Alice, 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 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 |
| We, Oct 30, 2024
10-10:45am In-person |
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 (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. |
| Date/Time | Provide folder with Blessings inside and URL on the front
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| Date/Time | Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope |
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| Thu, Oct. 30, 2025
7:15am Tallit/T’filin 7:30am Minyan/1st aliya 8:40am Breakfast with minyannaires (Sponsored by your parents) 9:00am Runthrough on Bimah |
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| Sat., Nov. 1, 2025
3:45-6:30pm Bat Mitzvah!! |
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Torah Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Weekday Vayeira Aliya 1 (all in Gen. 18) – PDF | MP3
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:23 | 3 – 0:52 | 4 – 1:12 | 5 – 1:28 |
Weekday Vayeira Aliya 2 (all in Gen. 18) – PDF | MP3
| 6 – 0:00 | 7 – 0:31 | 8 – 0:56 |
Weekday Vayeira Aliya 3 (all in Gen. 18) – PDF | MP3
| 9 – 0:00 | 10 – 0:17 | 11 – 0:43 | 12 – 1:02 | 13 – 1:23 | 14 – 1:49 |
Shabbat Mincha from Ashrei, incl. Torah Service – (Folder)
Havdallah (Folder)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Torah Trope –
Aliya 3 (your Bat Mitzvah Aliya) –
Aliya 2 –
Aliya 1 –
Havdallah –
Shabbat Mincha Torah Processional –
Shabbat Mincha Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah & Mitzvah Project (with Tamara) –