Saul Wiseman’s Personalized Bar Mitzvah Page

7:15-8:00pm

Cantor’s Office

Date Selection

Intro to Webpage

Goal Setting

Lesson Time

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.

Review Blessing Before Torah Reading

Prepare Blessing After Torah Reading

Prepare Torah Trope

Prepare Torah Trope: Mapach Pashta Munach Zakef-Katon, Zakef Gadol, Mercha Tipcha Munach Etnachta

Prepare Torah Trope: Mercha Tipcha Sof-Pasuk, Pazer

Prepare Torah Trope: Pazer, Telisha-Ketanah, Telisha-Gedola, Kadma V’Azlah, Geresh, Gershayim

Prepare Torah Trope: Darga Tevir, Yetiv, Mercha Tipcha Mercha Sof Pasuk

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:19 (first verse)

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:20

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:21

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:22

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:23 (first verse of second Aliyah)

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:24

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:25

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:26 (first three words)

Learn Torah Reading: Gen. 25:26 (first three words, PDF | MP3); Timestamp: 01:01-01:10

Prepare Torah Reading: Gen. 25:26

LAST VERSE OF YOUR TORAH READING!!!

Feel free to take a look at the left-hand side of your sheet

Prepare Torah Recessional: Y’hal’lu; Hodo Al Eretz

Prepare Torah Recessional: Hodo Al Eretz (complete)

Learn Torah Recessional: Hodo Al Eretz (new) (Folder): 00:15-00:37 (ignore the last five seconds of the recording)

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor (up to Nishba l’Mirmah)

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor (from Nishba l’Mirmah to Yaakov Sela)

L’David Mizmor (Folder: Recording 10a – L’David Mizmor – Part 1): 00:40-00:45 (end)

L’David Mizmor (Folder: Recording 10b): all

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor (from Se’u She’arim to Milchama)

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor (Melech HaKavod before repetition)

Prepare Torah Recessional: L’David Mizmor (rest)

Prepare transition from L’David Mizmor to Uv-nucho Yomar

L’David Mizmor (Folder: Recording 10d: L’David Mizmor – part 4 (to end)): 00:24

Uv-nucho Yomar (Folder: Recording: Transition from L’David Mizmor into Uv-nucho Yomar)

Review Torah Recessional: transition from L’David Mizmor to Uv-nucho Yomar

Prepare Torah Recessional: Eitz Chayim Hi (first two lines)

Make sure to also review the first part of Eitz Chayim Hi (especially the end of line 1 and the end of line 2, so that you don’t confuse them)

Prepare Torah Recessional: rest of Eitz Chayim Hi

Prepare Havdallah: first half of Eiliyahu HaNavi

Learn Havdallah: Eiliyahu HaNavi (Folder: Recording: Eiliyahu HanNavi): 00:00-00:28

Review Havdallah: first half of Eiliyahu HaNavi

Prepare Havdallah: second half of Eliyahu HaNavi

Prepare Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (first two lines)

Learn Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (Folder: Recording: 02b – Hinei Eil Y’shuati (song)): 00:00-00:16

Feel free to use https://29a.ch/timestretch/  to slow down recording

Review Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (first two lines)

Prepare Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (rest)

Prepare Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (rest)

During camp, try to review as much as possible (but no stress!), ideally focussing on the Torah reading.

Review Torah Reading

Prepare Havdallah: Hinei Eil Y’shuati (rest) & Havdallah: Savri

Learn Havdallah: Savri (Folder: Recording: 03 – Havdallah (Debbie Friedman))

• Cantor Green

Prepare Ashrei

5:00pm

Prepare Ashrei (last line) & Uva L’tziyon (first two lines)

Learn Ashrei Section: Uva L’tziyon (first two lines) (Folder: Recording: 02 – Uva L’tziyon – v’yom kor’einu (higher)); Timestamp: 00:00-00:21

Prepare Uva L’tziyon (middle)

Prepare Uva L’tziyon (end) & Baruch HaGever

Learn Ashrei Section: Baruch HaGever (Folder: Recording: 03 – Baruch Hagever (higher)); Timestamp: 00:00-00:20

Review Havdallah

Prepare Baruch HaGever (rest)

Prepare song “Shavua Tov”

REVIEW:

01 Ashrei: especially the first words (“Ashrei” and “Tehilat”); words “shem kod’sho”

02 uva l’tzion: remember the order of what is said aloud: uva l’tzion –> v’ata kadosh –> vatisa’eini –> adonai yimloch –> tzid’kat’cha –> adonai tz’va’ot –> baruch hagever

Revision:

Torah Recessional

Make sure to listen to the recording of the Recessional to get the pronunciation of all words, especially the ending of the words, right.

October 22, 4:45pm (online)

• Torah Reading: Aliyah 1: Gen. 19:22: “Vayit’rotzetzu”
• Havdallah: “Adonai Tzeva’ot Imanu” and then “Adonai Tzeva’ot Ashrei Asam Bote’ach Bach”
• Uva L’Tzion: “Adonai Tzeva’ot Ashrei Adam Bote’ach Bach” (same text as Havdallah but different tune); “V’Yivtechu vecha yod’ei shemecha”