BLAKE, 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 me at cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com or call/text 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, Apr 30, 2025
5-6pm Cantor’s Office |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Date Selection 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. |
| Th, May 8
4:40-5pm |
Write name, phone number, and email address 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
4:40-5pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Prepare Torah Trope |
Finish learning blessing after Torah reading
Learn Torah Trope sheet – you have two weeks to do this because there’s no lesson next week. |
| Th, May 22 | NO LESSON – CJG AT CONFERENCE | |
| Th, May 29
4:40-5pm |
Review Torah blessings
Review Torah Trope Prepare Aliya 3, 16:12 up to um-lo chof-nav. |
Finish learning blessing after Torah reading.
Learn Aliya 3, 16:12, up to um-lo chof-nav. Your Aliya 3 files are now available below! |
| Th, June 5
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date with Torah blessings
Prepare Aliya 3, rest-of-16:12 and 16:13 up to haK’toret |
Learn Aliya 3, rest-of-16:12 and 16:13 up to Anan haK’toret
Remind your parents to let Cantor Green know what dates over the summer you’ll be away. |
| Th, June 12
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, rest of 16:13 and 16:14 up to keid-ma. |
Learn Aliya 3, rest of 16:13 and 16:14 up to keid-ma. |
| Th, June 19
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare aliya 3, rest-of-16:14, and 16:15 up to et damo. |
Learn aliya 3, rest-of-16:14, and 16:15 up to et damo. |
| Th, June 26
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, rest of 16:15 |
Learn aliya 3, rest of 16:15
THEN go back and review 16:14 and the first part of 15 (ie., from last week) and make it smooth, and connect it with the rest of 16:15 (this week’s homework) |
| Th, Jul 3
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, 16:16 up to B’nei Yisrael |
Smooth out Aliya 3, 16:15 from last week
Learn 16:16 up to B’nei Yisrael Fix up Blessings before and after Torah reading — make sure you focus on the words we wrote in English transliteration to keep you within the correct blessings each time. |
| Th, Jul 10
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Prepare Aliya 3, rest of 16:16 |
Learn Aliya 3, rest-of-16:16
THEN go back and smooth out 16:14 and 16:15 |
| SUMMER PAUSE | CANTOR ON VACATION | Keep reviewing everything learned so far! |
| Th, Jul 31
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LESSON CANCELED – BLAKE IN MONTREAL |
| Th, Aug 7 & 14 | NO LESSONS – CANTOR GREEN AWAY, BUT PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT DURING THESE WEEKS “OFF” ==> | Learn Aliya 3, 16:17, and
Learn Aliya 2, 16:7 and 16:8 up to goralot |
| **We, Aug 20
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Aliya 3 (all)
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, rest-of-16:8 and 16:9 |
Touch up Aliya 3, 16:16 (l’ohel mo’eid), 16:17 (lo yih-yeh), and the ending (v’ad kol k’hal Yisrael – work on the pronunciation of the words and the notes).
Learn Aliya 2, 16:7 and 16:8 up to goralot |
| Th, Aug 28
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3 (entire, looking for the improvements from last lesson)
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, rest-of-16:8 and 16:9 |
Smooth out Aliya 3, 16:16-17. Watch out for “HA-shochein”, “lo YIH-yeh”, make the second “uv-ad” the same as the first one: uv…ad.
Learn Aliya 2, rest of 16:8, and 16:9 |
| Th, Sep 4
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, 16:10 |
Smooth out Aliya 2, 16:9
Learn Aliya 2, 16:10 |
| Th, Sep 11
4:40-5pm |
Review Aliya 3
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2, 16:11 Prepare Aliya 1, 16:1 |
Smooth out Aliya 2, 16:9-10
Then go back to the start of aliya 2 and make the whole thing smooth Learn Aliya 2, 16:11 up to Asher lo |
| Tu, 5:40-6:00pm
with Eliana Mitzmacher, supervised by Cantor Green |
Review Aliya 2 to date
Prepare Aliya 2, rest-of-16:11
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Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-11, Emphasis on 16:11
Listen to Aliya 1 |
| Tu, Sep 23
Rosh Hashanah |
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| Tu, Sep 30
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review all of Aliya 2
Prepare Aliya 1, 16:01 |
Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-11, Emphasis on 16:10-16:11
Practice Aliya 1, 16:01 |
| Thu, Oct 9
6:20-6:40 pm |
Review all of Aliya 2
Review Aliya 1, 16:01 Prepare Aliya 1, 16:02 |
Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-11
Aliya 1, 16:01-16:02 (start of 16:02) |
| Thu, Oct. 16
7:00-7:20 pm |
Review Aliya 1, 16:01-16:02 | Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-16:11 on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 1, 16:01-16:02 (half of 16:02) Make sure to say “Amen” at the beginning |
| Tu, Oct. 21
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review Aliya 1, 16:01-16:02
Continue Aliya 1, 16:02 |
Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-16:11 on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 1, 16:01-16:02 Make sure to say “Amen” at the beginning |
| Tu, Oct. 28
5:40-6:00 pm |
Continue Aliya 1, 16:02-16:03 | Practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-16:11 on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 1, 16:01-16:03 Make sure to say “Amen” at the beginning |
| Tu, Nov 11
5:40-6:00 pm |
Continue Aliya 1, 16:03-16:04 | Continue to practice all of Aliya 2, 16:7-16:11 on Torah text side
Practice Aliya 1, 16:01-16:04, first half of 4 |
| Tu, Nov 18
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review all Aliyot | Practice everything learned. |
| Tu, Nov 25
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review all Aliyot | Practice everything learned. |
| Tu, Dec 2
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review and continue Aliyah 1 | Keep practicing everything. |
| Tu, Dec 9
5:40-6:00 pm |
Review Aliyah 2
Review and continue Aliyah 1 |
Keep practicing everything, emphasis on Aliyah 1 |
| _____________ | ____________________ |
Torah / Haftarah Trope (PDF | Torah Trope MP3 | Haftara Trope MP3)
Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Weekday Acharei Mot Aliya 3 Lev. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 12 – 0:00 | 13 – 0:28 | 14 – 0:56 | 15 – 1:27 | 16 – 2:06 | 17 – 2:36 |
Weekday Acharei Mot Aliya 2 Lev. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:18 | 9 – 0:37 | 10 – 0:55 | 11 – 1:24 |
Weekday Acharei Mot Aliya 1 Lev. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:19 | 3 – 1:00 | 4 – 1:19 | 5 – 1:56 | 6 – 2:18 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
[Haftara HTML Here]
Blessings after Haftara, KBI-style (PDF | MP3)
| #1, 1st half – 0:00 | #1, 2nd half – 1:10 | #2 – 1:38 | #3 – 1:38 | #4, 1st half – 2:37 | #4, 2nd half – 3:06 |
Shabbat Morning Torah Service (PDFs | MP3s)
Weekday Torah Service (PDF | MP3s)
Havdallah (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha Torah Service (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha From Ashrei (Folder)
Shabbat Mincha Amida (Folder) *CJG is doing Mizmor Shir L’Yom HaShabbat
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Aliya 3 – DONE
Aliya 2 – IN PROGRESS
Aliya 1 –
[Blessing before Haftara]
[Haftara]
[Blessings after Haftara]
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi) –