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1. E E OR 60 Trop Name Recording irsersrarnernennavrnennaveneannvrvnannunnnannuennannunnnansuvennannvenvaveuenre 72 Student and File Management arvnnnvrnnnurnnnnrnnnvrnnnnennnnnnnnnennrnennnsennrsennrnenuenee 74 Kol Kore Website Leed 75 Teacher Home Page An 75 CORS ar a E ee 77 TOC ii Kol Kore Professional Disclaimer The Kol Kore team has worked very hard to create an errorless program to ensure that Kol Kore students will learn to read the Torah portions precisely However as in any such endeavor it is possible that the Kol Kore program may contain some errors Please send Kol Kore see Contact Information a description of the error and exact location Torah Haftara book name Chapter and verse name so that we may correct them for future versions Copyright Kol Kore software and data is the property of the creators and payment for the software is a license only for the original purchaser to use the program It is illegal to copy or make any other use of the CD software or any part of the software A great deal of effort and time has been invested in this program both in the Torah and in the computing aspects Licensing The Kol Kore program is copy protected by a special licensing code which may be obtained from the manufacturer Kol Kore LTD upon installation of the program see License Kol Kore Before the license code is entered and accepted the program allows the user full access to all portions of the program2. almost always done from a raised platform the bimah That is why the person who goes up to the Torah oleh laTorah is called an oleh or karu Each Torah section that is read is called an Aliya According to the requirements of religious law in the Talmud the oleh must read in a loud and clear voice and with precision The Torah reader is required to read every word recited aloud from the written text and not memorize the reading In certain portions of Torah and Haftara reading tradition requires a reading that is different from what is written in the text In these places only referred to as kri uktiv words that differ from the text are read in place of the text and recited by heart Since many lay members of the congregation lack the proper training to read the Torah without error it has become practice in many synagogues to designate hire an individual with Torah Haftara reading expertise This person is referred to as the Baal Kri ah the owner of reading or Torah reader The order of reading the Torah is as follows the first Aliya is given to the Kohen the second to the Levi with subsequent Aliyot given to the Israelites On Shabbat there are seven Aliyot On holidays there are five or six Aliyot and on Rosh Chodesh and Chol Hamoed there are four In addition to the required number of Aliyot for Shabbat and holidays a person is called to the Torah for another Aliya at th
3. available for the Trop or Melody mode readings Page 28 Kol Kore Professional Fonts Colors This button defines Torah Text Fonts and their Colors Torah Text Fonts The right part of the button a drop down list enables the user to choose between the different types of Torah fonts Regular Modern Hebrew Font with no Ketarim Ashkenaz Ashkenazi Torah Scroll Font with Ketarim Ashkenaz Ashkenazi Torah Scroll Font without Ketarim Sepharadi Sephardi Torah Scroll Font with Ketarim Sepharadi Sepharadi Torah Scroll Font without Ketarim Torah Font color The left part of this button the Color palette allows the user to choose colors for the different types of text and different types of marks Select the Text Type you want to customize Background This is the background behind the text the virtual Papyrus Text The main text Punctuation Hebrew Vowels dageshs and dashes Trop Cantillation Marks Chapter Verse The chapter and verse lettering on the sides of the text Comments For Future Use Kri Uktiv Special words that are written in the Torah scroll differently than they are pronounced by the Baal Kri ah The Ktiv word is shown in this color in the main text The Kri word is shown in this color on the side of the text Separators Verse Separators the colons Selection The selected Text Range Aliya Verse Emperor King Viceroy Adjutant or Word Reciting The highlighted selection recited by
4. from any of the five chumasim Blessings Displays the different Torah Haftorah or Megillot blessings based on the day Shabbat or Holiday When Blessings are chosen for Subject the Book option changes to Shabbat Holiday and then a blessing type may be selected i Trop Allows the student to see and hear the Trop names and marks while they are sung in melody e Megillot Displays text from any of the Megillot Kol Kore Professional Page 25 e Holidays Displays the holiday name The student may choose the proper Torah portion based on the Holiday name i Prayers Displays text from the different Prayers that are included with the Kol Kore program Book Choose from any one of the five Torah Books chumasim Portion Choose from any of the portions included for the selected Torah Book Chumash Aliya Choose from any Aliya in for the selected portion Only recorded Aliyot including Haftoras may be selected The Haftoras are further divided between Sephard and Askenaz only when they are different for the selected Portion Should a special Haftora be needed for a specific Shabbat Portion Parsha then all possibilities are included and any one may be selected Blessing Choose the type of Blessing you would like to study Blessings are read before and after the Torah and Haftorah or Megillah readings Trop The Trop option is only available when choosing Trop for the Subject Trop displays the Trop names and marks
