ORLY, 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 |
| Th, Feb 6, 2025
4:00-4:45pm Cantor’s Office |
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. Don’t sing along yet! 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 15 times through 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, May 13, 2025
4:30-4:50pm |
Provide folder with Blessings inside and URL on the front
Prepare Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Print and Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
You have 2 weeks to do this as CJG is away at a convention. |
| Tu, May 20 | NO LESSON – CANTOR GREEN AT CANTORIAL CONFERENCE | Keep studying the above |
| Tu, May 27 | Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope first half |
Learn Torah Trope first half, using the Torah Trope link below this table in the downloads section |
| Tu, Jun 3 | NO LESSON TODAY, SHAVUOT, but please do the homework at right ==> | Learn Torah Trope 2nd half (and connect it to the first half, so you should sing through the whole sheet |
| Tu, Jun 10
4:30-4:50pm |
Review Torah Trope
Review Torah Blessings Prepare Aliya 4, 28:11 (and if you want, 28:12 up to lapar ha-echad) |
Learn Aliya 4, 28:11 (and if you want, 28:12 up to lapar ha-echad) |
| Tu, Jun 17
4:30-4:50pm |
Review Aliya 4 to date
Prepare Aliya 4, 28:12 |
Learn Aliya 4, 28:12 |
| Tu, Jun 24
4:30-4:50pm (Last lesson before Summer) |
Review Aliya 4 to date
Remember to pack Bat Mitzvah folder to practice at least 4 times during camp. |
In the remaining part of the week before you head off to camp, please learn Aliya 4, 28:13. If you need to stop earlier than the end, you could stop at the (red) etnachta on “ha-echad” in the middle of that pasuk.
Bring your materials with you so you can review at camp and do a review session with Cantor Green sometime over the summer. |
| SUMMER BREAK | ORLY AT CAMP (and maybe family vaca afterwards) | |
| Tu, Sep 2
4:30-4:50pm (unless different teacher, TBD) |
Review Torah blessings
Review Aliya 4 to date Prepare Aliya 4, 28:14 |
Smooth out glitches in the blessings before and after the Torah reading.
Touch up (de-rust) Aliya 4, 28:11-13
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| Tu, Sep 9
4:30-4:50pm |
Review Torah blessings
Review Aliya 4 to date Prepare Aliya 4, 28:14 up to yayin |
Learn Aliya 4, 28:14 up to yayin
(Noting Orly is at the OJCS middle school retreat) |
| Tu, Sept 16
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review Aliya 4 to date
Prepare Aliya 4, rest-of-28:14 and maybe some of 28:15. |
Practice all of Aliyah 4, 28:11-28:15. Emphasis on 28:15. |
| Tu, Sept. 23
Rosh Hashanah |
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| Tu, Sept 30
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review all of Aliyah 4
Prepare Aliya 3, 28:6-28:7 |
Practice all of Aliyah 4, 28:11-28:15. Start practicing on Torah text side with no vowels/trope.
Practice Aliya 3, 28:6-28:7 |
| Thu, Oct 9
6:00-6:20 pm |
Review all of Aliyah 4 on Torah text.
