Dear Rabbi Lamm, I have been attending services at the Jewish Center on an irregular basis for many years, however your sermon on the first day of Passover is the first to stimulate me to comment. I would like to comment at the start that I definitely agree with your theme. There is no questions in my mind that prayer to most people today is little more than recitation of what is given to them in the prayer book, and sincere expression of emotion and devotion seem to be lacking. But I think that the powers that supervise the service but accept a large amount of responsibility for this situation. I will cite one example to illustrate my point on this has been bothering me for quite a long time.