ELIZABETH, use this page 3-4 times each week to prepare for your Bar/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 |
| Tu, Jun 24, 2025
6:30-7:15pm 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. 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. |
| We, Jul 30
5-5:20pm |
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)
Learn Haftara Trope “like a song”, but concentrate on the trope symbols rather than the printed names of the trope. You have four weeks to do all this! Cantor away the next two lessons, and Liz is away Aug 20. You can also continue learning haftara! |
| July 6, 13, 20 | NO LESSONS – CJG AWAY July 6, 13; Liz away Aug. 20. | Keep studying as above! |
| We, Aug. 27
5-5:20pm |
Review Torah blessings
Prepare Haftara Trope Review Blessing before haftara and beginning of Haftara Liz learned on vacation Haftara Continue learning Haftara 9:7-12 and 9:13 up to N’um Adonai – AMAZING! Prepare Haftara rest-of-9:13 and 9:14 up to Yisrael |
Learn Haftara rest-of-9:13 and 9:14 up to Yisrael
Go further if you’d like! |
| We, Sep 3
5-5:20pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara rest of 9:14 and 9:15 (end!) Prepare blessing 1 after haftara, first half |
Finish learning your haftara! (rest-of-9:14 and 9:15)
If you finish that in plenty of time, start learning Blessing 1 after Haftara, first half |
| Tu, Sep 16
5:20-5:40pm |
Review entire Haftara
Review Blessing 1 Before Haftara, first half *Elizabeth was not feeling well, so we did not have a lesson. |
Continue practicing haftara.
Start learning Blessing 1 after Haftara, first half |
| Tu, Sep 23
Rosh Hashana |
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| Tu, Sep 30
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review entire Haftara
Review all of blessings for after the Haftara |
Continue Haftara a bit.
Practice end of Haftara blessings. Start listening to Torah trope recording. |
| Sun, Oct 19
1:00-1:20 pm |
Finish Maftir Aliya, 20:27
Start Torah Processional |
Practice Maftir Aliya, 20:25-20:27
Practice Torah Processional, first paragraph |
| Tu, Oct 21
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review Maftir Aliya, 20:25-20:27
Continue Torah Processional |
Practice Maftir Aliya, 20:25-20:27
Practice Torah Processional, first and second paragraphs |
| Tu, Oct 28
5:20-5:40 pm |
Continue Torah Processional | Practice Maftir Aliya, 20:25-20:27 on Torah text side
Practice Torah Processional, first and second paragraphs Listen to Torah Processional third paragraph |
| Tu, Nov 4
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review and continue Torah Processional | Listen to Torah Processional “Bey Ana Rachetz” and “Shema” part |
| Tu, Nov 11
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review Maftir Aliya, 20:25-20:27
Review and continue Torah Processional |
Practice “Bey Ana Rachetz”
Listen to the Ashrei |
| Tu, Nov 18
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review and continue Torah Processional
Ashrei |
Practice Torah Processional, “Bey Ana Rachetz” (pg. 140) Ashrei (know the words) |
| Tu, Nov 25
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review and continue Torah Processional
Ashrei |
Continue practicing Hatzi Kaddish
Continue practicing Torah Recessional (pgs. 151-154) Finish Ashrei Listen to recording 11a |
| Tu, Dec 2
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review Torah Processional
Review Torah Recessional |
Listen to recording for pgs 153, make sure to say bolded top of the paragraph on 154 |
| Tu, Jan 13
5:20-5:40 pm |
Review Haftorah and Torah service | Continue practicing everything |
| Review Maftir Aliya | ||
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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)
| 20:25 – 0:00 | 26 – 0:40 | 27 – 1:00 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara K’doshim (Amos, 9:7-15) (PDF | MP3)
| 7 – 0:00 | 8 – 0:32 | 9 – 1:14 | 10 – 1:40 | 11 – 2:04 |
| 12 – 2:33 | 13 – 2:58 | 14 – 3:30 | 15 – 4:07 |
Blessings after Haftara, KBI-style (PDF | MP3)
| #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
Torah Trope –
Maftir aliya – DONE
Haftara Trope –
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – DONE
Blessings after Haftara – IN PROGRESS
Torah Processional –
Torah Recessional –
D’var Torah –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel