Gillian, 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 |
| Th, Sep 14, 2023
6:30-7:15pm |
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, Oct 10
4:50-5:10pm |
Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided)
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Finish Learning Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Try this link: 3 Items |
| Tu, Oct 17 | NO LESSON – CANTOR GREEN AT CONFERENCE | Keep working on the Torah blessings |
| Tu, Oct 24
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Torah blessings
Prepare Maftir 4:17 |
Learn Maftir 4:17 (PDF | MP3), using homework technique in the top box of this column. If you spend 3 homework sessions of 15-20 minutes each on this, you will be coming well prepared for your next lesson. |
| Th, Nov 2
5-5:20pm |
Review blessing before Torah
Review Maftir to date – GREAT STUDYING AND GREAT SINGING! Prepare Maftir 4:18 and 4:19 up to lo yamutu Review Blessing after Torah |
Learn Maftir 4:18 and 4:19 up to lo yamutu
Don’t forget that every week you must practice everything learned so far at least once, and if there are any mistakes or places where you’re not confident, fix those by going back to the audio file and spend a few minutes “re-learning” that word or two. |
| Tu, Nov 7
4:50-5:10 |
Review Maftir to date
Re-prepare Maftir 4:18, and 4:19 up to hakodashim. |
Finish learning Maftir 4:18, and 4:19 up to hakodashim. |
| Tu, Nov 14
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir rest-of-4:19 |
NO LESSON – CJG ILL |
| Tu, Nov 21
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Maftir rest-of-4:19 and 4:20 (end!) |
Learn Maftir rest-of-4:19 and 4:20 (end!)
Combine it all! Make the whole maftir smooth. |
| Tu, Nov 28
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir (all)
Prepare Haftara Trope first half |
Touch up last line of maftir, and be able to sing the whole thing through next lesson
Learn Haftara Trope, first half, up to first sof-pasuk |
| Tu, Dec 5
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir (all)
Review Haftara Trope 1st half Prepare Haftara Trope 2nd half |
Practice maftir from the LEFTHAND side
Learn Haftara trope 2nd half, and make the whole page smooth |
| Tu, Dec 12
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir from LEFTHAND side
Review Haftara trope Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
NO LESSON – CJG CAR TROUBLES |
| Tu, Dec. 19
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir from LEFTHAND side
Re-Prepare Haftara trope Re-Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
Learn Haftara Trope like a song
Review and smooth out the Blessing before Haftara |
| Dec. 25-Jan 11 | NO LESSONS – CJG VACA/CANTORS CONFERENCE | Make the Haftara Trope Perfect!
Keep learning the blessing Before Haftara |
| Tu, Jan 16
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir
Review Haftara Trope Review Blessing before Haftara
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Practice Maftir aliya from LEFTHAND side
Finish learning WELL the Blessing Before Haftara (PDF | MP3) |
| Tu, Jan 23
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara Trope
Review Maftir from the LEFTHAND side Review Blessing before Haftara Prepare Haftara 2:1 |
Learn Haftara 2:1 using the resources below in the downloads section |
| Tu, Jan 30
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing beforehand
Haftara MP3 link wasn’t working. Prepare Haftara 2:1 |
Learn Haftara 2:1 |
| Tu, Feb 6
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing before haftara
Prepare Haftara 2:2-3 |
Learn Haftara 2:1 from 2nd v’haya, and 2:2 |
| Tu, Feb 13
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:3-4 |
Learn Haftara 2:3-4
Remember to keep reviewing from the beginning |
| Th, Feb 22
5-5:20pm ZOOM |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:5-6 Review Maftir |
Learn Haftara 2:5-6
Review Maftir and make sure it’s smooth and regains its confidence. As a reminder, one of the four homework steps is: 4. every week, you MUST review at least once, everything learned to date, and FIX any glitches. |
| Tu, Feb 27
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:6-7 Review Maftir |
Learn Haftara 2:6-7 |
| **We, Mar 6
**5-5:20pm **ZOOM |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:7 for this week, and 2:8 for the week after that. No lesson next week. |
Had a discussion about time remaining and amount of Haftara/Blessings remaining. We made a deal to go up to Haftara verse 12, switch to Blessings after haftara, then come back to haftara if there’s time. Cantor Green will chant any lines we don’t have time for. You agreed to do your best to keep up the pace, continue studing diligently, and whatever we end up getting up to will be fantastic.
Homework: Learn Haftara 2:7 |
| Tu, Mar 12 | NO LESSON THIS WEEK, CJG VACATION, but please do the homework at right ==> | Learn Haftara 2:8 |
| Tu, Mar 19
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest of 2:8 and 2:9 up to v’ashuva |
Haftara rest of 2:8 and 2:9 up to v’ashuva |
| **Th, Mar 28
**5:40-6pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of-2:9 and 2:10 up to hir-beiti lah |
Learn Haftara rest-of-2:9, and 2:10 up to hir-beiti lah
If you have time and want to keep things moving so you might be able to completely finish the haftara in the time remaining, you’re always welcome and encouraged to do some or all of the next verse… as long as you don’t sacrifice the quality of your learning in favour of greater quantity. |
| Tu, Apr 2
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:11 and 2:12 up to nav-luta |
Learn Haftara 2:11 and 2:12 up to nav-luta |
| Tu, Apr 9
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest-of 2:12 Prepare Blessing 1 after haftara |
Learn Haftara rest-of-2:12 and 2:13
Listen 20 times to blessing #1 after haftara I’ve updated your haftara MP3 below with the corrections we made during your lesson. Thank you for your patience! |
| Tu, Apr 16
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara up to 2:13
Review Blessing 1 after Haftara Prepare Blessing 2 & 3 after haftara |
Finish Learning Blessing 1 after haftara
Keep smoothing out page 2 of your haftara through verse 12. |
| Tu, Apr 23 | NO LESSON (PASSOVER), but please do homework at right ==> | Learn Blessing 2 after haftara, first half (up to ul-tif-aret) |
| Tu, Apr 30 | NO LESSON (PASSOVER), but please do homework at right ==> | Learn Blessing 3 after haftara, second half (from Al ha-kol) |
| Tu, May 7
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Haftara from | |
| _____________ | ____________________ |
Torah/Haftara Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope | Haftara Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Bamidbar Maftir Aliya (PDF | MP3), all in Num. Ch4
| 17 – 0:00 | 18 – 0:14 | 19 – 0:30 | 20 – 1:08 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara Bamidbar** (PDF | MP3), all in Hosea Ch. 2
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:43 | 3 – 1:09 | 4 – 1:21 | 5 – 1:53 | 6 – 2:26 | 7 – 2:38 | 8 – 3:13 |
| 9 – 3:34 | 10 – 4:09 | 11 – 4:38 | 12 – 5:02 | 13 – 5:21 | 14 – 5:49 | 15 – 6:24 | 16 – 6:55 |
| 17 – 7:13 | 18 – 7:40 | 19 – 7:57 | 20 – 8:15 | 21 – 8:48 | 22 – 9:07 |
Blessings after Haftara (PDF | Audio: Blessing 1 | 2 | 3 | 4)
Torah Service (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Maftir aliya – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara –
Blessings after Haftara –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Frydman-Kohl or Rabbi Lewittes) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf…
**Haftara learning going a little slowly. Aim for up to verse 12, then switch to Blessings after Haftara, and if time allows, come back to more Haftara learning.