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B'nai Mitzvah
PREPARING YOUR TORAH PORTION
Online Bar/Bat Mitzvah Tutor. Learn to chant your torah portion with online soundtracks, with Hebrew/English/transliteration for each verse. You can play back each verse individually at will. Also, there are soundtracks online for your haftorah portion. The site also includes a reference and genealogy guide to the Torah.
PREPARING YOUR RELATIVES FOR THE TORAH BLESSINGS
Hear the blessings BEFORE the Torah readings
Hear the blessings AFTER the Torah readings
Printable
copy of the Torah Blessings (Hebrew/English/transliteration)
If you need Adobe Acrobat reader for this file, click here.
PREPARING YOUR DVAR TORAH
The internet has great resources to help find meaning from your torah portion. Particularly useful archives are available at:
Torah.org has an extensive archive of Torah discussions listed by weekly portion
Extensive listing of Dvar Torah sites from Hebrew College
National Conference of Synagogue Youth has an extensive archive of weekly Torah discussions
MITZVAH PROJECT IDEAS (before, during, and after your service)
Suggestions for choosing mitzvah projects from MyJewishLearning.com.
Awesome simple mitzvah projects (before, during, and after your service)-- such as making centerpieces out of books or groceries which are then donated--or including (in your invitation) a donation envelope to your favorite charity.
Idealist.org has ideas and examples of kids participating in--and starting--helpful organizations.
OTHER RESOURCES
Get directions to JFC for
your relatives in printable format.
If you need Adobe Acrobat reader for this file, click here.
Calender to find out torah/haftorah portions. Just enter the day of your bar/bat mitzvah.
More information to follow.
--Marty Kutscher