5. others will cause the reader to pause for a longer period of time The text can be misinterpreted if long pauses are used where they are not required Grammatical The Grammatical function is used to mark which accents mil EL or MIL ra are to be used as well as their placement The reader s accenting of each different part of the word can affect the word s meaning For Example Note the difference that the pronunciation of a word in a verse can make in the verse s meaning This text from Bereshith 29 6 TNS in 11 means And here comes Rachel his daughter In this verse the ee Ba a is pronounced with a MIL ra accent on the last syllable of the word thus indicating present tense The MIL ra accent is displayed in red in this example under the aleph in the word Ba a In the following text from Bereshith 29 9 SNS the word Ba a is pronounced with a mil EL accent on the first syllable thus making the word past tense meaning And Rachel came The mil EL accent is displayed in red in this example above the beit in the word Ba a There are cantillation marks that are always printed on the first or the last character of the word disconnected from the intonation The Kol Kore software adheres to traditional convention and has added a second cantillation mark over the accented syllable Page 10 Kol Kore Professional Kol Kore Features Kol Kore gives you many different features that will make learnin
6. public reading The melody for the specific Torah Haftara portion being read is determined by which book in the Torah the portion is found and on which occasion the portion is read i e Shabbat Rosh HaShannah etc In addition there are special tunes for particular verses of text such as Shirat Hayam the song sung by Miriam at the miraculous parting of the Red Sea The student of Torah reading should note that the purpose of the melody created by the use of the Ta amei Hamikra is not intended to interpret the meaning of the verses of the Torah nor to express emotions i e joy or sorrow Different combinations of the cantillation marks produce varied melodies thus adding to the musical beauty of the trop The student of Torah reading will note slight differences in the tune of the cantillation marks when they are sung during the cantillation mark tutorial versus the tune of the cantillation mark s when they are sung in concert with the words of the verse It is important to emphasize that this is not an error The reason for this difference is to refine the melody and to create a musical sequence that is pleasant to the ear Syntactic The Syntactic function is used to punctuate the syntactic structure of the verse to clarify the meaning of the portion being read The trop serve to indicate pauses and stops in the verses as well as to separate or connect specific words within the verses thus clarifying the meaning of the sentence s b
7. recorded Baal Kri ah before learning to read the cantillation marks The short passage could be the Maftir for the Parsha to be learned Read with marks turned on off 1 Choose Emperors for the Range option from the main screen or Viceroys for longer Huliyot 2 Play the Huliya a few times until the tune is learnt or memorized 3 Press the space bar at random to hide the vowels and cantillation marks and try to read the Huliya without the marks Toggle the spacebar to show hide the marks as needed Read with without the Baal Kri ah s help 1 Choose the Huliya to be read aloud by the Baal Kri ah 2 Press the Mute button to mute his voice and try reading yourself Page 14 Kol Kore Professional Learn the Names of the Cantillation Marks Trop After mastering the reading of a short passage Kol Kore strongly recommends that the student study the names of the cantillation marks and become familiar with them This will help the student internalize the names and their melody The cantillation marks are referred to as Trop marks in this program Recommended Mode of Practice 1 Choose Trop from the Play Mode option at the top left of the main screen 2 Choose the Range of the text you would like to study The shortest Range option is a Word The longest Range option is an Aliya 3 Click on any word in the Torah Text to begin the Ba al Kri ah s reading of the Trop names The Trop names are read as the words are high
8. the Torah reader to begin reading from the beginning of the selected Text range Mouse Operations Mouse Operation Effect on Text Mouse Wheel Up Down Scrolls up down text on the same page You must select another Aliya to switch between Aliyot Left or Right Click Highlights the entire text in the selected Range except for Aliya range but begins reading only from the point where the mouse was Clicked Anywhere in Text Left and Right Click Highlights the entire text in the selected Range except for Aliya range but begins Anywhere in the Text ee reading from the beginning of the range Keyboard Operations pe sere ee Operation Effect on Text Fr Te NE to show hide vowels and trop marks This is the same as the Show Hide button as well as the KOL KORE control located at the top of the screen Using the spacebar as the show hide button ignores the show hide settings elsewhere in the program ENTER Escapes from Help window and returns to the Main Text screen Kol Kore Professional Page 33 Summary This booklet aims to aid the student learn the Torah reading as well as to encourage him to want to learn more about the Cantillation marks and the Hebrew punctuation There are many books that have been written recently as well as by our sages which discuss these topics We have based the Kol Kore program on the the following books seferim e Ta amei HaMikra by Rabbi Mordechai Breuer e Ta amei
9. the email from Kol Kore LTD to download the KolKoreUpdaterSetup exe file This weblink includes your Customer Number An Internet browser window is automatically opened asking whether to open the file or save it Page 16 Kol Kore Professional Select the option to run the file to a disk Save the file in a temporary folder such as C temp or any other folder After the file has finished downloading double click the KolKoreUpdaterSetup exe file from the temp folder in order to install Kol Kore on your computer Continue with installation procedure by pressing Next when requested Accept the licensing terms Kol Kore 5 may be installed in any directory However Kol Kore recommends you accept its default location Accept all other defaults as requested Kol Kore Professional Page 17 9 The Kol Kore Updater installs Kol Kore 5 on your PC Additionally it also downloads any recorded Aliyot files registered to your Customer Number The downloading process may take from a few seconds to a few minutes The progress bar indicates downloading progress It fills alternately with green and blue When the bar is completely filled with green the downloading process is complete ASUCCESS message is displayed in the Updater s Log Trace Window Kol Koren Ltd Auto Updating Program 7 3 i ET Xj Welcome to Kolkore Updater 2 2 1 14 Kolkorellpdater uses the Internet to deliver pour updates Please wait while Kolkorelpdater downloads and i
