Check it out! Kol Chaim Torah Recordings 
www.torahrecordings.com

As one who has taught many Bar Mitzvah boys and thank G‑d made several Bar Mitzvahs for our own children—and b’ezras Hashem, another Bar Mitzvah is on the way in a few months—I know firsthand of the anxiety a Bar Mitzvah boy and his family go through in preparing for the big day. No, I am not talking now about preparing for the physical aspects of the bar mitzvah, such as the invitations, kiddush, party, etc. I am talking about the young man studying and preparing his leining (reading the Torah portion from the Torah scroll), Haftorah, and d'var Torah.


Usually this will be the very first time (and sometimes the last time) that this young man will be performing in public. The pressure is on to do a great job and to bring nachas to the family. Many times the Rabbi, chazan, and other professional Bar Mitzvah tutors are hired to assist the youngster to do his best. They painstakingly work with the student and usually achieve good results.

In the quest of Kol Chaim Torah Recordings to assist with this task, we have created a new website called “Kol Chaim Torah Recordings" www.torahrecordings.com. We put online recordings of many parshiyos, together with crisp, clear texts and a Tikun Lakorim all on the same page. (IYH we will have all the parshiyos available in about 9 months.) This should make it easy for a Bar Mitzvah boy to conveniently access and prepare his leining. The nice thing about this is that it is free and it is available wherever and whenever you are.

In order to get the font to display properly for the Torah Cantilation ("Trup") on the screen, we used the SBL Hebrew font. You may need to install the font on your computer in order to view the text. (Some people get nervous when they hear the word “install," but this is simple! Just follow the directions and it takes just about two minutes to install it.(Directions to install are here.) Sample for Parshas ShemosSample of Megilas Esther

Please take a moment and also check out a page of the Daf Yomi, Tractate Sotah, Chumash with Rashi. There are also hundreds of hours of recording that do not yet have their associated texts. Check them out.

It will take some time to fully build up this website but we are working feverishly to try and put online as many texts and recordings as we can.