ASHER, 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 |
| Tu, June 13
6:30-7:15pm Cantor’s Office |
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. |
| Tu, July 11
5:30-5:50pm |
Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided)
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| Tu, July 18
5:10pm-5:30pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope |
Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Tu, July 25
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Torah Trope
Finish learning Torah Trope |
Finish learning Torah Trope sheet as BEST you can before you go away to camp. (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Tu, Aug 22
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Torah Trope
Prepare Torah Aliya 3, 16:8 |
Learn Aliya 3, 16:8, and 16:9 up to et-chem |
| Tu, Aug 29
NO LESSON |
CANTOR GREEN ON VACATION BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ===> | Smooth out homework from last week
Learn Aliya 3, rest of 16:9. |
| Tu, Sep 5
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 16:10 |
Smooth out 16:9
Learn 16:10 |
| Tu, Sep 12
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 16:10-11 |
Learn Aliya 3, 16:10-11 |
| Tu, Sep 19
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 16:11 and 16:12 up to b’nei Eli-av) |
Learn Aliya 3, 16:11 and 16:12 up to b’nei Eli-av |
| Tu, Sep 26
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3 rest of 16:12 |
Smooth last week’s homework
Lear rest of 16:12 |
| Tu, Oct 3
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 16:13 |
Learn Aliya 3, 16:13
Smooth out Aliya 3, 16:12 |
| Tu, Oct 10
NO LESSON |
NO LESSON (CJG Unavailable) BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ====> | Learn Aliya 2, 16:4 and 16:5 up to et asher lo |
| Tu, Oct 17
NEED TO FIND A DIFFERENT LESSON DAY/TIME – CJG in conference |
Review Aliya 3
Review Aliya 2 to date
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1. Finish learning Aliya 3, 16:13
2. Smooth out Aliya 3 entirely (going over sticky spots a few times each to get them working right! |
| Tu, Oct 31
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 3 (should be smooth now)
Prepare Aliya 2, 16:4 and 16:5 up to et asher lo |
Learn Aliya 2, 16:4 and 16:5 up to et asher lo
Keep smoothing out aliya 3 |
| Tu, Nov 7
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, rest-of-16:5 and 16:6 Review Aliya 3 for smoothness |
Learn Aliya 2, rest-of-16:5 and 16:6 |
| Tu, Nov 14
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2 to end of aliya! |
NO LESSON – CJG ILL
Keep practicing last week’s material and reviewing everything learned to date |
| Tu, Nov 21
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2 to end of aliya! Review Aliya 3 |
Go back and finish learning Aliya 2, 16:5-6
Learn Aliya 2, 16:7 up to aleihen…k’toret Reminder: keep reviewing everything learned so far, every week! That’s the only way to keep it fresh and ready-to-go on your bar mitzvah day! |
| Tu, Nov 28
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 16:7 up to ha-ish |
Learn Aliya 2, 16:7 up to ha-ish |
| Tu, Dec 5
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare rest of aliya 2, 16:7 |
Finish Learning Aliya 2, 16:7 (ie., right to the end) |
| Tu, Dec 12
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 3 Prepare Aliya 1, 16:1 |
Learn Aliya 1, 16:1 |
| Tu, Dec. 19
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 3 Prepare Aliya 1, 16:1-2 |
Smooth out aliyot 2 and 3
Learn Aliya 1, 16:1-2 You have 3 weeks to do this. Take your bar mitzvah materials on vacation (sorry, but we have to keep it fresh and moving forward) |
| Dec. 25 – Jan 11 | NO LESSONS – CJG/ASHER VACA, CANTORS CONFERENCE | Keep learning all the material from Dec. 19 (above)
Let Cantor Green know by June if you’ll be celebrating your bar mitzvah in Israel or at KBI. BUT FYI, Cantor Green will be away on a cruise on July 4, so cannot be present at KBI that day. We can work out other clergy leadership if needed. CJG WILL be present for a runthrough or two on the bimah the week prior. |
| Tu, Jan 16
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliyot 2 and 3
Review Aliya 1, 16:1-2 Prepare Aliya 1, 16:3 up to rav lachem |
Touch up Aliya 2 and 3 – make it smooth again
We’ll re-start learning aliya 1 next week. |
| Tu, Jan 23
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliyot 2 and 3 for smoothness and confidence
Start again preparing Aliya 1, 16:1 |
Smooth out last pasuk of Aliya 2, particularly, the notes of asher-yiv-char Adonai
Learn Aliya 1, 16:1 |
| Tu, Jan 30
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 1 to date Prepare Aliya 1, 16:2 Review Aliya 3 |
Learn Aliya 1, 16:2
THEN, go back and smooth out Aliya 1, 16:1 Practice Aliya 3 as well! |
| Tu, Feb 6
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 1 Re-prepare Aliya 1, 16:2 |
Learn Aliya 1, 16:2. Make sure you put in the necessary time each day (or two) to perfect and lock it in! |
| Tu, Feb 13
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 16:3 up to rav lachem |
Smooth out 16:2 from va-anashim mib’nei Yisrael
Learn 16:3 up to rav lachem. There are some tricky words and notes in this pasuk. You should listen at least TWENTY times to that phrase this week before singing along. Let it really soak in so that it’s easier to sing along at your second homework sitting. Remember to keep practicing Aliyot 2 and 3 to keep them fresh and smooth. |
| Tu, Feb 20
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, 16:3 up to kulam k’doshim Review Aliya 2 |
Learn Aliya 1, 16:3, up to kulam k’doshim.