10. to display a screen of the different available languages 2 Click on one of the language flags in order to choose a language Hel Fe Ip Online help is available at any point in the Kol Kore program Press the Help button to enable a movable Help cursor gt that you can drag and drop in any location you need help e Dropping the help cursor on any command button displays the help for that command feature Dropping the help cursor in any other location displays a general Kol Kore help window Kol Kore Professional Page 23 Licensing The Licensing button is used to display the Licensing page This page enables the user to obtain an Activation Key required to register the program The program runs in demo mode until it is properly licensed and registered with Kol Kore The Torah portion may be changed to include further portions different reading versions or other books by obtaining the required license Updater Use the Updater button to update the Kol Kore Updater program The Updater downloads the most recent version of Kol Kore programs and reading texts for your use Exit Use the Exit button to exit the Kol Kore program Navigation Icons The Navigation buttons are used to scroll through the text of the selected section You can only scroll between pages of the same Section i e Aliya Select another Aliyah to move beyond the selected Aliya The buttons define scrolling as follows S
11. Clicking on any one of the Trop names will sound the name in the Trop melody Choose between the Trop names for Torah reading and the Trop names for Haftora readings Listen to the text portion by clicking anywhere on the text Page 26 Kol Kore Professional Play Mode and Display Buttonss Play mode Play Mode There are three different Play Modes Readinas The selected text is read by the The selected text is read by the Current g Version s Baal Kri ah Tro The names of the trop Cantillation marks P are read as the text is highlighted Melody Hear a flute play or the teacher sing the trop melody as the text is highlighted Kol Kore Professional Page 27 g asas i pance Once a Play Mode has been selected the student may choose the size of the portion to be learned You may choose from any of the following types of portion sizes Text Description Range Read and progressively highlight an entire Aliya Read and progressively highlight a single verse Emperors Read and highlight between Etnachtahs and or Sof Pasuks which have the power of a period Kings Read and highlight text between King units which have the power of a comma Viceroys Read and highlight text between Viceroy units which have smaller separating powers than the Kings Adjutants Read and highlight text between Adjutants which have the smallest separating power Read and highlight an individual word Note This option is only
12. ER I me Kol Koren a orah Learnware Kol Kore User s Guide The Ultimate Bar Mitzvah Torah Reading Software Tutor Kol Koren LTD 8 King David Street Bnei Brak 51445 ISRAEL Tel 972 3 570 0840 www kolkoren com Table of Contents GIOSSAry zunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nn nenn nn nn nn nn nn nenn nn nenn nn nn nenn nennen 2 NINA 3 Torah Reading Theory aner nennen en maren 5 The Order of Torah Reading ravravavravnnrnennrnnnsennrsennnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnrnvavennnurnnnnennnnenneeee 5 Ta amei Hamikra Reading Accents Trop uessazenennnnnnnnnnn nn nn nn ann nn nun nnnnn nn nn nn ann nn 6 ME a ee 6 DV 25 as ernennen Te Tee 6 GFAIENAEIEAN EE a a nr ra Tee 10 KOKE FANE nennen 11 Reading Fluency and AccUraey una 11 Toran FORE STL 11 Trop and Vowels Highlighted in Different Colors rararnrnarnrnrvnvnnnnrnrnennnernnnnrnenen 11 Text Highlighted as Chazan Reads rrurnrnnrnnnnrnnvnrnennennrnennnnnnnrnrnnrnrnnenennennnuensne 11 User Controls Pace Listen to a Word or a Complete Aliya ccccccecseeeeeeeeeees 11 Sounding Torah Text Trop Names or Melody cccececeeeceeeeeeeaeeenseaeaeseeannenes 11 KEN Gave 12 PENN 13 Sheva Na and Kamatz Katan eeerervrnenrnrnevnrnenenrnenennrnenenennnsrnenenensnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnen 13 Kamatz katan and Kamatz ragil ersrnevernrnnrnrnrnnnnrnnnnrnnnnnnnnrnnnnrnenennnnrnennrnennnsen 13 TBA LENE HSS 14 From the Simple to the Complex r
13. HaMikra by Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda HaLevi Weinfeld e Eym L Mikra by Rabbi Nissan Sharoni e Rabbi Sroyah Deblitzky composition contained within the Tikkun Sofrim of Rabbi Menachem Davidowitz This text was used to paginate the Torah scroll texting in this Kol Kore program Page 34 Kol Kore Professional Recording Rights Kol Koren LTD is pleased to provide you with state of the art digital Torah reading and recording aid and equipment Please be advised that in purchasing the Kol Kore program you are obligated by its licensing terms and agreements You are legally bound to distribute your personally recorded Torah Haftara and Trop readings in its original format or any other format to and only to licensed Kol Kore students Kol Koren LTD promises not to use any recordings in any commercial form unless prior permission has been granted from the recording s originator Thank you for choosing the Kol Kore product Kol Kore Professional Page 35 Credits First and Foremost we would like to thank HaKadosh Baruch HOO for giving us the true Torah We are most grateful that we were able to create this Torah reading program to help read and learn the Torah In this sense we truely kept the Mitzvah of learning Torah and reading Torah when you are on your way when you are before sleep and after waking up Kol Koren LTD would like to thank the many people who have contributed to the production of the Kol Kore Professional incl
14. e Scroll to the top of the page i e the beginning of the Aliya Scroll up one screen If you are already at the top of the Aliya this will take you to the previous screen displayed Scroll down one screen If you are already at the top of the Aliya this will take you to the Next screen displayed Scroll to the bottom of the page El i e the end of the Aliya Page 24 Kol Kore Professional Reading Context Fields The student must first select a teacher before choosing the text to be studied The field names and options changed based on the what is being studied and in which language XID IDI XVID YIP ID Ip IDE Ann ATMO Rabbi Efraim Gerber Israeli Subject Teacher Details Clicking on the teacher s photo takes you to the Kol Kore website where the teacher s contact details may be viewed Teacher Version Page Title The teacher s name and the Version type Nusach is displayed at the top of the Main Screen The student must first choose a teacher from the Version List The teacher s picture is shown as well when available The available Torah reading portions are based on what the teacher has prepared for the student and only those portions will be available in the selectable fields Subject The text to be learnt is defined firstly by the Subject After choosing the Subject you may continue to choose the required subsection when applicable The Subject options include Torah Displays text
15. e Grishin _ Holech Ligarmei Pasak denoted by a vertical bar in the accents color immediately adjacent to the end of the word The Kol Kore program stresses the different joining and separating marks The text is highlighted as it is read aloud from Huliyot units of lowest denominator the Adjutants Shalishim Special attention must be paid not to stop or even make a noticeable pause after Viceroys or Adjutants This level of separation is only awarded to Emperors and Kings A common error is pausing after Tevir instead of after the Tipcha Tarcha that follows it The correct reading of the cantillation marks is essential for understanding the Torah text Connecting words that have a separating mark between them or separating words that have connecting marks between them will render the meaning of the text un understandable For Example Without the cantillation marks one could easily misinterpret the meaning of the verse Bereshith 24 34 Kol Kore Professional Page 9 The placement of the etnachta atnach mark under the word VAYOMER helps in the correct understanding the verse as And he said I am Abraham s servant Otherwise the verse could be misunderstood to mean And the servant said am Abraham Note that the reader s pause differs depending on the type of separating mark used When reading some of the separating marks some of the pauses cannot be discerned while
16. e end of the reading The person who receives this Aliya is called the Maftir the one who completes the reading On a regular Shabbat the Maftir portion is read twice once during the last Aliya and once when the Maftir is called but on special Shabbaths and on holidays there is a special reading from another Torah scroll In order to determine the proper date of a Bar Mitzvah s Aliya to the Torah it is recommended that one consult the Rabbi and Gabbai of the synagogue to determine exactly which Parsha amp Haftara are read on the specified Sabbath according to the custom of the synagogue Kol Kore Professional Page 5 Ta amei Hamikra Reading Accents Trop The reading cantillation marks or ta amei hamikrah now universally accepted for Torah reading were established by the generation of grammarians the sages of Tiberias according to the tradition that was handed down to them The Tiberias system which is attributed to Ben Asher and Ben Naftali applied cantillation marks to each word of Torah We categorize these cantillation marks as Disjunctive Separating and Conjunctive Connecting The Disjunctive cantillation marks separate words in the verses of the Torah and Haftara while the Conjunctive cantillation marks connect words in the verses The Ta amei Hamikra Reading cantillation marks fulfill three functions musical syntactic and grammatical Musical The Musical function is used to determine the tune for the
17. eing read Without the cantillation marks one could easily misinterpret the meaning of the verse Page 6 Kol Kore Professional The cantillation marks are separated into two types Conjunctive connectors and Disjunctive separators The Conjunctive marks connect two or more words Some of them are always accompanied by a single disjunctive mark and some are not accompanied by a single disjunctive mark While the traditional cantillation marks shape and position are almost identical for the Ashkenazi and Sephardi readings their names sometimes differ Conjunctive Cantillation Marks Clearly if the purpose of the conjunctive connecting cantillation marks was only to connect words of the Torah one connecting cantillation mark would certainly have been sufficient The reason that we have many different connecting cantillation marks is to create the unique melody of the Torah Haftara verses O amena Sephardi telisha ktana tirza tarsa mercha chefulah yareach ben yomo yareach ben yomo These appear very rarely in the Torah Scroll text Disjunctive Cantillation Marks The disjunctive separating cantillation marks differ from each other in their separating strength In this program any number of words separated by disjunctive marks are deemed Huliyot Each separator can be viewed as the end of the current phrase and the beginning or the next yet controlled by the previous phrase When two disjunctive marks appear o
18. er and Site Code exactly as printed to Kol Kore via phone fax or email www KolKoren com in order to receive your unique Activation key via email Program licensing Switch from Demo mode to full operation End User license agreement only It is absolutely forbidden to duplicate this CD or any part of it or use it for any other commercial usage You can read the license agreement in the file License doc or License txt on the CD If you do not accept the and CD This software and CD are the property of Kol Kore and are allowed for use under the i terms you ely must immediately stop any use of this s full operat t to enable 1 of this softwa oftware re fi he Internet WWW KO z 972 nap me V K HHFA p y Y fn Lf y 7 7 button below a Ao nore 00 ess aq Ou will get ar You can also upgrade or purchase a ne major credit cards Your License is limited to one computer only Mastercard You can not transfer your Site Key to any other computer Customer Number 11111 11111 11111 Site Code 11111 11111 11111 11111 111 Activation Key K software for vou e accept el Automatic Licensing Cancel OK It is recommended when using the Manual Licensing option to simply copy the Site Code and customer number from the computer and then send it to Kol Kore for Licensing 5 Enter your unique Activation Key number in it
19. ersrrarvrnnannnrersenennnnnensnnenennannurernennnnannurnavennnre 14 Learn the Names of the Cantillation Marks Trop rrrrarnrnrnrnnnnnnrnnnnnnnnnnnnenenenn 15 Installation Procedure vervuvavnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnennnnnnnnnnnnnnevenennnnnnnnnnnneneneueuene 16 Minimum Hardware Requirements rrrnrnrnrvnrnenrnrnnnnnnrnennnnnnnnenenenennnnnnnnnnensnnnunnen 16 Recording EAUIDMENL Le 17 NERE nee rer 17 Main Menu Screen zzu2sssnennnnnn non nn nun nn nn nun nn nun nn nun nn nn nun nn nun nun nn nn nun nennen 22 To get to the Main Menu from your desktop z2z22s s nnnnnnnnnn nn nn nn nn nn nn nun ann nn 22 MOT PNG 23 Kol Kore Professional TOC i Button Descriptions for the Tutoring Screen arrrrnrnnnernrnnnnvnrnnnnrnenennnnrnnnnnnennnnnne 23 GWG hal PN LL 23 Reading Context FicldS ee 25 Play Mode and Display ButtonSS ae anna 27 Keyboard Mouse operations in Kol Kore cccscceeseeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeseaeeeeaesseeesaneeeanees 33 ST nee seen oat 34 ROCONI RIONI aeure araar aSr E EEEO 35 Kol Kore The TEAMET S Aid us ann nn 36 The Teacher to Student Route ccccscsesesssusesseseceaeeeseeceueuraraesecueueavereuseseensans 37 Recording Studio Screen ccccccvessecsecueeuscueauersesseuueeneeueauersenseareeneseearas 38 NETT 39 Rei NN Je 39 Recording Studio Window rrarnnvernrnnnennnnnnennenevevnrnnnnrnennnnrnnnnnnnnennnnnnennnnnnennnnnne 39 Ted CONE OI PN 43 a NE PE 44 MINE Jr 5 Recording Mode anne 58 Red Taring EEE a A
20. esktop to open the program or press Start gt Programs gt Kol Koren gt Kol Kore 5 2 AKol Kore splash screen is displayed with Kol Kore contact information and credits Click your mouse or press Enter or the spacebar to continue to the Main Menu screen displayed below MUP 937 NIR TIP Nip p i nn aud Rabbi Efraim Gerber Israeli Section _ Subjec E INNSIDH N PSTN AWM MEN p gt na men may nie nis my Agen PPT gt ite ovn wo ay randy 58728 OW Din NYY sin hy ANI MPN M n 279 ny2V WN ng 189 Dy geng mad Minn ot NIA TAN 9 yas prt Sash pita yyin ei DTE many ng ng min nibo PP DY PAN 58 oe ny won TY me nen AMINA 2 Page 22 Kol Kore Professional Tutoring Screen The Tutoring screen is where you study your Torah Haftara text Blessing and or trop reading Apart from choosing the text that you are to practice you may also choose your teacher and Torah reading version and the range of the text you are about to study Two menu bars located above and below the text include text reading and listening controls that will enhance your studying Button Descriptions for the Tutoring Screen In order to press the buttons drag your mouse to any icon so that the pointer is located on the button Left click your mouse to activate the button General Buttons Language The user may choose the Language to be used by the program to display the field names and Help screens 1 Click the Language button
21. for three trial sessions only After that the program converts to partial demonstration mode allowing the user only limited access to the program and its features For unlimited use you must contact Kol Kore to purchase a license number We hope that you will enjoy using the program and wish you success as you learn to read Torah and Haftara with ease Visit our web site at www kolkore com periodically for the most current program updates and new versions Israel and Udi Koren Contact Information Kol Koren LTD 8 King David Street Bnei Brak 51445 ISRAEL Call Toll Free in Israel only 1 800 282 800 All other countries Tel 972 3 570 0840 Email info1 kolkore com Kol Kore Professional Page 1 Glossary Aliya pl Aliyot A set of verses not necessarily in consecutive order read in one instance An Aliya can have a generic name like Cohen Levy Shlishi Maftir Haftara Parsha Weekly Portion read in the Synagogue The weekly portion is based on the week of the year as well as any other surrounding holidays such as Sukkot Passover Shavuot the High Holidays and Rosh Chodesh the new lunar month Phrase or Huliya The smallest unit of a verse This is a word or group of words separated by the weakest unit of the trop verse dividers Page 2 Kol Kore Professional Introduction Kol Kore is an interactive multimedia program designed to make learning to read Torah and Haftara fun and easy as well as prec
22. g your Torah Portion easier as well as more enjoyable Reading Fluency and Accuracy The Kol Kore program includes the Torah Blessings the many different Haftarot and the Bible Much emphasis has been placed on an exact reading rendition according to the various Halachic traditions Ashkenazi or Sephard The readings were recorded by expert Torah readers who have been teaching Bar Bat Mitzvah students for many years Torah Font Selection The Torah text is presented on screen in one of many different text fonts The Kol Kore program allows the user to choose the font in which to display the Torah text Torah St am fonts Ashkenaz or Sephard or plain Hebrew fonts in different sizes The font selection enables the user to take advantage of the display screen enlarging or diminishing the view as needed Trop and Vowels Highlighted in Different Colors Most books used for practicing Torah reading are printed in Black ink on white paper Kol Kore takes advantage of the computer s capabilities allowing the user to view the text in one color the punctuation in other and the cantillation marks and accents in yet another color by accessing the User Preferences Text Highlighted as Chazan Reads Kol Kore displays the text and highlights each word as the recorded Chazan reader recites the portion being studied Each section can be reviewed and replayed as often as desired User Controls Pace Listen to a Word or a Complete Aliya The Kol Kore
