LILA, 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 |
| Tu, May 9, 2023
In Person @ KBI (Cantor’s Office) |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Intro to Webpage Goal Setting Lesson Time Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided) |
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. |
| We, May 24
5:20-5:40pm |
Prepare Trope for Haftara | Learn Haftara Trope like a song from the Sheet (PDF | Haftara Trope)
Consider coming to Youth Tikkun Leil Shavuot tomorrow (Thursday) from 7:30-8:45pm with Rabbi K and Cantor G, with ice cream sundae bar! |
| We, May 31
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Trope for Haftara
Prepare Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara 9:7 to do next week (no lesson, but be prepared to do this as homework for next week) |
Learn Blessing before the Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| We, Jun 7 | NO LESSON – CJG Away, but please do homework at right ===> | Learn Haftara 9:7 using the audio file below and the table to tell you the starting time of each verse, in this case 0:00 – the beginning!) |
| We, Jun 14
5:20-5:40pm |
Review blessing before Haftara
Review Haftara 9:7 Prepare Haftara 9:8 up to ha-adama |
1. Learn Haftara 9:8 up to ha-adama
2. Go back after that and smooth out verse 9:7 |
| We, Jun 21
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing
Prepare rest-of-9:8 and 9:9 up to m’tzaveh |
Learn rest of 9:8 from efes
Go back and make sure the whole haftara to date is smooth |
| We, Jun 28
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Refresh memory on Torah Blessings |
In remaining few days before camp, learn Blessings before and after TORAH reading – (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Please take your materials to camp, and review everything learned so far at least twice while you’re away so you don’t forget any of it! |
| NO LESSONS | LILA AWAY AT CAMP | |
| We, Aug 16
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Haftara to date (9:8) with blessing beforehand Prepare Haftara |
Learn Haftara rest-of-9:8 (from efes) and 9:9 up to Yisra-eil.
Keep smoothing out blessings before and after Torah reading |
| We, Aug 23
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah blessings
Review Haftara to date Prepare Haftara rest-of-9:9 and 9:10 |
Learn Haftara rest-of-9:9 and 9:10 this week.
No lesson next week as CJG is away, but please do homework for next week during that time. |
| We, Aug 30 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION, BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ====> | Learn Haftara 9:11 |
| We, Sep 6
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 9:10 |
Smooth out v9
Learn Haftara 9:10 |
| We, Sep 13
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara from 9:9
Prepare Haftara 9:11 |
Learn Haftara 9:11 |
| We, Sep 20
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 9:12 and 9:13 up to n’um Adonai |
Smooth out 9:11
Learn Haftara 9:12 and 9:13 up to n’um Adonai |
| We, Sep 27
5:20-5:40pm |
Review haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-9:13 and 9:14 up to Yisrael |
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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 Acharei Mot (All in Lev. 18) (PDF | MP3)
| 28 – 0:00 | 29 – 0:23 | 30 – 0:46 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara Acharei Mot (All in Amos 9) (PDF | MP3)
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:38 | 9 – 1:18 | 10 – 1:43 | 11 – 2:06 |
| 12 – 2:35 | 13 – 2:58 | 14 – 3:30 | 15 – 4:06 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara –
Haftara – IN PROGRESS
Blessings after Haftara –
Maftir aliya –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Conclusion of Services; Musaf;