Fae, 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
Click here to confirm you’ve read the entire handbook (required).
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| We, Sep. 27, 2023
7:45-8:30pm Cantor’s office @ KBI |
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, Oct 5
4:20-4:40pm |
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading | Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided)
Touch up Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) Learn first half of Torah Trope. Focus on the shape of the trope symbol, less so than the words themselves. (PDF | Torah Trope) |
| Th, Oct 12
4:20-4:40 |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope first half Prepare Torah Trope 2nd half |
Learn second half of Torah Trope sheet
THEN when you’re singing the whole thing through, look ONLY at the trope SYMBOLS, not the trope names. |
| Th, Oct 19
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Trope Sheet (entire)
Prepare Maftir 12:14 |
Learn Maftir 12:14
If you have time, learn first half of 12:15 up to shiv-at yamim |
| Th, Oct 26
4:20-4:40pm |
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NO LESSON – FAE ILL |
| Th, Nov 2
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare rest of maftir |
Learn rest of maftir (ie., 12:15 from v’ha-am and 12:16)
Reminder: next lesson is Nov. 9 at 5:00pm as requested by Cantor Green |
| Th, Nov 9
5-5:20pm |
Review entire maftir with blessing
Prepare Haftara Trope |
Learn Haftara trope like a song, BUT, when you prepare to sing it for me next week, try to be following the symbols themselves, rather than the words (trope names) because it’s the symbols you’ll see in your haftara that will be telling you how to sing the notes/words! |
| Th, Nov 16 | Review Haftara Trope
Prepare Haftara 2:14 and 2:15 up to li l’am |
NO LESSON — CJG OUT SICK |
| Th, Nov 23 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | |
| Th, Nov 30
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara Trope
Prepare Haftara 2:14 and 2:15 |
Learn Haftara 2:14-15 |
| Th, Dec 7
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Fae went ahead to 2:16!! Very good! Prepare Haftara 2:17 and 3:1. Look at first half of 3:2 |
Learn Haftara 2:17 and 3:1
If you do go ahead in 3:2, stop at b’cha haSatan so CJG can go over the special trope with you in the rest of that pasuk, next lesson. |
| Th, Dec 14 | NO LESSON BECAUSE OF CHANUKAH CONCERT @ KBI, BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT ===> | Learn rest of Haftara 3:2 |
| Th, Dec 21
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 3:3-4 |
Learn Blessing before Haftara
Learn Haftara 3:3-4 |
| Th, Dec 28 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION | Keep doing above homework |
| Th, Jan 4
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara with Blessing before
Prepare Haftara 3:5-6 and 3:7 up to et chatzeira |
Learn Haftara 3:5 this week |
| Th, Jan 11 | NO LESSON – CJG at CONFERENCE, but please do homework ===> | Learn Haftara 3:6 and 3:7 up to tish-mor this week |
| Th, Jan 18 | NO LESSON – FAE AT SWIMMING COMPETITION, but please do homework ===> | Learn Haftara rest-of-3:7 from v’gam atah this week |
| Th, Jan 25
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 3:8 |
1 – Learn Haftara 3:8
2 – In the blessing before the Haftara, sort out note of Asher Bachar, and Habocheir BaTorah (both mapach-pashta tropes) |
| Th, Feb 1
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Blessing before Haftara (for the notes of mapach-pashta’s)
Review Haftara from 3:6 Prepare Haftara 3:9 Review Maftir with Torah blessings |
Learn Haftara 3:9
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| Th, Feb 8
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara from 3:6
Prepare Haftara 3:10 and 4:1 |
Learn Haftara 3:10 and 4:1
Don’t forget to review the whole haftara! And your maftir! |
| Th, Feb 15
4:20-4:40pm |
Review whole Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 4:2 (it’s a little longer than usual) |
Learn Haftara 4:2 |
| Th, Feb 22
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara from p2
Prepare Haftara 4:3-4 Review Maftir with blessings |
Learn Haftara 4:3-4
Review your maftir aliya, at least once a week. |
| Th, Feb 27
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NO LESSON – FAE WAS SICK |
| Th, Mar 7
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 4:5 (for this week) and 4:6 (for next week) |
Learn Haftara 4:5 |
| Th, Mar 14 | NO LESSON – CJG VACATION, but do homework at right ===> | Learn Haftara 4:6 |
| Th, Mar 21
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara from Chapter 4
Prepare last verse of Haftara |
Smooth out Haftara 4:5-6
Learn Haftara 4:7 |
| Th, Mar 28
4:20-4:40pm |
Review ENTIRE haftara
Prepare Blessing 1 after Haftara |
Keep smoothing out last page of Haftara
“Finish learning” Blessing 1 after the Haftara |
| Th, Apr 4
4:20-4:40pm |
Review last page of Haftara
Review blessing 1 after haftara Prepare blessings 2 and 3 after haftara |
Smooth out Haftara last 2 verses (from vaya-an)
In Blessing 2 after haftara, sort out melody of “bim-heira v’yameinu” Finish learning Blessing 3 after haftara |
| Th, Apr 11
4:20-4:40pm |
Review the last page of your haftara
Review Blessing 1-3 after haftara Prepare Blessing 4 after haftara |
Learn Blessing 4 after haftara… In the first 4 words especially, don’t be afraid to reach up high for those notes! |
| Th, Apr 18
4:20-4:40pm |
Review all 4 blessings after haftara
Start reviewing Torah processional Needs: – Chatzi Kaddish after Layning |
Smooth out Ashrei (particularly, but not only, circled words) |
| Th, Apr 25 | NO LESSON, but homework is here ===> | Finish Learning Chatzi Kaddish after Torah reading, p146 |
| Th, May 2 | Review Ashrei
Review Chatzi Kaddish after Layning Check on Y’hal’lu/Hodo/Mizmor L’David |
Finish Learning Chatzi Kaddish after Torah reading, p146 (MP3) |
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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 B’ha’alot’cha – All in Num. Ch 12 (PDF | MP3)
| 14 – 0:00 | 15 – 0:32 | 16 – 0:54 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara B’ha’alot’cha – Zecharia, Chapters 2, 3, and 4 (PDF | MP3)
| 2:14 – 0:00 | 2:15 – 0:17 | 2:16 – 0:49 | 2:17 – 1:07 | 3:1 – 1:20 | 3:2 – 1:47 | 3:3 – 2:20 |
| 3:4 – 2:35 | 3:5 – 3:11 | 3:6 – 3:42 | 3:7 – 3:53 | 3:8 – 4:31 | 3:9 – 5:03 | 3:10 – 5:44 |
| 4:1 – 6:07 | 4:2 – 6:25 | 4:3 – 7:07 | 4:4 – 7:24 | 4:5 – 7:41 | 4:6 – 8:08 | 4:7 – 8:39 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Chatzi Kaddish after Torah reading, p146 (MP3)
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 – IN PROGRESS
Torah Processional – DONE
Torah Recessional (incl. Ashrei call and response, first lines only) –
D’var Torah (with Rav Baruch) – IN PROGRESS
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel