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kita vav (6th grade)

Accomplishments

What have we done in trope and tefila?

numbers are date of completion

What To Do

For Tue Apr 29

Trope

  • Work on Inauguration Torah reading for May

Tefila

  • Review tefilot to lead at Inauguration

  • Send recordings of any listed tefilot for credit

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––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––What We Did

 

Tue Apr 22

  • Reviewed all tefilot to lead at Inauguration

  • Dedicated time for Inauguration Torah readings

Tue Apr 1

  • Worked on Haftarah Blessings, before and after

  • Individual time on Haftarah/Torah readings

Tue Mar 25

  • Reviewed Torah trope phrase melodies, groups 1 & 2

  • Individual check-ins on Haftarah/Torah readings

Tue Mar 18

  • Received Torah readings for B'nai Mitzvah Inauguration

  • Worked on Blessings After Haftarah (first three paragraphs, and final two)

  • Individual check-ins on Haftarah/Torah readings

Tue Mar 11

  • Received tefilot to lead at Inauguration

  • Reviewed Blessings Before Haftarah

  • Worked on Blessings After Haftarah (first three paragraphs)

  • Received tefilot for April Family Service

Tue Mar 4

  • ​Worked on Blessings Before Haftarah

  • Introduced Blessings After Haftarah (first paragraph)

  • Individual initial checkins on April Haftarah readings

Tue Feb 25

  • Reviewed all Haftarah trope phrase melodies

  • ​Worked on Blessings Before Haftarah

  • Individual initial checkins on April Haftarah readings

Tue Feb 11

  • ​Received March tefilah to lead

  • Received April Haftarah reading

  • Reviewed Haftarah trope melodies

  • Individual initial checkins on April Haftarah readings

Tue Feb 4

  • Played Super Bowl of Trope – a close battle of Haftarah melodies and clever wits resulting in a tight 33-31 final score

Tue Jan 28

  • Received February tefila opportunities

  • Reviewed all Haftarah trope phrase melodies

  • Checked in individually on February Haftarah readings progress, as class behavior allowed

Tue Jan 21

  • Reviewed all Haftarah trope phrase melodies

  • Checked in individually on February Haftarah readings progress

Tue Jan 14

  • Reviewed tefilot to lead at January Family Service

  • Checked in on February Haftarah readings

Tue Jan 7

  • Reviewed all upcoming readings and tefila leading opportunities

  • Reviewed (or learned) all Haftarah trope phrase melodies

Tue Dec 17

  • Reviewed all upcoming readings and tefila leading opportunities

  • Chose our January tefilot to lead

  • Reviewed Etnachta, Silluk, and Katon phrase Haftarah melodies

  • Introduced almost all remaining Haftarah trope phrase melodies

Tue Dec 10

  • Reviewed all upcoming readings and tefila leading opportunities

  • Received February Haftarah readings

  • Learned Etnachta, Silluk, and Katon phrase Haftarah melodies

  • Reviewed what Haftarah is and where it comes from

Tue Dec 3

  • Reviewed all upcoming readings and process for learning

  • Reviewed trope symbol name recognition

Tue Nov 19

  • Reviewed all Torah Service tefilot

  • Reviewed trope symbol name recognition

  • Focus time, for December(/January) Torah readings

Tue Nov 12

  • Received Dec & Jan Torah readings

  • Reviewed tefilot Shema/Lecha, Aliyah blessings, Mizmor l'David

  • Reviewed most Torah trope phrase melodies

Tue Oct 29

  • Reviewed November tefilot to lead, by request – Vayehi Binsoa, Shema/Lecha, Mizmor l'David

  • Focus time, and resolved questions, for November Torah readings

Tue Oct 22

  • Reviewed November tefilot to lead, by request – Bei Ana Racheitz, Mizmor l'David, Al Kein

  • Worked more on how to Calling Gabbai

  • Focus time, and resolved questions, for November Torah readings

Tue Oct 8

  • Reviewed second-half-of-Torah-Service tefilot

  • Reviewed all Torah trope phrase melodies

  • Previewed how to be Calling Gabbai

  • Focus time, and resolved questions, for November Torah readings

Tue Oct 1

  • Reviewed all Torah Service tefilot, led by November leaders

  • Resolved questions from November Torah readings

  • Reviewed trickier trope symbol recognition minutiae

  • Heard something about mummies (but mum's the word)

Tue Sep 24

  • Received November tefilot to lead, and copies of Torah readings

  • In-class trope symbol recognition exercise

Tue Sep 17

  • Reviewed all Torah Service tefilot for leading

  • Reviewed high-level what each tefila means and its purpose in the service

  • Reviewed why trope matters beyond the melody

Tue Sep 10

  • Reviewed what the Torah is and its relevance

  • Introduced what Haftarah is and its relevance

  • Overviewed this year's opportunities

  • Reviewed Group One Torah trope phrase melodies

  • Received tefilot to lead for Family Service this Shabbat

What's Coming Up

Tue Apr 29

Tue May 6

Tue May 13 – Inauguration walkthrough (Torah reading due)

Sat May 17 – B'nai Mitzvah Inauguration

Leading/Chanting

B'nai Mitzvah Inauguration

Sat May 17

תְּפִילָה Tefilah Leading

  • (Torah Service - First Half) – AB, AL, CS, EK, NJ, SF

  • אָשְׁרֵי (Ashrei) – RC, NR, JS

  • (Torah Service - Second Half) – KO, SG, AK, RH, LH, HK

תּוֹרָה Torah Chanting​

אֶמֹר (Emor)

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  • 21:1-6 – RC

  • 21:7-9 – AK

  • 21:10-12 – HK

  • 21:13-15 – NJ

  • 21:16-24 – SG

  • 22:1-9 – KO

  • 22:10-12 – JS

  • 22:13-16 – NR

  • 22:17-20 – CS

  • 22:21-25 – EK

  • 22:26-33 – RH

  • 23:1-3 – LH

  • 23:4-8 – SF

  • 23:9-14 – AL

  • 24:21-23 – AB

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