Maia, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your B’not 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 Cantor Green 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 and understood the entire handbook (required).
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Tu, Mar 26, 2024
CJG’s office |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Intro to Webpage Date Setting 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 (or assigned part thereof) at least 15 times in a row. 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, May 8
4:20-4:40pm |
Write name and URL on BM folder (provided)
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| Th, May 15
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope |
Keep practicing your Torah blessings
Learn Torah Trope sheet – you have two weeks to do that, so please divide it in half. |
| Th, May 22 | NO LESSON – CJG AT CONVENTION | |
| Th, May 29
4:00-4:20pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah Trope Prepare start of Maftir Aliya |
Learn Maftir 24:21-22. Use the audio file for the “Maftir” below. |
| Th, Jun 5
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir to date
Review Torah Blessings Prepare Maftir 24:23 |
Learn Maftir 24:23
Decide who will always go first and second for lessons — keep the accounting easier for CJG! |
| Th, June 12
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir (entire) with blessings
Do intro to Haftara Trope, but note, Maia away for summer, so no homework other than review (take materials with you!) |
Finish learning / smooth out Maftir 24:23.
Enjoy your vacation! Please take your folder with you so you can review at least once every week or two. |
| SUMMER
BREAK |
Goldfarbs on vacation! | Study Everything so far at least once every week or 2 to keep it all fresh. |
| Th, Aug 7 | NO LESSON – CJG on vacation this week | |
| Th, Aug 14
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Maftir
Prepare Haftara trope |
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Torah / Haftarah Trope (PDF | Torah Trope MP3 | Haftara Trope MP3)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
[Aliya 5 HTML Here]
Aliya 5 (10 p’sukim)- Emor – All in Lev. 23 (PDF | MP3) – NOA
| 23 – 0:00 | 24 – 0:08 | 25 – 0:32 | 26 – 0:44 | 27 – 0:52 |
| 28 – 1:22 | 29 – 1:42 | 30 – 1:58 | 31 – 2:19 | 32 – 2:35 |
Maftir Aliya (3 p’sukim)- Emor – All in Lev. 24 (PDF | MP3) – MAIA
| 24:21 – 0:00 | 24:22 – 0:13 | 24:23 – 0:32 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3) – MAIA
[Haftara HTML Here]
Blessings after Haftara, KBI-style (PDF | MP3) – NOA
| #1, 1st half – 0:00 | #1, 2nd half – 0:31 | #2 – 1:11 | #3 – 1:38 | #4, 1st half – 2:37 | #4, 2nd half – 3:06 |
Shabbat Morning Torah Service (PDFs | MP3s)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Maftir aliya (3 p’sukim) (Maia? Noa?) –
Aliya 5 (10 p’sukim) (Noa? Maia?) –
Blessing before Haftara (Noa? Maia?) –
Haftara (split) –
Blessings after Haftara (Maia? Noa?) –
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel
Whichever child does aliya 5 starts haftara with opening blessing and a slightly shorter portion of haftara, whomever does maftir ends haftara with 4 blessings.