Theo, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bar/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 (All times Eastern) |
GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| We, May 10, 2023
10-11am Eastern Main Zoom |
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, Jun 1
10-10:20am |
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading | Print PDF and Learn Blessing Before Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before) |
| Th, Jun 8 | NO LESSSON – CJG VACA,
But please do homework at right ====> |
Learn Blessing After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – After) |
| Th, Jun 15
10-10:20am |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope like a song – 1st half |
Work on the “ch” sounds all throughout your Torah blessings – go by those circled letters!
Print in colour & Learn Torah Trope Sheet 1st half – up to sof pasuk (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Th, Jun 22
10-10:20am |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah trope 1st half Prepare Torah trope 2nd half |
Wear a kippah or baseball hat for lessons
1. Learn 2nd half of Torah Trope sheet (from Pazeir to the end, skipping the crossed-off words) 2. Finish smoothing out and getting confident with the blessings before and after the Torah reading. Ask your parents to send me any vacation/camp time when you’re not available for lessons — I keep track of that in my calendar. |
| Th, Jun 29
10-10:20am |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope Prepare Weekday Vayikra Aliya 3, 1:10 |
Add something to your Torah blessing pages that reminds you to add the Hebrew ‘CH’ sound to the ends of all the “BaruCH Ata’s”.
Learn Weekday Vayikra Aliya 3, verse 1:10, using the homework technique in the top cell of this column, and the audio file for Aliya 3 in the downloads section below. |
| Th, Jul 6
10-10:20am |
Review Blesssing Before Torah reading, making sure to pronounce “BaruCH” correctly.
Review Aliya 3 to date Prepare Aliya 3, 1:11 |
Learn Aliya 3, verse 1:11. You did a great job integrating your “CH’s” into your first verse of Torah. Keep that up
Practice your Torah blessings again, making sure to CONCENTRATE, not just for the first few words (Bar’chu/Baruch), but throughout the blessings, so you accurately say your CHs. Try not to rush to the CH sound before you actually say the first syllables before the CH comes! |
| Th, July 13 | NO LESSON – THEO CAMPING | |
| Th, July 20
10-10:20am |
Review Torah blessings
Review Aliya 3 to date Prepare Aliya 3 1:12 |
Learn Aliya 3, verse 1:12 |
| Tu, July 25
1-1:20pm EASTERN |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare 1:13 |
Learn Aliya 3, verse 1:13.
No lesson next week, but since you’re away for a chunk of time, use the remaining time at home to learn this slightly longer verse. |
| Tu, Aug 8
8am Pacific / 11am Eastern |
Review Review Aliya 3
Prepare Aliya 2 verse 1:5 |
Learn Aliya 2 verse 1:5
You have more than two weeks to learn this. Do a great job! Don’t forget to review everything learned so far (each and every week!) |
| Week of Aug 17
NO LESSON |
STEPHANIE SAID THEO NOT AVAILABLE THIS WEEK | Keep studying |
| Fr, Aug 25
8am Pacific / 11am Eastern |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 1:6-7 Review Aliya 3 |
This week, learn Aliya 2, 1:6-7
No lesson next week. |
| Week of Aug 28-Sep 1 | NO LESSON – CANTOR GREEN ON VACATION BUT PLEASE DO THE HOMEWORK AT RIGHT =====> |
This week, learn aliya 2, 1:8 |
| Fr, Sep 8
9:40-10am |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Work on verses 7-8 |
Finish learning verses 1:7-8 |
| Th, Sep 14
10-10:20am EASTERN |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, 1:9 |
Learn Aliya 2, 1:9
Review Aliya 3, a few times with the recording |
| Th, Sep 21
10-10:20am EASTERN |
Review Aliyot 2 and 3
Prepare Aliya 1, 1:1, and 1:2 up to adam |
In Aliya 3, fix the trope of v11 from v’zar’ku to the end of the verse; and fix v13, olah. Use the audio file to re-learn these two moments and practice in the usual way.
Learn Aliya 1, 1:1, and 1:2 over next two weeks. No lesson next week. |
| Th, Sep 28 | NO LESSON – CJG not available | Keep learning Aliya 1, 1:1-2 |
| Th, Oct 5
10-10:20am EASTERN |
Review Aliya 3 for the fixes
Review Aliya 1 to date Prepare Aliya 1, 1:3 |
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Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Weekday Vayikra Aliya 1, all in Lev. Chapter 1 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:17 | 3 – 0:54 | 4 – 1:21 |
Weekday Vayikra Aliya 2, all in Lev. Chapter 1 (PDF | MP3)
| 5 – 0:00 | 6 – 0:34 | 7 – 0:48 | 8 – 1:11 | 9 – 1:38 |
Weekday Vayikra Aliya 3, all in Lev. Chapter 1 (PDF | MP3)
| 10 – 0:00 | 11 – 0:29 | 12 – 1:04 | 13 – 1:30 |
Weekday Torah Service (Folder)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Aliya 3 – DONE
Aliya 2 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 1 –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel