ETHAN, 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).
| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| Tu, June 24, 2025
6:30-7:15pm 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. |
| Tu, June 17
4:10-4:30pm |
Review already-known Torah blessings, talk about choreography of them.
Prepare Torah Trope |
Learn Torah Trope. See below, in the downloads section, or:
Torah Trope (PDF | Torah Trope MP3) |
| Tu, June 24
4:10-4:30pm |
Write name, phone number, and email address on BM folder (provided)
Review Torah Blessings Review Torah Trope Prepare Maftir 28:37-38 |
Learn Maftir 28:37-38 using the links for “maftir” in the downloads section below. Use the homework technique above, and try to emulate exactly what you hear as the notes for your maftir! |
| We, July 2
5:40-6pm |
Review Maftir to date
Prepare Haftara Trope Provide Aliya 5 (9 p’sukim) |
Ethan learned the entire maftir (experienced a bit because it’s the 3rd paragraph of the Sh’ma), including from the STA”M side.
Keep it fresh, review it every week, and as it becomes more ingrained, every second week, until your bar mitzvah If you can, learn Aliya 5 (or some of it) on your own during summer break (Ethan requested!). The Aliya 5 materials are below in the downloads section |
| Summer Break | ||
| Tu, Aug 5 Tu, Aug 12 |
NO LESSONS – CJG away, but PLEASE DO HOMEWORK AT RIGHT IN TIME FOR NEXT LESSON, Tu, Aug. 19. ===> | Keep learning or smoothing out Aliya 5
If you haven’t already, learn Haftara Trope sheet (use the PDF/MP3 at the top of the Downloads section). If you’ve already learned the Haftara Trope sheet, go on to learn the Blessing before Haftara (which uses the Haftara Trope you learned). |
| Tu, Aug. 19
4:50-5:10pm |
Review Maftir from STA”M side
Review Aliya 5 to date Review Haftara Trope sheet Prepare Blessing before Haftara |
Learn Blessing before Haftara
If you get through that quickly and are ready to move forward, see if you can learn the Haftara verse 2:1 from the audio files below. The trope matches your blessing (and the haftara trope sheet) At the least, read through the haftara’s English translation on your haftara packet. |
| Tu, Aug 26
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Ethan didn’t make it to the lesson today, but please do the homework this week at right ===>
Review Blessing before haftara Review Haftara to date if you had a chance to start learning it. Prepare Haftara [whatever is next] |
Learn Haftara:
– If you haven’t yet done so, learn 2:1 (using the audio file for the Haftara, below). – If you’ve done that already, 2:2 and 2:3 (only up to leimor, if all of 2:3 it too much) |
| Tu, Aug 2
4:10-4:30pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing
Prepare more Haftara (depending on how much you’ve learned since we last met) |
Learn Haftara 2:1-3 |
| Tu, Sep 9
4:10-4:30pm |
Review Haftara to date with blessing
Prepare Haftara 2:4-6 Review Maftir & Chamishi aliyot |
Learn Haftara 2:4-5
If you have time after that is learned well, try adding 2:6. Then, smooth out Haftara 2:1-3 |
| We, Sep 17
5:20-5:40pm |
Review Haftara to date
Prepare Haftara 2:7-12 (or 11 if that’s too much) over the next two weeks. No lesson next week because of Rosh hashanah. CJG to arrange for a different teacher during rest of Holy Days period. Stay tuned for emails. |
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| **Th, Oct 16
**4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara to (entire)
Prepare Blessings after haftara (all 4) |
Learn as much of the “Blessings after Haftara” as possible without overwhelming yourself. Amazing work. What progress!! |
| We, Oct 22
5:20-5:40pm |
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| We, Nov 5
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Blessings after Haftara
Remind to review Haftara about every 2 weeks from now on Prepare Ein Kamocha & Vay’hi Binsoa |
Learn Ein Kamocha paragraph this week. |
| We, Nov. 12 | NO LESSON – CJG AT RABBINICAL SCHOOL CONFERERENCE, but please do homework ===> | Learn Vay’hi Binsoa Ha’aron |
| We, Nov 19
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah Service to date
Prepare Bei Ana Racheitz If time, Prepare Sh’ma/Echad/Gad’lu |
Learn B’rich Sh’meih & Bei Ana Racheitz
Learn Sh’ma/Echad/Gad’lu (practice with a small bow for gad’lu Ladonai Iti. If you have the time, you could go ahead to L’Cha Adonai |
| We, Nov. 26
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Torah service to date
Prepare L’Cha Adonai |
Learn L’Cha Adonai |
| We, Dec 3
4:20-4:40pm |
Review L’Cha Adonai
Review first part of Torah service Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Maftir |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Maftir |
| We, Dec 10
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara unit
Review Chatzi Kaddish before maftir Prepare Ashrei |
ETHAN WAS SICK. NO LESSON. |
| We, Jan 14
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Haftara unit
Review Chatzi Kaddish before maftir Review Ashrei |
Learn Y’hal’lu / Hodo Al Eretz
If you get through that, start Mizmor L’David (Havu Ladonai) |
| We, Jan 21
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Blessings after haftara
Review Torah Recessional Prepare Havu Ladonai |
Learn Havu Ladonai (and make sure you transition out of it with “Uvnucho Yomar” (2 words halfway down the next page). |
| We, Jan 28
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Havu Ladonai
Ethan requested reviewing his Torah reading Prepare Eitz Chayim Hi – Blumenthal |
Learn Eitz Chayim Hi (Blumenthal melody)
Practice aliya 5 from the Torah side. |
| We, Feb 4
4:20-4:40pm ZOOM (CJG ill) |
Review Eitz Chayim Hi
Review Aliya 5 from the Torah side Prepare Chatzi Kaddish before Musaf Amida (Heiche) |
Take another week with Eitz Chayim Hi
Learn Chatzi Kaddish before Musaf Amida |
| We, Feb 11
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Eitz Chayim Hi
Review Chatzi Kaddish before Musaf Prepare Amida – Avot & G’vurot (has head start) (no Mashiv!), and K’dusha |
learn Musaf K’dusha |
| We, Feb 18
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Musaf to date
Prepare Full Kaddish after Amida |
Learn L’Dor VaDor (Zim melody) – audio file 03
Learn Full Kaddish after Musaf Amida – audio file 04 |
| We, Feb 25
4:20-4:40pm |
Review L’Dor Vador
Review Full Kaddish (noting NOT for AY”T) Review Aliya 5 Prepare aliya 7 |
Practice “L’eila min kol birchata v’shirata” (ie., non-Aseret Y’mei T’shuva).
