Hannah, 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 visits with Cantor Green. For questions, e-mail me at cantor@kehillatbethisrael.com or call/text me at 613-327-3984.
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| DATE/TIME | GOALS | HOMEWORK ASSIGNED |
| We, Aug 29 11-11:45am |
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. Listen to the assigned audio files a whole bunch of times, over several days. Let it sink in! 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. 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. Homework for this week: Bring a looseleaf binder (with sheet pockets) |
| Th, Sep 27 4:15-4:45pm |
Intro to Torah Trope | Learn Torah Trope like a song (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Oct 4
Hangouts |
Review Torah Trope
Prepare Blessings before and after Torah reading |
Smooth out the melody of the first 3 lines of the Torah Trope |
| Th, Oct 11
4:15pm |
Review Torah Trope
Review Blessings before and after Torah reading Prepare Rosh Chodesh Torah Aliya 1 |
Learn Aliya 1: 28:1-2 (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Oct 18
4:15-4:45pm |
Review Torah reading to date with blessings
Prepare 28:3 and 28:4 |
Learn Aliya 1 – 28:3 (MP3)
Learn Aliya 2 – 28:3-4 (MP3) |
| Th, Oct 25
4:15-4:45pm |
Review Aliya 1
Review Aliya 2 to date Prepare Aliya 2 – 28:5 Prepare Aliya 3 – 28:6 |
Touch up last week’s material.
Learn aliya 2 28:5 (MP3) Keep reviewing (and fixing as needed) everything so far! |
| Th, Nov 1
4:30-5pm |
Review Torah to date
Prepare aliya 3 |
In Blessing after Torah reading, make sure
Learn Aliya 3 vs 28:6-7 (MP3) |
| Th, Nov 8
4:15-4:45pm |
Review Torah readings to date
Prepare Aliya 3, vs 8 |
Do these in order:
1. Learn Aliya 3 – 28:8 (MP3) 2. Perfect Aliya 3 – 28:6-7 (MP3) – Keep it simple, don’t rush the first step of the learning process (above)! |
| Th, Nov 15
4:15-4:45pm |
Review Aliya 3 to date
Review all 3 Aliyot to date Prepare Aliya 3, 28:9-10 |
1. Learn Aliya 2 – 28:9-10 (MP3)
2. Smooth out 28:8 |
| Mo, Nov 19
4:15pm |
Review Sh’lishi aliya first
Review all Torah to date Prepare aliya 4 – 28:11 and first 1/3 of 28:12 |
Touch up from Uv-yom HaShabbat to the end of aliya 3.
Learn Aliya 4, 28:11 and first half of 28:12 (MP3) Since there are 10 days to study, try to also learn the rest of 28:12 (MP3) |
| Th, Nov 29
4:15pm |
Review aliya 4 to date
Prepare aliya 4 (rest of 28:12?) and 28:13 |
Learn aliya 4 – 28:13 & first half of 28:14 (MP3) |
| We, Dec 5
6:20pm |
Review Torah readings to date
Prepare rest of 28:14 |
Learn rest of 28:14 (MP3)
Smooth out entire Torah reading, going back to the audio files for any parts that are not perfect and confident. |
| Th, Dec 13
4:15-4:45pm |
Review aliya 4
Prepare 28:15 |
Learn 28:15 (MP3) |
| Th, Dec 20
4:15-4:45pm |
Review 4th aliya
Review all 3 aliyot with blessing Prepare Vay’hi Binsoa |
Touch up 28:15 (MP3) |
| WINTER | BREAK – NO LESSONS 2 WEEKS | Keep studying and perfecting Vay’hi Binsoa (above) |
| Th, Jan. 10
4:15-4:45pm Hangouts |
Review aliya 4
Review Vay’hi Binsoa Prepare Gad’lu Ladonai Iti Prepare L’Cha Adonai |
Practice doing your 4 Torah aliyot from the LEFT side of the page. Use the right side to fix any ‘glitches’ so you are able to rely on just the left side.
Learn Gad’lu Ladonai Iti, p65 (MP3) Learn L’Cha Adonai (MP3) |
| Th, Jan 17
4:15-4:45pm |
Review Torah service to date
Prepare 2nd paragraph of L’Cha (Rom’mu) Test out your Torah aliya reading from left side. |
Touch up your L’Cha Adonai |
| Th, Jan 23
6:20-6:40pm |
Review L’Cha Adonai
Review Y’hal’lu/Hodo Al Eretz |
LESSON CANCELLED – BAD WEATHER
Learn L’David Mizmor (top & tail, plus Uvnucho top) p76 (PDF |MP3) Start learning Eitz Chayim Hi p77 (3 lines up) – learn first line of text (PDF | MP3) |
| Th, Jan 31
4:15-4:45pm |
Review L’Cha Adonai
Review Y’hal’lu/Hodo Al Eretz Review 1st line of Eitz Chayim Hi Touch these items up. |
Make L’Cha Adonai totally confident!
