I started classes again this week. I am now working on the trope (cantillation marks) used to chant from the Torah. (For those of you that do not know this, there are no cantillation marks or vowels in the torah itself. The cantillation must be learned and memorized for each reading.)
Once I have learned the Torah trope, I will be learning the Haftorah trope.
The combination of these skills with what I have already learned will allow me to prepare students for their bar/bat mitzvah. I will also be able to read from the Torah and read Haftorah as needed.
I am going to be spending this Shabbat at a friend’s home in a neighborhood in the city. I have only 2 Shabatot (plural for Shabbat) remaining before I leave Israel and head back home and have several places that I would like to spend them at. Naturally, more places than I have time for.
While I am very much looking forward to being with my wife and family, I am also saddened at the thought of leaving this holy place. I will be writing more on this in the days to come.