23. ise Kol Kore includes the complete cantillation of all five books of the Torah along with the required Haftarot recorded by expert Torah readers Both the Ashkenaz and the Jerusalem Sefardi versions for Torah and Haftara reading are available The Torah scroll is written by a scribe in the graphic form of letters prescribed by our sages No vowels or notes appear in the Torah These were added in much later times The pronunciation of the words and their melody have been passed from generation to generation via a tradition that began with Moses when he received the Torah on Mount Sinai Torah L Moshe m Sinai The Torah reader must be careful to read the text meticulously strictly adhering to the correct pronunciation of the words and the reading cantillation marks notes such that the reader will not distort the meaning of the words nor their place in the verse The methods of teaching Torah reading are as varied as the number of teachers who prepare Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah students The Kol Kore method is a combination of several highly successful teaching models which takes advantage of the computer s ability to repeat small reading units quickly and easily Kol Kore highlights the text as it is studied ensuring the student s adherence to syntax and punctuation This helps the student to master the reading in accordance with accepted interpretation Kol Kore simplifies the learning process and enables the students to customize the le
24. lighted After the student has become proficient in identifying the Trop marks and recognizing their tune it is recommended that the student try to read a passage without the Baal Kri ah With each section learned the student should listen and then review the Baal Kri ah s reading This procedure should ensure correct and meticulous reading of the Torah Haftara portion Kol Kore Professional Page 15 Installation Procedure Minimum Hardware Requirements PC with Microsoft Windows Operating System Win98 ME NT 2000 or XP Pentium 4 Processor with added memory 256MB minimum Enough Free Disk Space to contain the recording 60MB of free space is needed for a regular installation includes the Kol Kore program and one Torah Portion Student s Version XGA Color Screen The program runs very fine detailed graphics The figures require a minimum resolution of 768 x1024 CD Rom Driver 80 MB of free Hard Disk space Internet Connection optional A High Speed Internet connection is required to enable downloading files from Kol Kore as well as for the teacher to upload the recorded files to the Kol Kore database Installing Kol Kore Installing the Kol Kore program on your computer is a simple download and install process initiated by a weblink sent to your email account Alternatively you may install Kol Kore from a CD using its own Install wizard Download Kol Kore Updater File 1 Click on the weblink contained in
25. ne after the other the first mark is the stronger one Kol Kore Professional Page 7 The Disjunctive marks are divided into four major groups Emperors Sof Pasuk and Etnacta Ashkenazi only Atnach Sephardi only Emperors Keisarim have the strongest separating authority The emperors control the full verse or its half point Their power of separation is equivalent to a full stop or period Kings Kings Melachim have the next level of separating power Kings divide the emperor units into smaller units Their power of separation is equivalent to a comma Viceroys Viceroys Mishnim assist the Kings The viceroys divide the king s units into smaller units Their power of separation is very small similar to a short pause Adjutants Adjutants Shalishim assist the viceroys Their power of separation is the weakest and serves to provide voice pauses while reading the Torah The Disjunctive Cantillation Mark Names are presented in the following table for convenience Disjunctive Cantillation Mark Names Major Group MajorGroup Ashkenazi Sephardi Sephardi Break GEL ME Emperors Keisarim Sof Pasuk Sof Pasuk Major Shalshelet Shalshelet Zakef Katan Zakef Katan Zakef Gadol Zakef Gadol Page 8 Kol Kore Professional Disjunctive Cantillation Mark Names bisjuneve Gantllation Mark Names Wor Group Ashkenazi Sephardi Break Type Adjutants Shalishim Pazer Gadol Minor Gershayim S ne S n
26. nslation with Reading Thank you for selecting Kol Kore as your Torah chanting tutor Page 36 Kol Kore Professional
27. nstalls your updates IE Kol Kore is running please close it before proceeding Progress bar Statistic 7 193 41 of 10 525 53 Kb proceed speed 76 02 Eb sec elapsed 1 58 min remains 0 73 min Downloading file DemoData_SBSM zip Customer Number 00000 0000 O OO000 a Force Download Stop Show Operation log gt gt License Kol Kore 1 Check your desktop for the Kol Kore icon 2 Double click the Kol Kore icon located on your desktop to run the Kol Kore 5 program Licensing Note This program is the property of Kol Koren Ltd and is granted for use by registered customers according to the End User License Agreement EULA In order to copy protect the software the user must obtain an activation key from Kol Koren Ltd As part of the activation the user must declare that he she read the EULA understood it and accepts all the terms If one does not accept the terms of the EULA the software must be returned to Kol Kore and no further use of the program is permitted Page 18 Kol Kore Professional 3 Kol Kore operates in demo mode until it is properly licensed Upon first running the program Kol Kore displays the licensing page If not do one of the following to display the Licensing page e Click the License Key button e or Press F10 from your keyboard from anywhere within the program Program licensing Switch from Demo mode to full operation This software and CD are the property of Kol K
