paragraph) up to milchama |
| We, Sep 27
5-5:20pm |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz to date
Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz from second S’u Sh’arim to the end |
Learn rest of Ladonai Ha’aretz (from the second S’u sh’arim to the end), going right on to announcing “Uv-nucho Yomar“ |
| We, Oct 4
5-5:20pm |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz
Prepare Eitz Chayim Hi (Blumenthal) |
Practice saying “Uv-nucho Yomar” after “Selah” (MP3)
Learn Eitz Chayim Hi (Blumenthal) up to shalom. |
| We, Oct 11
5-5:20pm |
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| We, Oct 18
5-5:20pm |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz into Uv-nucho Yomar
Review Eitz Chayim Hi up to shalom Prepare Last line of Eitz Chayim Hi. Review something else |
Finish Learning last line of Eitz Chayim Hi. |
| We, Oct 25
5-5:20pm |
Review Eitz Chayim Hi
Review Ashrei Prepare Uva l’Tziyon section |
Finish learning end of Ashrei
Learn Uva L’Tziyon section [bracketed words] up to m’lo chol ha’aretz k’vodo. |
| We, Nov 1
5-5:20pm |
Review Mincha Ashrei (top & tail)
Review Uva L’tziyon section to date Prepare rest of the [bracketed words] of Uva L’tziyon section |
Learn rest the [bracketed words] of Uva L’tziyon section, p227
If you have time, learn p228 Adonai Tz’va-ot (roughly middle of page, 0:55 in the Uva L’Tziyon audio file) |
| We, Nov 8
5-5:20pm |
Review Mincha from Ashrei
Prepare next bit of Uva L’tziyon section – Baruch Hagever |
Learn Baruch HaGever (p228, 4 lines up from bottom) up to yod’ei sh’mecha using this MP3 (the ‘higher version’)
Try to be in shul on Saturday for Julia Greenberg’s Bat Mitzvah! |
| We, Nov 15
5-5:20pm |
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NO LESSON – CJG ILL |
| We, Nov 22 | NO LESSON – CJG ON VACATION | |
| We, Nov 29
5-5:20pm |
Review Mincha from Ashrei
Prepare last bit of Baruch HaGever Review Torah Processional and Recessional Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Torah Processional first section |
Learn last bit of Baruch Hagever (from ki lo azav-ta), smoothing out from v’yiv-t’chu v’cha at the box.
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Torah Processional (p229) first paragraph – audio file in the folder linked below, as usual |
| We, Dec 6
5-5:20pm |
NO LESSON – SACHA NOT AVAILABLE
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| We, Dec 13
5-5:20pm |
Review from Baruch HaGever
Review Chatzi Kaddish first paragraph Prepare Chatzi Kaddish Y’hei Sh’meih to B’rich Hu |
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| We, Dec 20
5-5:20pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish before Shabbat Mincha Torah Processional
Review Torah Processional & Recessional Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Mincha Amida – 1st half |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Mincha Amida (Pentatonic).
You have two weeks to learn it! Go for it! |
| We, Dec 27 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | |
| We, Jan 3
5-5:20pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish before Mincha Amida
Prepare Amida Repetition – Avot |
Sacha already knows Mincha Amida Avot thru K’dusha
Learn Yimloch (with the Shabbat mincha transition) and L’Dor Vador (Shabbat Mincha nusach) (PDF, p 235 | MP3) |
| We, Jan 10 | NO LESSON – CJG at Conference | |
| We, Jan 17
5-5:20pm |
Review Havdallah (been a while!)
Review Shabbat Mincha Amida – K’dusha from Yimloch Prepare Ata Echad first paragraph (first half?) |
Learn Ata Echad from Yom m’nucha up to m’nuchat emet v’emunah.
Start coming to Shabbat mincha services! They’re back! They take place toward the end of Kiddush on Saturdays, so about 12:30pm!! |
| We, Jan 23
5-5:20pm |
Review Ata Echad to date
Prepare Ata Echad up to end of paragraph, plus 1st line of Eloheinu Veilohei Avoteinu, R’tzei Vimnuchateinu Review Aliya 1, 2, 3 |
Learn Ata Echad up to end of paragraph, plus 1st line of Eloheinu Veilohei Avoteinu, R’tzei Vimnuchateinu |
| We, Jan 31
5-5:20pm |
Review Mincha to date
Prepare EVA up to l’ov-d’cha be-emet |
Learn EVA R’tzei up to l’ov-d’cha be-emet (audio file #19)
Sign up for World Wide Wrap morning of T’filin education and wrapping, Sunday morning, Feb. 11, 8:30-10:30am, with a buffet breakfast – www.kehillatbethisrael.com/wwwrap24. |
| We, Feb 7
5-5:20pm |
Review EVA R’tzei to date
Finish preparing EVA R’tzei Prepare R’tzei Adonai p237 Review Havdallah |
Learn rest of EVA R’tzei on p236
Learn R’tzei Adonai p237 |
| We, Feb 14
5-5:20pm |
Review from Shabbat Mincha Amida repetition
Prepare V’techezena/Modim/v’al Kulam Review Torah recessional |
Learn V’techezena/Modim and V’al Kulam |
| We, Feb 21
NO LESSON – Canceled – Sacha skiing |
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Learn V’chol HaChayim paragraph |
| We, Feb 28
5-5:20pm |
Review Shabbat mincha Amidah from k’dusha
Prepare Shalom Rav |
Learn Shalom Rav |
| **Th, Mar 7
4-4:20pm |
Review Shabbat Amida from V’techezena
Prepare Kaddish Shaleim (full kaddish) p247 (now in Mincha amida folder below) |
Learn Kaddish Shaleim p247 up to da-amiran b’al’ma v’imru amein. (as marked on your page). You have two weeks to do that. No lesson next week. |
| We, Mar 13 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | Keep learning Kaddish Shaleim. If you’re able to go father, feel free to do so. |
| We, Mar 20
5-5:20pm |
Review Kaddish Shaleim to date
Prepare rest of Kaddish Shaleim Review Mincha from p226 |
Learn rest of Kaddish Shaleim (from titkabal) |
| We, Mar 27
5-5:20pm |
Review Kaddish Shaleim
Review Mincha Amidah section from chatzi kaddish |
Concentrate this week on smoothing out the Mincha Amidah section. Go back the audio files if needed. |
| We, Apr 3
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah blessings and 3 aliyot
Review Havdallah Review Mincha from Ashrei and Torah Processional |
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| We, Apr 10
5-5:20pm |
Review Mincha from Torah Recessional | |
| We, Apr 17
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah Processional and 3 aliyot with blessings | Learn Kiddush for Friday night at the table (folder) |
| We, Apr 24 | NO LESSON – PASSOVER | |
| We May 1
5-5:20pm |
Review Kiddush for Friday night around the table | |
| We, May 8 | LESSON NOT NEEDED – RUNTHROUGH TOMORROW | |
| Th, May 9
7:05am Tallit/T’filin |
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Torah Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Weekday Emor aliya 1 (all in Lev. Chapter 21) – (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:23 | 3 -0:41 | 4 – 1:00 | 5 – 1:11 | 6 – 1:34 |
Weekday Emor aliya 2 (all in Lev. Chapter 21) – (PDF | MP3)
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:26 | 9 – 0:50 | 10 – 1:11 | 11 – 1:45 | 12 – 2:04 |
Weekday Emor aliya 3 (all in Lev. Chapter 21) – (PDF | MP3)
| 13 – 0:00 | 14 – 0:16 | 15 – 0:39 |
Havdallah (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha Torah Service (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha From Ashrei (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha Amida (Folder) *CJG is doing Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Weekday Emor Aliya 1 – DONE
Weekday Emor Aliya 2 – DONE
Weekday Emor Aliya 3 – DONE
Shabbat Mincha Torah Processional – DONE
Shabbat Mincha Torah Recessional – DONE
Havdallah – DONE
Shabbat Mincha Ashrei Section – DONE
Shabbat Mincha Amida Section (starting at Chatzi Kaddish) – DONE
D’var Torah & Mitzvah Project (with Rav Baruch?) – IN PROGRESS
Ma’ariv?
7:00 Mincha
7:45 S’udah Sh’lishit (David Smith)/Schmooze
8:35 Bring people back into sanctuary
8:45 Ma’ariv
9:04 Havdallah
9:15 Party at KBI