ASHER, 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 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).
If needed, Zoom link is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3851438289
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Tu, May 21, 2024
6:45-7:30pm 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. Learn Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After) |
| **We, Aug. 19, 2026
4:40-5pm |
Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided)
Review Blessing Before and After Torah reading |
Great work learning the blessings at home on your own!
Keep practicing Blessings before and after Torah reading (from last week) Learn Maftir 11:22 up to la-asotah. |
| Th, Aug 27
4:40-5pm |
Review Torah Blessings
Review Maftir to date Prepare Maftir 11:22 from l’ahava. |
Good job learning at home!
1 – Learn Maftir 11:22 from l’ahava to the end of the sentence (ul-dov-ka vo) 2 – Go back and smooth out / finish learning from the beginning (ie., last week’s homework) |
| Th, Sep 3
4:40-5pm |
Review Maftir to date
AMAZING LEARNING!! GOOD JOB! Prepare Maftir 11:23 |
Make sure you always pack your Bar Mitzvah Folder into your school bag so it arrives with you for every lesson!
Learn Maftir 11:23 Reminder (really for every week!): Once you’ve learned the new material, go back and review the material from the start of that unit. Also review everything you’ve learned so far throughout our year together! |
| Th, Sep 10
4:40-5pm |
Review Maftir so far
Prepare Maftir 11:24 up to v’hal’vanon |
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Blessings Before and After Torah Reading (PDF | MP3 – Before | MP3 – After)
Torah / Haftarah Trope (PDF | Torah Trope MP3 | Haftara Trope MP3)
Eikev content (Sefaria.org – Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25): https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.7.12?lang=bi&aliyot=1
Eikev Shabbat Maftir Aliya – All in Deut. 11 (PDF | PDF with Transliteration | MP3 | Translation)
| 22 – 0:00 | 23 – 0:38 | 24 – 1:00 | 25 – 1:34 |
Shabbat Morning Torah Service (PDFs | MP3s)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah Trope – skipped
Maftir aliya –
Torah Processional (if interested and time allows) –
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Rose) –
Transliterations will be very helpful.