28. ore and are allowed for use under the End User license agreement only It is absolutely forbidden to duplicate this CD or any part of it or use it for any other commercial usage You can read the license agreement in the file License doc or License txt on the CD If you do not accept the terms you must immediately stop any use of this software and CD et With KO K old OL i aqgqaress I fl i A hat will enat 1 You can also upgrade or purchase a new license at the above address We accept major credit cards Your License is limited to one computer only Mastercard You can not transfer your Site Key to any other computer Cancel E Automatic Licensing The Licensing page includes instructions on registering Choose either one of the licensing options in order to register and obtain the Activation Key required for running the program e The Automatic Licensing option via the Internet is the most convenient way to register The Activation Key is automatically registered with the program allowing you immediate access to the Kol Kore program e The Manual Licensing option allows you to register manually Press Manual License to display your Site Code which identifies your computer to Kol Kore and Customer Number Your Customer number can be found in the first page of the User Guide or you may have obtained one already via the Internet from Kol Kore Kol Kore Professional Page 19 Send your Customer Numb
29. s field 6 Press OK to activate 7 A Success message box indicates that you have successfully completed Licensing and Registration for your new Kol Kore product Kol Kore is now installed and ready to be used on your home computer You may now run Kol Kore from your desktop In the future download any files stored for you in the online Kol Kore database simply by running the Kol Kore Updater file double click the Kol Kore Updater icon Page 20 Kol Kore Professional Run Kol Kore 1 Double click the Kol Kore icon on your desktop to open the program or press Start gt Programs gt Kol Koren gt Kol Kore 5 A Kol Kore splash screen is displayed with Kol Kore contact information and credits Press Enter or the spacebar to continue to the Main Menu screen to display the reading portion Study your Torah Portion or Blessings at your convenience Many different screen and text options are available to aid in your learning process Kol Kore Professional Page 21 Main Menu Screen The Main Menu Screen allows the user to choose the Torah or Haftara portion Blessings or trop reading to be seen on the Tutoring screen An option to customize the background colors and fonts is also available from this screen Kol Kore automatically saves your chosen selections thus eliminating the need to reenter these choices each time the program is used To get to the Main Menu from your desktop m 1 Double click the Kol Kore icon ae on your d
30. sson to suit their needs Kol Kore Professional Page 3 It is important to note that during the development of Kol Kore much care was taken to assure exactness of vocalization and cantillation Kol Kore students can be confident that they are preparing their Torah Haftara reading from an expert source based on the following sources e Rabbi Mordechai Breuer Taamei Hamikra e Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Halevi Weinfeld Taamei Hamikra Rabbi Nissan Sharoni Em Limikra Rabbi Saraya Diblitsky appendix to Rabbi Menahem Davidowitz s Tikkun Sofrim The text screen paging is based on Rabbi Davidowitz s Tikkun Sofrim Our goal is to increase and enhance the knowledge of Torah reading and Torah learning to the community This software was created to enable the student of Torah reading to follow the Halakhic requirements for Torah reading The Kol Kore method for both Torah and Haftara reading is systematic and user friendly Page 4 Kol Kore Professional Torah Reading Theory The Order of Torah Reading Moses instituted the reading of the Torah in public worship on the Shabbath and on two weekdays Monday and Thursday to ensure that there would not be three consecutive days without Torah reading In addition to these weekly readings there are special Torah readings for holidays and fast days and Rosh Chodesh the new month Jewish law requires reciting a blessing before the public reading of the Torah The reading of the Torah is
31. the Baal Kri ah Kol Kore Professional Page 29 The user may also choose a different color for the text screen background A Papyrus background can be chosen when selecting it from the bottom and not from the color palette Click the Default button to return all the colors to their default settings e Click OK to close the window and save your settings Font Size This command allows the user to select the size of the text lettering Choose between small medium and large sized fonts When the small or medium sized font is selected the verses are numbered in the right margin and the name of the Aliya as well as the Kri part of the Kri uKtiv appear in the left margin The verse and aliya numbers are not displayed when the large font is selected lf Kri Uktiv is found in the particular text the Ktiv part appears in its proper place in the reading and the Kri part appears in the left margin unless largest font size is selected Use this button to show and hide the text marks Show and hide by pushing the button to the left of the drop down selection box Regardless of what you ve chosen to show pushing the button to hide will hide all of the text marks so that your screen displays the text as it appears in the Torah scroll Choose to show from any one of the following options e Vowels and Trop Displays all the vowels and Trop marks as well as the Chapter Verse numbers and separators Vowels Displa
32. the play button again or click on the text to resume the text reading from the pause point The button icon switches to a pause button Volume Control This control works in conjunction with the Volume Control of your operating system Kol Kore Professional Page 31 You must first adjust your system s volume control and then use this command to raise or lower the Kol Kore volume The Mute button to the right is a toggle button used to Mute all sound from the Kol Kore system The button is changed to indicating that the Kol Kore program has been muted Press again to hear sound Tip Use the Mute button to study reading the text as it is highlighted without the Baal Kri ah s reading e Repeat Use this button to continuously repeat the selected text Range Recording Studio Click on this icon to switch to the recording studio The recording studio screen shows a graphic image of the sound wave of the recorded text This is used by the teacher to fine tune the recording as needed This option is only available for the Teacher s Professional version Page 32 Kol Kore Professional Keyboard Mouse operations in Kol Kore In the Tutoring screen clicking anywhere in the text using either the right or left mouse buttons causes the Torah reader to begin reading from that point on Clicking on both the right and left buttons simultaneously or clicking either Shift right or Shift left mouse button causes
33. uding our programmers Baalei Kri ah Torah readers text editors program designers and our advisors SM USL KONON een CEO Udi Koren v ececsearersessenseneens Research and Development Director Israel Koren arnrnnrnrnnvnrnnnn Marketing and Development Director Yuval Perlov rrrrrrrrarnrnnvenn Software Planning and Development Milka Klein rrararnrrnrnevnrnrn Software Planning and Development TARON EEE Software Development Yuri Khomenko resravvrnnanversennnnnnrsrnsanvnnee Software Development Cantor David Melamed Ha Cohen Cantor Sepharad Jerusalem Rabbi Efraim Gerber arnannrnrnnrnrnnvnrnnnnnnnnsnne Cantor Ashkenaz Cantor Moshe BitONn scsssseseeeseeeeeens Cantor Moroccan Style Tzvi Austerbach ararnnnarnnnn Proof Reading Recorded Torah text Mordechai Gerber Proof Reading Recorded Torah text Uri ASHENU nennen Planning and Graphical Design Ran O EE Graphical Design Shay SELG EE usod sateatasnesunancteiavieess Illustrations Shmuel Guttman EEE Fonts Mia Gordon Trop Tunes Ashkenaz and Yerusalmi Versions Danie FINN Trop Tunes Moroccan Dov Koren aan Music and Voice Processing Chagit KOREN needed Voice Processing David Mandel rrararnrnernanavnrnsnn English Translation of the Bible Shlomo Goldstein 2z 2u22220222 2000 Editing of English Translation Yael Weismann Synchronizing English Translation with Reading Reut Klein Synchronizing Onkelos Tra
34. user controls the pace of his her study learning a word a sentence or a whole Aliya at a time When an entire Aliya is read at once the program automatically scrolls the text so that the text being read is constantly shown on the screen Sounding Torah Text Trop Names or Melody While the text is highlighted the student can choose between hearing the words recited or listening to the trop names being read or listening to the trop melody played by flute Kol Kore Professional Page 11 K rei U ktiv The traditional Torah reader must read the Parsha or Haftorah from the Torah scroll regardless of whether he knows the text by heart or not Many instances in the Torah and the Prophets Nevi em the Jewish tradition indicates a different reading than what is actually printed These special words are called K rei U ktiv and must be read by heart The Kol Kore program differentiates these words by coloring them The user can control which color is used Page 12 Kol Kore Professional Special Marks Sheva Na and Kamatz Katan Sometimes words that contain sheva are punctuated the same yet have different meanings The difference lies in the difference between the sheva na and shevanach punctuation marks In differentiating between shva nach and sheva na for the convenience of beginner learners the sheva na appears as large sized dots while the shevanach are sized normally For Example The word Va YirOOH from the following t
35. wo texts looks and sounds identical without the punctuation marks However when the punctuation marks are added the Va Yi reh OOH from Bereshith 43 18 D RS INT and means they were frightened Includes a sheva na While Va YirOOH from Bereshith 37 4 includes a sheva nach and means they have seen Kamatz katan and Kamatz ragil Similarly Kol Kore differentiates between kamatz katan and kamatz ragil by placing a longer vertical line at the bottom of the kamatz katan sign with the kamatz ragil sized normally For Example The word ve Chol from the VaEthchanan Haftara Yeshayahu 40 6 SSi meaning all is punctuated with a kamatz katan while further on in the same Haftara Yeshayahu 40 12 the word ve Chal hint b gt ragil and means weighed or measured includes a kamatz No differentiation in marking is made between the kamatz chatuf and the kamatz katan since they are both pronounced the same as a cholam Kol Kore Professional Page 13 To Begin Learning From the Simple to the Complex Torah and Haftara reading becomes much quicker and easier to learn by using computer technology To encourage our new readers as well as to provide positive reinforcement and a sense of success Kol Kore recommends that the student begin studying with a short passage learning one verse at a time until the entire Aliya is learnt The beginner reader is encouraged to first listen to the
36. ys only the punctuation marks Hebrew vowels as well as the Chapter Verse numbers and separators e Trop Marks Displays only the Trop marks as well as the Chapter Verse numbers and separators Emphasis Displays the Chapter Verse numbers the separators between the verses Colon and the Dagesh dots and Dash Page 30 Kol Kore Professional Translation Use this button to open a translation window below the selected text While the Hebrew text is highlighted and read in the upper screen the window below displays the same highlighted text in the translated language The name of the Chumash and the verse numbers are also displayed as a title to the translation window Use the button to show hide the translation Choose the translating language from the drop down selection box Kol Kore Control amp Current Version Name KNID 939 RAP IP This button displays the current Version Nusach Baal Keriah s title and name below it Use this toggle button or the spacebar to show hide the Trop and vowel marks in the text Stop Readin Stop the Baal Keri ah in the middle of the reading Tip Use the Stop button to enable the student to pause when needed Restart the reading by clicking on the text ne D Play Pause Readin Temporarily stops the text reading at any desired point in the text When this button is pressed the reading stops and automatically switches to a Play button Press
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