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
| 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 |
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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 |
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Aliya 1 –
Aliya 2 –
Aliya 3 –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel