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When I was an educator in a Jewish Day School in Toronto, Canada, I was given the task of leading the Tefilla for grades 6, 7 & 8. My supervisor made it very clear that the Tefilla was not nearly at the standard they desired. I realized that the system was not working. We were trying to enforce the classic Synagogue system of Tefilla for students that clearly were unengaged and uninspired. I incorporated my Tefilla system of shortening the Tefilla by half and saying the entire Tefilla Out Loud, and in a few weeks the level of Tefilla had improved significantly. Most importantly, I managed to change the entire culture of Tefilla, making it important again! This experience gave me the incentive and platform to design The Tefilla Project.