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This is a collection of seder teḥinot -- arrangements of vernacular supplicatory and paraliturgical prayers intended for private devotional use outside and supplementary to prayers offered publicly in the synagogue.
ברכה ותהלהBlessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923) is a collection of fifty teḥinot and devotional readings in vernacular English. The work was compiled by a committee chaired by Rabbi Solomon Freehof, along with Rabbi Israel Bettan, Rabbi Abraham Cronbach, Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, and Rabbi Abram Simon.