Review Aliya 3, 28:6-28:7 Prepare Aliya 3, 28:8-28:10 |
Practice Aliya 3, 28:6-28:9 (halfway through 28:9) |
| Thu, Oct 16
6:00-6:20 pm |
Review Aliya 3, 28:6-28:9
Finish Aliya 3, 28:9-28:10 Start Aliya 2, 28:3 |
Practice Aliya 3, 28:6-28:10
Practice Aliya 2, 28:3 Make sure you start both with “Amen” |
| Tu, Oct 21
5:00-5:20 pm |
Finish Aliya 2, 28:4-28:5 | Practice Aliya 3, 28:6-28:10, on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 2, 28:3-28:5 |
| Tu, Oct 28
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review Aliya 2, 28:3-28:5
Start Aliya 1, 28:1-28:2 |
Practice Aliya 2, 28:3-28:5
Practice Aliya 1, 28:1-28:2 |
| Tu, Nov 4
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review Aliyah 2, 28:3-28:5
Review Aliyah 1, 28:1-28:2 Finish Aliya 1, 28:2-28:3 |
Practice Aliya 3 28:6-28:10 on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 2, 28:3-28:5, starting to flip to Torah text side Practice all of Aliya 1, 28:1-28:3 |
| Tu, Nov 4
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review Aliyah 2, 28:3-28:5
Review Aliyah 1, 28:1-28:2 Finish Aliya 1, 28:2-28:3 |
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| Tu, Nov 11
5:00-5:20 pm |
Review Aliya 1, 28:1-28:3
Start Torah Processional |
Practice all of Aliya 1, 28:1-28:3, on Torah text side
Practice Torah Processional, read the first two lines, listen to the first paragraph (sing the first two lines) |
| Tu, Nov 18
5:00-5:20pm |
Continue Torah Processional | Practice Torah Processional |
| Thu, Dec 18
5:00-5:20pm |
Continue Torah Processional | Practice Torah Processional
Keep reviewing Torah |
| Tu, Dec 30
5:00-5:20pm |
Review and continue Torah Processional | Practice Torah Processional
Keep reviewing Torah |
| Tu, Jan 6
5:00-5:20pm |
Review and continue Torah service | Practice Torah Processional, Chatzi Kadish
Keep reviewing Torah |
| Tu, Jan 13
5:00-5:20pm |
Review and continue Chatzi Kadish | Practice Torah Processional, Chatzi Kadish
Keep reviewing Torah Listen to the Chatzi Kadish |
| Tu, Jan 20
8:00-8:20am |
Check-in Session with Cantor Green
Review Aliyot 1 and 4 Review Chatzi Kaddish and work on word pronunciations in first paragraph (circled words). Review Torah Processional |
Work on pronunciation of God’s name: Adonai (making sure the ‘i’ sound at the end of “nai” comes out clearly.
In Chatzi Kaddish and the Torah processional, we circled some words to focus on pronouncing properly. Spend a few minutes on each, using the audio file, to make sure you’re getting it right. Keep up the great work! |
| Tu, Jan 20
5:00-5:20pm |
Review Aliyot 2 and 3
Review and finish Chatzi Kadish |
Keep reviewing everything (a bit emphasis on Aliyah 3)
Review the Chatzi Kadish |
| Tu, Jan 27
5:00-5:20pm |
Review Torah Service
Review Chatzi Kadish |
Keep reviewing Chatzi Kadish words |
| Tu, Feb 3
5:00-5:20pm |
Review all Aliyot | Keep reviewing everything (especially Chatzi Kadish words) |
| Tu, Feb 10
5:00-5:20pm |
Finish Torah Recessional | Practice Torah Recessional |
| Tu, Feb 24
5:00-5:20pm |
Review Torah Service
Start Hallel |
Listen to the Chatzi Kaddish daily
Practice Hallel
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| Tu, Mar 3
5:00-5:20pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish
Continue Hallel |
Listen to the Chatzi Kaddish daily
Practice hallel (nusach for first paragraph, singing for second paragraph) |
| _______________ | ________________________________ | __________________________________________________ |
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)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:09 | 3 – 0:34 |
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 2 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3)
| 3 – 0:00 | 4 – 0:23 | 5 – 0:38 |
Weekday Rosh Chodesh Aliya 3 – All in Num. 28 – (PDF | MP3)
| 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)
| 11 – 0:00 | 12 – 0:26 | 13 – 0:52 | 14 – 1:13 | 15 – 1:45 |
Weekday Torah Service (PDF | MP3s)
Hallel for Rosh Chodesh (PDF | MP3s)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – DONE
R”Ch Aliya 1 – DONE
R”Ch Aliya 2 – DONE
R”Ch Aliya 3 – DONE
R”Ch Aliya 4 – DONE
Torah Processional – DONE
Torah Recessional – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah & Mitzvah Project (with Rabbi ???) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel
Melanie’s mother needs wheelchair access (actually)
Can service be at 9am?
Prefer to keep lessons on Tuesdays at 4:30 if possible, even with new tutoring plans.