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In Rabbi Buchwald's own words:

"What’s the effectiveness of the Beginners Service? Why is the Beginner Service so effective that we had literal statistics at Lincoln Square

Synagogue that if a person goes eight times in a row—that’s all you need, two

months—if people go eight times in a row, two out of three of them will become…

More inspiration from Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald:

“We have to conduct ourselves like a business, to be organized, efficient and focused on reaching our market. But we

must always remember that outreach is not about business, it's about neshamos,

souls. The Gemara in Sanhedrin 37a

teaches us…

To pick up where we left off in our last post, Rabbi Buchwald continues:

“How can one impact a large number of people to change their stereotypical attitude towards Orthodoxy? We had tremendous siyata

diShmaya. Natalie Gittleson wrote an

article, which ended up appearing in the Sunday Times…

Don’t expect immediate success. Kiruv takes time. Often, you invest money, resources

and people power for months and your programs are just hanging in there. Growth seems elusive. Don’t give up! If you follow the advice in

this blog, given time and consistent effort, you will be successful.

Here’s more…

Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald is one of the most successful mekarvim in modern times. He invented the Beginner’s Service and the idea of Crash Courses in Hebrew Reading, Jewish History, etc, while

at Lincoln Square Synagogue in New

York. He has

real data that if someone attended his Shabbos Morning Beginner’s Service eight

times in a row, two out of three people ultimately became shomer mitzvos. You…