Barukh Adonai Yom Yom
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Modern Jewish congregations face a crisis of meaningful prayer, as mechanization, societal haste, and scientific materialism render traditional devotional practices seemingly obsolete. A three-year experimental implementation at a Conservative congregation demonstrated that daily prayer services can be successfully revitalized through strategic liturgical restructuring. The methodology transformed conventional minyan services into a thirty-minute format incorporating responsive readings, unison recitation in Hebrew and English, and multi-level congregational participation. While maintaining core liturgical elements (barekhu, shema, amidah, alenu), the reformed service eliminated rushed, exclusionary practices typical of conventional daily services. The intervention yielded remarkable results: sustained attendance averaged over twenty participants daily during the first year, with approximately eighty congregants participating at least weekly. These outcomes reveal that daily prayer services can thrive when redesigned with careful attention to aesthetic satisfaction, spiritual meaningfulness, and inclusive participation, while preserving traditional forms and language. The successful rehabilitation of weekday minyan services offers a promising model for restoring prayer as an integral dimension of contemporary Jewish religious life.

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Published 1951
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Elias Charry