Elan, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bar 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 Cantor Green 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.
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Su, Nov 10
11:50am-12:10pm Group introduction @ SJCC |
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. |
| Sun., Nov 17
12:00pm-12:20pm |
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) |
| Sun, Nov 24, Dec 1
NO LESSONS |
CANTOR UNAVAILABLE/AWAY | |
| Sun, Dec 8
11:45am-12:05pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope sheet |
Learn Torah Trope Sheet first half, up to first sof pasuk. I suggest a LOT of listening before you start singing along, so it really goes in.
I’ve updated your links, but you may still see unexpected error messages. You should still see a “Download” button or link in the top left of the pages with the error. Save those to a well-known place on your computer (like a folder on your desktop) and you should be able to open that. |
| Sun, Dec 15
11:45am-12:05pm |
Review Torah Trope sheet, first half
Prepare Torah trope sheet, second half |
Learn Torah trope sheet, second half |
| Su, Jan 5
9:30-9:50am ON ZOOM |
Review entire Torah trope sheet
Review Torah Blessings Prepare Aliya 1, 28:1-2 |
Learn Aliya 1, 28:1-2 |
| **Tu, Jan 14
4:30-4:50pm ZOOM |
Review Aliya 1, 28:1-2
Prepare Aliya 1, 28:3 Prepare Aliya 4, 28:11 up to v’ayil echad Review Torah blessings |
Learn Aliya 1, 28:3
Learn Aliya 4, 28:11 up to v’ayil echad |
| Su, Jan 19
10:35-10:55am AT OMJS |
Review Aliya 1 (entire)
Review Aliya 4 to date Prepare Aliya 4, rest-of-28:11 and 28:12 |
Learn Aliya 4, rest of 28:11, and 28:12 up to lapar ha-echad |
| **Mo, Jan 27
4:30-4:5opm ZOOM (link is above this table) |
Review Aliya 1 again
Review Torah blessings Review Aliya 4 to date Prepare Aliya 4, rest of 28:12 and 28:13 |
You learned to the end of 28:12 on your own! Good job getting ahead!
Learn Aliya 4, 28:13 and 28:14 up to yihyeh lapar |
| **Sun, Feb 2
1:30pm ZOOM |
Review Aliya 4 to date
Prepare Aliya 4, rest of 28:14, and 28:15 Review Aliya 1 if there’s time |
Learn Aliya 4, rest of 28:14 and 28:15 |
| Sun, Feb 9 | NO LESSON – ELAN VACATION AND CJG UNAVAILABLE SUNDAY | |
| Sun, Feb 16
11:45am-12:05pm at OMJS |
Review Aliya 4
Review Aliya 1 Work on Torah reading from STA”M side |
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| Su, Mar 2 | Review Aliya 4 from STA”M side
Prepare Vay’hi Binsoa Ha’aron from Torah service |
Learn Vay’hi Binsoa paragraph (up to bikdushato) |
| ELAN VACA | ||
| Su, Mar 30
10:35-10:55am **ZOOM (OMJS cancelled due to weather) |
Review Aliyot 1 and 4 Prepare Torah service (Vay’hi Binsoa) |
Review everything and “de-rustify” it!
Learn Vay’hi Binsoa paragraph |
| Su, Apr 6
10:35-10:55am |
Review Vay’hi Binsoa
Prepare Gad’lu and L’cha Adonai up to Review Aliyot 1 and 4 |
When practicing your aliyot, fix “Mincha” (with an ‘n’, not an ‘m’).
Learn Gad’lu and L’Cha Adonai. You have three weeks to learn this, so you could break it up by paragraph per week. |
| PASSOVER – NO LESSONS TWO WEEKS | Keep studying! | |
| Su, Apr 27
10:35-10:55am |
Review Aliyot 1 and 4 – checking on “mincha”, including Torah blessings.
Review Torah service to date Prepare rest of L’Cha Adonai |
1. PRINT OUT YOUR TORAH PROCESSIONAL SHEETS
2. Learn rest of L’cha Adonai. Please be careful to differentiate beween ‘h’ and “ch”. |
| Su, May 4
10:35-10:55am |
Review Torah processional to date.
Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz from the Torah processional, up to bim-kom kod-sho (end of the third printed line) |
Print out the page with L’David Mizmor (PDF)
Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz from the Torah recessional, up to bim-kom kod-sho (end of the third printed line) |
| Su, May 11
10:35-10:55am |
Review Torah Processional
Re-prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz first 3 lines. |
Print out the page with L’David Mizmor (PDF)
Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz from the Torah recessional, up to bim-kom kod-sho (end of the third printed line) You have two weeks to do this. No lesson next week. Make good use of the time! |
| Su, May 18 | NO LESSON – CJG AT CANTORS CONFERENCE | |
| Su, May 25
10:20-10:40am |
Review Ladonai Ha’aretz to date
Prepare Ladonai Ha’aretz from n’ki chapayim to ya-akov selah. |
Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz from N’ki Chapayim to Ya-akov Selah.
Once you’ve learned that, connect it to the previous verse by singing the whole paragraph ‘so far’. Make it smooth and confident. |
| Su, June 1 | NO LESSON (Soccer game) BUT PLEASE DO THE NEXT BIT OF HOMEWORK ==> | Learn Ladonai Ha’aretz from the first S’u Sh’arim (8th line down from start of song) to hakavod (ie., 2 printed lines of text) |
| Su, June 8
10:35-10:55am |
Review entire Torah services including Ladonai Ha’aretz
Prepare rest of song Review Torah readings |
Learn rest of Ladonai Ha’aretz from Mi Zeh Melech to the end.
Bring printed speech with you next week to our lesson. |
| Su, Jun 15
10:35-10:55am |
Review everything! | |
| _____________ | ____________________ |
Torah Trope Sheet (PDF | Torah Trope MP3)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 1 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3) – Elan
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:09 | 3 – 0:34 |
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 2 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3) – TBC Yael
| 3 – 0:00 | 4 – 0:23 | 5 – 0:38 |
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 3 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3) – TBC Yael
| 6 – 0:00 | 7 – 0:17 | 8 – 0:34 | 9 – 0:56 | 10 – 1:17 |
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 4 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3) – Elan
| 11 – 0:00 | 12 – 0:26 | 13 – 0:52 | 14 – 1:13 | 15 – 1:45 |
Weekday Torah Service (PDF | MP3s)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
Aliya 1 – DONE
Aliya 4 – DONE
Weekday Torah Processional (Elan) – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Jodi Green) – IN PROGRESS