Louis, 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 |
| Su, Jun 11
9:30-10:15am In Cantor Green’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. |
| Th, June 15
5:20-5:40pm |
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) |
| Th, Jun 22
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope |
Practice the Torah blessings emphasizing the gutteral sound “ch” (as in BaruCH)
Listen to the recording of the Torah Trope sheet 20+ times before you leave for camp. |
| NO LESSONS UNTIL AFTER CAMP | ||
| Th, Jul 27
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah blessings
Re-Prepare Torah Trope sheet |
Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Th, Aug 3
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope Prepare Maftir 20:25 |
Learn Maftir 20:25 up to uva-of |
| Th, Aug 10
5:20-5:40pm NO LESSON, LOUIS ON EXTENDED TRIP |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir rest-of-20:25, and 20:26 up to avdil et-chem. |
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| We, Aug 16
5:40-6pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir rest-of-20:25, and 20:26 |
Learn Maftir rest-of-20:25, and 20:26
Bar mitzvah in shul this Saturday! Please attend! And sign up for the youth trip to LaRonde Sept 10 – see the synagogue webpage for trip and bus registrations! |
| Th, Aug 24
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir 20:27 |
Learn Maftir 20:27 (last verse!) |
| Th, Aug 31 | NO LESSON – EVERYONE ON VACA | Take a break! |
| Th, Sep 7
5:20-5:40pm |
NO LESSON – LOUIS NOT HOME FROM SCHOOL IN TIME THIS WEEK
Review Maftir Prepare Haftara Trope |
Learn Haftara Trope like a song. Lots of listening! since we didn’t have a lesson in person. Once you feel comfortable with the words and sounds, try to focus on the trope symbols instead of the words, because those are what you’ll see on the actual words of your Haftara reading. Note, they’re the same symbols (and same sheet) that you learned for your Torah reading, but the sounds are (kind of) in a different key.
Print a new copy and learn the Haftara trope: (PDF | Haftara Trope) |
| Th, Sep 14
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Maftir with Torah blessings
Review Haftara Trope Sheet Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
Learn Blessing before Haftara using links below. |
| Th, Sep 21
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara
Prepare Haftara 22:1-2 |
Haftara 22:1-2 using audio file below. THIS WEEK
No lesson next week, but please do homework listed on next row. |
| Th, Sep 28 | NO LESSON – CJG unavailable, but please do homework at right ===> | NO LESSON, but Learn Haftara 22:3 |
| Th, Oct 5
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara 22:1-3
Prepare Haftara 22:3, and 22:4 up to tameit |
Learn Haftara 22:3, and 22:4 up to tameit
Remember that you must review everything learned so far at least once a week so it stays fresh. If you encounter any “glitches”, work on those for a minute or two each so you can smooth them out for the next time. |
| Th, Oct 12
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest of 22:4 and 22:5 |
Learn Haftara rest of 22:4 and 22:5 |
| Th, Oct 19
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 22:6-7 Review Maftir with Blessings |
Learn Haftara 22:6-7. Be careful: Ho-nu vach (not chonu!)
Keep practicing Maftir with Torah blessings as well as your whole haftarah — each week! |
| Th, Oct 26
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 22:8-10 |
Learn Haftara 22:8-10
Smooth out 22:7, again making sure to pronounce correctly: “HO-nu vach“ |
| Th, Nov 2
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 22:11 and 22:12 up to sh’foch dam |
Learn Haftara 22:11 and 22:12 up to sh’foch dam |
| Th, Nov 9
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-22:12 and 22:13 up to asher asit. |
Learn Haftara rest-of-22:12 and 22:13 up to asher asit.
Keep smoothing out Haftara 22:10-12 Remember, once a week, go through everything learned so far (maftir!) |
| Th, Nov 16
5:20-5:40pm NO LESSON – CJG ILL |
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| We, Nov 22
NO LESSON – CJG VACATION |
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| We, Nov 29
5:40-6pm (new day and time!) |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-22:13 and 22:14 |
Learn Haftara rest-of-22:13 and 22:14 |
| We, Dec 6
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 22:15-16 (to the end!) |
Learn Haftara 22:15-16 (to the end!) |
| We, Dec 13
5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara (all)
Prepare Blessing 1 after Haftara, 1st half |
Learn Blessing 1 after Haftara, 1st half up to emet va-tzedek |
| We, Dec 20
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessing 1 after haftara, 1st half
Prepare 2nd half |
Learn 2nd half of Blessing 1 after Haftara |
| We, Dec 27 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION, but please do homework at right this week ===> | Learn Blessing 2 after Haftara (Racheim…) |
| We, Jan 3
5:40-6pm |
NO LESSON – LOUIS AT COTTAGE | |
| We, Jan 17
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessings 1 and 2 after haftara
Prepare Blessing 3 after Haftara up lo yeishev zar. |
Learn Blessing 3 after Haftara up lo yeishev zar. |
| We, Jan 24
5:40-6pm ZOOM today |
Review Blessings after Haftara to date
Prepare rest of blessing 3 after haftara Review Blessings before/after Torah reading |
Learn rest of Blessing 3 after haftara
Keep smoothing out blessing 1 and 2 after haftara Re-learn the blessing after Torah reading, making sure to pronounce correctly v’chayei olam |
| We, Jan. 31
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessings after haftara 1-3
Prepare Blessing 4 after haftara Review Torah blessings |
Smooth out Blessing 3 – v’lo yin-chalu od a-chei-RIM.
Learn Blessing 4 after haftara, first half, up to ul-tif-aret 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
5:40-6pm |
Review Blessings after haftara (to date)
Prepare 2nd half of blessing 4 after Haftara Review Maftir (STA”M side) with Torah blessings |
Sort out your “TZEE-YON”s in blessing 2 after haftara
Learn 2nd half of blessing 4 after haftara |
| We, Feb 14
5:40-6pm |
Review 4 blessing after haftara
Review whole haftara with blessings Prepare Ein Kamocha first half |
Keep smoothing out blessings after haftara
Learn Ein Kamocha first 2 printed lines on the Hebrew side |
| We, Feb 21
5:40-6pm |
Review Ein Kamocha first 2 lines
Prepare Ein Kamocha next 2 lines Review Blessings after haftara |
Learn Ein Kamocha next 2 lines (it spans two audio files!) |
| We, Feb 28 | NO LESSON (Louis has basketball), but please do homework at right ===> | Learn Ein Kamocha lines 5 and 6 (Av Harachamim through Adon Olamim) |
| We, Mar 6
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah service to date
Prepare Vay’hi Binso-a Ha-aron first two lines (up to mi-panecha) |
Finish learning Ein Kamocha (last printed line)
Learn the first 2 printed lines of Vay’hi Binsoa |
| We, Mar 13 | NO LESSON – CJG ON VACATION
But please do the homework at right ===> |
Learn the last 2 printed lines of Vay’hi Binsoa, and make sure all of Vay’hi Binsoa is smooth and confident |
| We, Mar 20
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Processional to date
Prepare First 3 lines of Vay’hi Binsoa |
Smooth first line of Vay’hi Binsoa
Learn the next two lines of Vay’hi Binsoa (up to Mi-rushalayim) |
| We, Mar 27
5:40-6pm NO LESSON – LOUIS HOCKEY |
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Learn last line of Vay’hi Binsoa Ha’aron
Learn B’rich Sh’meih (opening 2 words) and Bei Ana Racheitz up to tush-b’chan using the audio file #4 in the Torah service MP3 folder linked below) |
| We, Apr 3
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Processional to date
Prepare B’rich Sh’meih/Bei Ana Racheitz up to tush-b’chan |
Learn B’rich Sh’meih / Bei, Bei Ana Racheitz up to tush-b’chan |
| We, Apr 10
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah Processional to date
Prepare Bei Ana up to the end |
Smooth out Bei, Bei Ana Racheitz from last week (partic. notes of tush-b’chan)
Learn (in Bei Ana) from y’hei ra-ava up to b’oray’ta |
| We, Apr 17
5:40-6pm |
Review Torah processional to date
Finish preparing Bei Ana Racheitz |
Learn rest of Bei Ana Racheitz |
| We, Apr 24 | NO LESSON – PASSOVER
But please do the homework at right ===> |
Learn Sh’ma / Echad, making sure to observe breaks between words. |
| We, May 1
5:40-6pm |
Review Bei Ana Racheitz
Review Sh’ma / Echad |
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| We, May 8
7:05am Tallit/T’filin (No lesson in PM) |
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Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope | Haftara Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
| 20:25 – 0:00 | 26 – 0:40 | 27 – 1:00 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara (PDF | MP3), all in Ezekiel, Ch. 22 (for when regular Acharei Haftara was chanted)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:15 | 3 – 0:35 | 4 – 1:06 | 5 – 1:46 |
| 6 – 2:07 | 7 – 2:25 | 8 – 2:52 | 9 – 3:06 | 10 – 3:32 |
| 11 – 3:46 | 12 – 4:19 | 13 – 4:54 | 14 – 5:18 | 15 – 5:47 |
| 16 – 6:08 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF | MP3 folder)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Maftir aliya – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – DONE
Blessings after Haftara – DONE
Torah Processional – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Rav Baruch) – DONE