NOAH, 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, Apr 20, 2023
Cantor’s office |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Service Date 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, Jun 1
5:40-6pm |
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading | Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After). You have two weeks to do this as Cantor Green is on vacation next week. Suggest learning “blessing before” this week, and “blessing after” next week. |
| Th, Jun 8 | NO LESSON – CJG Vacation | Keep learning homework assigned last lesson. |
| Th, Jun 15
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Work on Torah blessings. Noah was away for part of the week and didn’t get to homework step 3. |
Finish learning blessings before and after Torah reading (from last week) |
| Th, Jun 22
5:40-6pm |
Review & Work on Torah Blessings | |
| Th, Aug 3
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Aliya 3, 9:11 and 9:12 up to et ha-dam |
Aliya 3, 9:11 and 9:12 up to et ha-dam |
| WED, Aug 9
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3 rest-of-9:12, and 9:13 |
Learn Aliya 3 rest-of-9:12 |
| We, Aug 16
3:40-4:00pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, verse 9:13-14 |
Learn Aliya 3, verse 9:13-14 |
| Th, Aug 24
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 9:15 NOAH FORGOT ABOUT LESSON — PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ANYWAY ===> |
Learn Aliya 3, 9:15
You have two weeks to do this as Cantor Green is on vacation next week – no lesson |
| Th, Aug 31 | NO LESSON | Keep working on above homework.
Make sure you review everything learned so far and smooth out “sticky” spots |
| Tu, Sep 5
5:30-5:50pm |
Review Aliya 3
Mix-up with homework from Aug. 24. Please now learn Aliya 3, 9:15 |
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| Th, Sep 14
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3
Prepare Aliya 2, 9:7 up to second va-asei |
Learn Aliya 2, 9:7 up to second va-asei
Remember: Keep reviewing every week, everything learned so far. Make sure Aliya 3 is in great shape for next lesson. |
| Th, Sep 21
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2 rest-of-9:7 Review Aliya 3 |
THIS WEEK, learn rest of Aliya 2, 9:7
NO LESSON NEXT WEEK, but please do the homework below after Thursday. |
| Th, Sep 28 | NO LESSON (CJG UNAVAILABLE), but please do the homework at right ===> | THIS WEEK, learn Aliya 2, verse 9:8
IF you have time and everything above is smooth, then you can go on and learn extra: 9:9 up to eilav. |
| Th, Oct 5
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 up to end of 9:8
Prepare Aliya 2, 9:9 |
Learn Aliya 2, 9:8 and 9:9 up to hamiz-beiach
Remember that every week you must practicing everything learned so far, so it always stays fresh. |
| Th, Oct 12
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, rest of 9:9 and 9:10 |
Aliya 2, rest of 9:9 and 9:10
Keep reviewing everything we’ve learned so far, each week, and smooth out anything not quite ready! |
| Th, Oct 19
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 (entire)
Prepare Aliya 1, 9:1 and 9:2 up to l’chatat |
Smooth out last week’s homework material
Practice (until proficient) reading Aliya 2 from the LEFTHAND side (Torah-looking side) up to asher lo. You’re welcome to go further than that if that much is really smooth. |
| Th, Oct 26
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 (entire) from the RIGHTHAND side
Review Aliya 2 up to asher lo from LEFTHAND SIDE. Prepare Aliya 2, second half from LEFTHAND SIDE |
Work on both halves of Aliya 2. Make yourself little notes in the margins below your reading if needed. |
| Th, Nov 2
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 2 from the STA”M side
Start work on Aliya 3 from STA”M side. |
Practice aliya 3 as follows:
Homework sitting 1 – sing aliya 3 over and over again with the audio file, from the RIGHT-hand side. Homework sitting 2 – sing aliya 3 over and over again with the audio file, from the LEFT-hand side. Homework sitting 3 – sing aliya 3 a whole bunch of times from the LEFTHAND side without the audio file. |
| Th, Nov 9
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3 from STA”M side
Review Aliya 2 from STA”M side |
Practice aliya 2 as follows:
Homework sitting 1 – sing aliya 3 over and over again with the audio file, from the RIGHT-hand side. Homework sitting 2 – sing aliya 3 over and over again with the audio file, from the LEFT-hand side. Homework sitting 3 – sing aliya 3 a whole bunch of times from the LEFTHAND side without the audio file.
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| Th, Nov 16
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3 from STA”M side
Review Aliya 2 from STA”M side |
NO LESSON – CJG SICK |
| Th, Nov 23 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | |
| Th, Nov 30
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 3 from STA”M side
Review Aliya 2 from STA”M side Prepare Aliya 1, 9:1 |
Learn Aliya 1, 9:1
Keep smoothing out Aliya 3 by listening a LOT and singing along a LOT! |
| Th, Dec 7
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1, 9:1
Prepare Aliya 1, 9:2 Review Aliya 3 from STAM side |
Learn Aliya 1, 9:2 this week
Keep smoothing out Aliya 3 from the lefthand side |
| Th, Dec 14 | NO LESSON – CJG CONCERT, BUT DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT THIS WEEK STARTING THURSDAY ===> | Learn Aliya 1, 9:3 this week
Keep smoothing out Aliya 3 from the lefthand side |
| Th, Dec 21
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Work on Aliya 1 verse 3 Review Aliya 3 from the STA”M side Prepare Aliya 1, 9:4 |
Finish learning aliya 1, 9:3 this week |
| Th, Dec 28 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION, but please do the homework at right ===> | Learn Aliya 1, 9:4 next week |
| Th, Jan 4
5:40-6:00pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 9:5 |
NOAH DIDN’T TURN UP FOR A LESSON |
| Th, Jan 11 | NO LESSON – CJG AT CONFERENCE | |
| Th, Jan 18
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 9:5 up to mo-eid |
1. Learn Aliya 1, 9:5 up to mo-eid
2. Go back and smooth out and get really confident with 9:3 3. Practice the whole Aliya 1 up to mo-eid |
| Th, Jan 25
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, rest-of-9:5 |
1 – Learn rest-of-9:5 from vayik-r’vu
2 – Smooth out 9:4 3 – Do a bunch of listening and singing along with the entire aliya up to the end of 9:5 |
| Th, Feb 1
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 9:6 up to ta-asu |
Learn Aliya 1, 9:6 up to ta-asu
Go back and keep working on aliya 1 verses 1-5, making sure that you are not connecting any words to a word with a red trope – these should be musical-phrase-ending words. If you find you’ve sung through a red trope and attached another word, you must go back to the audio file and sort that out. 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. Homework for your parents: Reach out to Rabbi Dini (adinalewittes@gmail.com) and set up a schedule to meet with her to prepare a D’var Torah and figure out a Mitzvah Project. |
| Th, Feb 8
5:40-6:00pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare rest of aliya 1 |
Some items to fix in Aliya 1:
Learn Aliya 1, rest-of-9:6 from vayeira |
| Th, Feb 15
5:40-6pm ZOOM TODAY |
Review Aliya 1 | Practice singing Aliya 1 from the TORAH side of the page.
Do more practice of Aliya 2 and 3 from the Torah side, which you’ve already been working on. We’re going to put other learning on hold while we make sure the 3 aliyot and the Torah blessings are in great shape from the Torah (lefthand) side. |
| Th, Feb 22
5:40-6pm ZOOM TODAY |
Review Aliya 1 from the Torah side
Review Aliyot 2 and 3 from the Torah side |
We had some trouble getting through the text, perhaps with the distraction of vacation and zoom. SO:
Listen to each of Aliya 1, 2, and 3, separately, 20 times each, in a row, straight through. By the 15th time through each, sing along with it. When we meet back up in-person next week, we’ll try again. And we’ll look at the scroll photo so you can start practicing reading from the layout of the actual Torah you’ll be reading from on the day. |
| Th, Feb 29
5:40-6pm |
Review All 3 aliyot from STAM side
Look at Torah Scroll PDF together |
Do the same thing to Aliya 1 that you did for aliyot 2 and 3 |
| Th, Mar 7
5:40-6pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 2 and 3 again |
Take next 2 weeks to work towards smoothing out all three aliyot (especially #1) from the Torah Side. |
| Th, Mar 14 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | Move your learning to the photo of the Sanctuary Scroll. |
| Th, Mar 21
5:40-6pm |
LAST OFFICIAL LESSON!!
Review All 3 aliyot from your pages (“The Plan”!) |
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| Th, Mar 28
7:15am Tallit & T’filin with Cantor Green 7:30am Shacharit service, including your first-ever aliya (just the blessings) 8:30am Breakfast with the minyannaires 8:50am-ish Runthrough 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)
Weekday Sh’mini Aliya 3, All in Lev. Ch 9 (PDF | MP3)
| 11 – 0:00 | 12 – 0:16 | 13 – 0:35 | 14 – 0:52 | 15 – 1:05 | 16 – 1:28 |
Weekday Sh’mini Aliya 2, All in Lev. Ch 9 (PDF | MP3)
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:42 | 9 – 0:55 | 10 – 1:26 |
Weekday Sh’mini Aliya 1, All in Lev. Ch 9 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:21 | 3 – 0:46 | 4 – 1:09 | 5 – 1:34 | 6 – 1:57 |
Weekday Sh’mini 3 aliyot in Sanctuary Scroll (PDF)
Shabbat Mincha Torah Service (Folder)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Aliya 3 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 2 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 1 – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Dini) – DONE