[HANASHIR:7625] Re: Torah Study Aid for Rachelle

[Carol Delton <CarolD...>]

Yes, I also teach my students the Blessing Before the Haftarah and the
V'ahavta before they learn their Haftarah and Torah portions.  I make
sure they learn versions of these prayers that are "tropically" exact,
even if the congregational variant is different.  In cases where they
already know a version of these prayers well, I use what phrases I can
to show them the tropes.

However, there is also an order of tropes paragraph that can generally
be found in a traditional Tikkun, for example, the p. 246 B of the Ktav
Tikkun.  (Kadma-munch-zarka-munach-segol . . . . )  When I first learned
to chant Torah, I learned the tropes in this order, although I now use
the most frequent first phrase order as in Spiro or Binder.

Carol Delton
Oakland, CA


Marsha Fensin wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>     I have used the Blessing Before the Haftarah as a mnemonic for learning 
> Haftarah
> Trope. There is some variation with this blessing, as people have pointed out 
> with Tropes
> as a whole, but, if you begin with a Kadma, as most Katon groups begin with, 
> and if you
> use the etnachta phrase to end the first part of the blessing--in other 
> words, V'ratsa
> v'-div-rei-hem ha-ne-e-ma-rim be-emet would be chanted as mercha, tipcha, 
> munach
> etnachta--it's great for memorizing the Etnachta, Katon, Revii and Sof Pasuk 
> groups.
> Have the kids learn the blessing, then break it down to its various Tropes. 
> Once they
> know these four basic groups, they can chant 90 percent of all Haftarot. 
> Then, you merely
> teach the darga-t'vir, t'lishot, pazeirim, etc. as needed.  Once they have 
> the basics,
> though, I find that the rest come much more smoothly.  Also, if you teach 
> Tropes using
> the Blessing, I have found that it is easier for kids to learn other Haftarot 
> once their
> B'nai Mitzvah have come and gone.  Enjoy!
> Marsha
> 

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