Smooth out and keep getting better at: Y’hal’lu/Hodo Al Eretz (into L’David Mizmor) Last 2 lines of L’David Mizmor (into Uvnucho Yomar) Eitz Chayim Hi If you have time after all that, practice your Torah readings from the left (TORAH) side. |
| Th, Feb 7
4:15-4:45 HANGOUTS |
Review entire Torah Processional and Recessional
Prepare Hallel Blessing |
Touch up Hodo Al Eretz (MP3)
Practice Eitz Chayim Hi making sure all your ‘hey’s are ‘h’ not ‘ch’. Never mind Hallel – not enough time to learn it… but we have enough time, with some hard work over the next (almost) 3 months for Musaf. SO: Learn Chatzi kaddish before Musaf p103 (PDF | MP3) Reach out to Rabbi Kenter to schedule a meeting for D’var Torah prep and mitzvah project. |
| Th, Feb 14 | NO LESSON – CANTOR VACA | Keep smoothing everything out
Keep learning Chatzi kaddish from last week’s homework |
| We, Feb. 20,
6:20-6:45pm |
Prepare Chatzi Kaddish first paragraph
Review 4 Torah readings If time, Review Torah service (entire) |
Learn Chatzi kaddish before Musaf p103 (PDF | MP3) up to 0:21 (end of the first paragraph)
Touch up all 4 Torah readings using the audio files where you notice you’re getting ‘stuck’ or lose confidence, practicing those parts several times, specifically. |
| We, Feb 27
6:15-6:40pm |
Review first para chatzi kaddish
review Torah readings Prepare Chatzi Kaddish next 3 lines |
Learn Chatzi Kaddish from 0:21-0:45 (MP3)
Touch up the first part of Chatzi Kaddish from last week. Practice Torah readings at times of the day when you’re not as tired. As you correctly suggested, concentration is a key factor in getting Torah reading right! We’ll go over it again next week. |
| HANGOUTS
Th, Mar 7 4:15-4:45pm |
Review Chatzi Kaddish to date
Prepare last 2 lines of Chatzi Kaddish Review Torah readings |
Learn last 2 lines of Chatzi Kaddish 0:45 to the end (MP3)
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| Th, Mar 14
4:15-4:45 |
Review Chatzi Kaddish
Prepare start of Amida (avot) |
Touch up entire Chatzi Kaddish so it’s all smooth
Learn Start of Amida (Avot) (MP3) |
| Th, Mar 21
4:15pm (Purim Day) |
Review Chatzi Kaddish
Review Start of Amida Prepare the rest of the Avot paragraph Review entire Torah service |
Learn Part 2 of Avot paragraph (MP3)
Practice (a lot) doing your aliyot from the left-hand side |
| **We, Mar 27
6:30pm |
Review Amida Avot to date
Prepare Avot part 3 Review aliyot from the STAM side |
Smooth out Part 2 of Avot (from last week – MP3)
Learn Part 3 of Avot (Melech Ozeir) (MP3) Keep practicing Chatzi Kaddish |
| Th, Apr 4
4:15-4:45pm HANGOUTS |
Review Amida from Chatzi Kaddish
Prepare Ata Gibor and start of M’chalkeil Chayim (no Mashiv HaRuach!) |
Touch up Melech Ozeir line from last week (MP3)
Learn Ata Gibor line p104b (MP3) Learn M’chalkeil Chayim first half p104b (MP3) KNOCK CANTOR GREEN’S SOCKS OFF – BIG CHALLENGE THIS WEEK! |
| Th, Apr 11
4:15pm |
Review Amida to date
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Do a repeat of last week’s homework, smoothing it all out. Make sure you sing the SAME NOTES as in the audio files. While you could do any of the notes in the nusach (pentatonic scale), it would be best to learn it JUST ONE WAY. |
| Th, Apr 18
5pm |
Review Amida to date
Prepare 2nd half of M’chalkeil Chayim |
Learn the scond half of M’chalkeil Chayim (MP3) |
| **Tu, Apr 23
5pm** |
Review all of M’chalkeil Chayim
Review Torah Processional and recessional If time: Review Torah readings |
Keep practicing Musaf
Pare back the section of your D’var Torah that talks about RBG’s bio. Practice/sort out woman vs. women!! |
| Th, May 2
12:00 Noon |
FULL RUNTHROUGH ON THE BIMAH! | |
Torah Trope (PDF)
Torah (PDF)
Blessings before and after Torah reading – DONE
Torah aliyot (4) – IN PROGRESS (STAM side)
Weekday Torah Processional – DONE
Weekday Torah Recessional – DONE
Musaf for Rosh Chodesh weekday (heiche) – IN PROGRESS
D’var Torah (with Rabbi Kenter) – SUGGESTED on Feb. 8 to reach out to REK