Learn as much of Aliya 7 as you want/can. Resources are below. Table of audio file verse timings not yet available. |
| We, Mar 4
4:20-4:40pm |
Review Aliya 7 to date
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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 Sh’lach L’cha Aliya 1 – Num. 13:1-3 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:12 | 3 – 0:43 |
Weekday Sh’lach L’cha Aliya 2 – Num. 13:4-16 (PDF | MP3)
| 4 – 0:00 | 5 – 0:14 | 6 – 0:22 | 7 – 0:30 | 8 – 0:39 | 9 – 0:47 | 10 – 0:55 |
| 11 – 1:03 | 12 – 1:13 | 13 – 1:21 | 14 – 1:29 | 15 – 1:37 | 16 – 1:46 |
Weekday Sh’lach L’cha Aliya 3 – Num 13:17-20 (PDF | MP3)
NOTE THAT SHABBAT ALIYA 1 IS MADE UP OF ALL THREE WEEKDAY ALIYOT STRUNG TOGETHER, WITH REGULAR SOF PASUKs THROUGHOUT UNTIL THE END OF WEEKDAY ALIYA 3.
| 17 – 0:00 | 18 – 0:26 | 19 – 0:46 | 20 – 1:16 |
Sh’lach L’cha Aliya 5 – All in Num. 15 (PDF | MP3 | Sanctuary Scroll Photo)
| 8 – 0:00 | 9 – 0:16 | 10 – 0:35 | 11 – 0:50 | 12 – 1:11 |
| 13 – 1:24 | 14 – 1:41 | 15 – 2:11 | 16 – 2:38 |
Sh’lach L’cha Aliya 7 – All in Num. 15 (27-41) (PDF | MP3)
| 27 – 0:00 | 28 – 0:15 | 29 – 0:37 | 30 – 0:56 | 31 – 1:25 |
| 32 – 1:45 | 33 – 2:04 | 34 – 2:22 | 35 – 2:36 | 36 – 2:57 |
| 37 – 3:23 | 38 – 3:31 | 39 – 3:59 | 40 – 4:35 | 41 – 4:49 |
Sh’lach L’cha Maftir Aliya– All in Num. 15 (PDF | MP3)
| 37 – 0:00 | 38 – 0:14 | 39 – 0:40 | 40 – 1:14 | 41 – 1:29 |
Blessing before Haftara (PDF | MP3)
Haftarah Sh’lach L’cha – All in Joshua Ch 2 (PDF | MP3)
| 1 – 0:00 | 2 – 0:43 | 3 – 1:08 | 4 – 1:39 | 5 – 2:08 | 6 – 2:40 |
| 7 – 2:59 | 8 – 3:31 | 9 – 3:44 | 10 – 4:16 | 11 – 5:01 | 12 – 5:32 |
| 13 – 6:00 | 14 – 6:25 | 15 – 7:00 | 16 – 7:21 | 17 – 7:54 | 18 – 8:14 |
| 19 – 8:58 | 20 – 9:38 | 21 – 9:55 | 22 – 10:16 | 23 – 10:45 | 24 – 11:12 |
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)
Shabbat Musaf Service – Heiche K’dusha (PDF | MP3)
Blessings before and after Torah reading –
Torah Trope – DONE
Maftir aliya – DONE, including STA”M
Chamishi aliya – DONE, including STA”M
Chatzi Kaddish before Maftir – DONE
Haftara Trope – DONE
Blessing before Haftara – DONE
Haftara – DONE (and completely memorized, by verse number, without the sheet!)
Blessings after Haftara – DONE
Torah Processional – DONE
Torah Recessional – IN PROGRESS
Musaf (Heiche) – DONE
Aliya 7 (15 p’sukim, but 10 new plus maftir) – DONE
Aliya 1 (20 p’sukim) done as Shabbat Aliya 1 AND Weekday 3 aliyot – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Sue Potechin) –
Other items as time allows: Other Torah aliyot; Musaf; Hallel
Here are the Aliya breakdowns:
Haftarah: Joshua 2:1-24 · 24 p’sukim – Ethan