LILA, 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, Aug 27, 2025
4:00-4:20pm Cantor’s Office |
Intro to B’nei Mitzvah Process
Intro to Webpage Goal Setting |
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, Aug. 27
4-4:20pm |
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) |
| We, Sep 3
4-4:20pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Work on Blessing before Torah reading |
Re-visit learning the blessing before the Torah reading using the homework technique above and the resources on your webpage. If there’s a problem, you need to let me know within a day of your lesson (or the problem occurring) so I can help solve it. |
| We, Sep 10
4-4:20pm |
Review Blessing before Torah reading
Prepare Blessing after Torah reading Prepare Torah trope, first half |
Learn Torah Trope first half. Focus on the symbols themselves as you do the homework technique above.
Keep practicing your Torah blessings, especially the “after” one – v’chayyei olam… |
| We, Sep 17
4-4:20pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Torah trope 1st half Prepare Torah trope 2nd half |
Learn Torah trope 2nd Half, be able to sing through the whole page.
Learn weekday Korach aliya 1, 16:1 up to va-aviram. Use the “Aliya 1” MP3 and table below, in the downloads section. |
| Th, Sep 25
4:40-5pm |
Note special date – after RH
Review Torah Trope Review Aliya 1 to date Prepare Aliya 1, rest-of-16:1 an 16:2 up to umatayim. |
Learn Aliya 1, rest-of-16:1 an 16:2 up to umatayim.
Smooth out Aliya 1, 16:1 first half. |
| We, Oct 1 We, Oct 8 |
NO LESSONS – YOM KIPPUR AND SUKKOT | |
| Th, Oct 16??
4:40-5pm?? |
Review Aliya 1 to date
Prepare aliya 1 rest-of-16:2 |
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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)
Weekday Korach Aliya 1 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:28 | 3 – 0:50 |
Weekday Korach Aliya 2 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 4 – 0:00 | 5 – 0:14 | 6 – 0:48 | 7 – 1:00 |
Weekday Korach Aliya 3 – All in Num. Ch 16 (PDF | MP3)
| 8 – 0:00 | 9 – 0:19 | 10 – 0:51 | 11 – 1:06 | 12 – 1:24 | 13 – 1:42 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftara Korach, from 1 Samuel, Ch 11-12 (PDF | MP3)
| 11:14 – 0:00 | 15 – | 12:1 – | 2 – | 3 – | 4 – | 5 – | 6 – |
| 7 – | 8 – | 9 – | 10- | 11 – | 12 – | 13 – | 14 – |
| 15 – | 16 – | 17 – | 18 – | 19 – | 20 – | 21 – | 22 – |
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)
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 –
Torah Trope – DONE
Maftir aliya (they do the real maftir) –
Haftara Trope –
Blessing before Haftara –
Full Haftara –
Blessings after Haftara –
Sh’ma/V’ahavta –
Torah Processional (same as KBI) –
Torah Recessional (same as KBI) –
Weekday Korach 3 aliyot (done as 3 aliyot) –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Mikelberg) –