Hebrew for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah Path

Find or confirm the name you will be called to the Torah with.

Learn the 22 letters you will see in the siddur and the humash.

Alef in your name and in common prayer words.

Bet and vet in berakhah and barukh.

Nikud so a pointed blessing is readable, not guessed.

Type your name and a blessing line for practice sheets.

Use it as a check, not as a substitute for the square letters.

The short texts around an aliyah and a service.

The lines many students already know by ear.

See the parashah page and the verses you might read from.

Unpointed columns, and why your teacher points a photocopy.

If the date sits near a festival, learn the names you will hear.

Read the date on an invitation and a synagogue calendar.

Ima, abba, savta, and the relatives who will be in the room.

Aliyah numbers and ages in Hebrew.

First, second, third: for aliyot and birthdays.

Shabbat shalom, mazal tov, and thank-you lines.

A few verbs for “I read,” “I say,” “I stand.”

“I learned” and “I stood” for a short speech.

Repeat the prayer pages until the blessing before the Torah is smooth.

The forms printed in a siddur and how readers treat them.

A method for the next line of your portion.

A pointed paragraph; read it aloud the way you will read a blessing line.

Drill letters, the blessing, and family words.

Letters, greetings, and a blessing line.

Why berakhah and sefer take different adjectives.

Recognize ים and ות on the page.

הַ on “the Torah,” “the blessing,” “the day.”

Ask your tutor “what does this mean?” in Hebrew.

See what stuck after the month.