Go back to the start of Aliya 1 and CIRCLE each moment/word where you find yourself saying “ummm”. We’ll go over those moments together and figure out ways to make those smooth/confident. Practice your Torah blessings WITH the audio files. Refamiliarize yourself with them. |
| Tu, Feb 27
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare Aliya 1, rest of 16:3 Review Aliya 3 |
Learn Aliya 1, rest of 16:3 (and smooth out the beginning of 16:3)
Fix in verse 2, “Va-anashim mi-b’nei Yisrael Chamishim umatayim” so that they all fit the tropes that are written. Use the audio as needed, noting you need to fit in a lot of syllables on just a few tropes. Remember: 4. every week, you MUST review at least once, everything learned to date, and FIX any glitches. |
| Tu, Mar 5
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 3 |
Smooth out Aliya 1 (the whole thing)
Smooth out Aliya 3 (the whole thing) |
| Tu, Mar 12 | NO LESSON – MARCH BREAK, CANTOR AWAY, but please do homework at right ===> | Practice Aliyot 1 and 3 (we’ll come back to #2 next) from the TORAH side (no vowels, punctuation, trope) and try to make those smooth as well. |
| Tu, Mar 19
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliyot 1 and 3 from the Torah side
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Aliya 1: fix the two highlighted items on the righthand side, and once they’re confident, practice from the Torah side again. It should be smooth too!
Aliya 3: fix the highlighted items, make the whole righthand size very smooth! |
| Tu, Mar 26
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliyot 1 and 3 from the Torah side
Work on Aliya 2 (first Righthand side, then Torah) |
Focus on really smoothing out Aliya 1. It still needs work, and time spent on it.
Do practice Aliya 3 also, so that it stays fresh in your mind and in the good place it’s in. |
| Tu, Apr 2
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 3 |
Work on Aliya 1 and 3, work on underlined phrase-segments to work the “um”s out of the picture. |
| Tu, Apr 9
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 1 and 3 for smoothness
Review Aliya 2 from the right side (staying with the nikud for now) |
Smooth out all of aliya 2 from the side WITH vowels, etc., so that next week we can move to the Torah side.
Keep smoothing out Aliya 1 |
| Tu, Apr 16
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliyot 2 and 1
Review Aliya 3 from STA”M side |
Aliya 2, fix the notes of the circled words. Use the audio files to remind yourself what they are and to review repeatedly until you have it down cold. |
| Tu, Apr 23 & 30 | NO LESSONS (PASSOVER) but please do homework at right ===> | Practice Aliya 1 from the STa”M side (left side), making it very smooth, like aliya. You have two weeks to do that. |
| Tu, May 7
5:10-5:30pm |
Review all three aliyot from the STa”M side | |
| Tu, May 21
5:10-5:30pm |
Review all three aliyot from the STa”M side | Work on blessing after Torah reading. Make it smooth!
Smooth out aliya 2 A LOT OF LISTENING this week. |
| Tu, May 28
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Blessing after Torah reading
Review Aliya 2 for smoothness
|
Smooth out blessing after Torah reading
Smooth out aliya 2. Make sure that verse 5 ends with a sof pasuk sound (ie., stop at eilav), and re-study the notes of v’haya, the first word on the second-to-last printed line (circled). |
| Tu, June 4
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Torah blessings
Review Aliya 2
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Aliya 2, touch up verse 5 from “boker” so that “v’hikriv eilav” is a middle-of-verse trope (munach-etnachta), and the “yakriv eilav” is an end-of-verse trope (mercha-sof-pasuk)
Spend more time on aliya 2 — mark any spots you lose your place (after you figure out where that happened!) and smooth out the words so they roll of your tongue. Only LOTS of practice will get you there! |
| Tu, June 11 | NO LESSON – EREV SHAVUOT | |
| Tu, June 18
5:10-5:30pm |
Review Aliya 2
Review Aliya 3 |
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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 Korach Aliya 1 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:28 | 3 – 0:50 |
Weekday Korach Aliya 2 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 4 – 0:00 | 5 – 0:14 | 6 – 0:48 | 7 – 1:00 |
Weekday Korach Aliya 3 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 8 – 0:00 | 9 – 0:19 | 10 – 0:51 | 11 – 1:06 | 12 – 1:24 | 13 – 1:42 |
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Torah Trope – DONE
Aliya 1 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 2 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 3 – DONE (STa”M)
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi ???) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf;