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Fully pointed Hebrew is much more difficult to typeset than English,
both because of the number of diactric marks (vowels, etc.) and
requirements of their placement. For the same reasons, Hebrew is
difficult to enter into a computer, even with well-designed software.
From the beginnings of Reform Judaism, printed prayer books have
determined the content of Reform worship. In the 1960's, certain
groups (at first NFTY, then others) begin using locally-written
English, but, for technical reasons, continued to use CCAR Hebrew;
those services, however, using local text, did not look as sharp as
well-printed prayerbooks.
Also, while these services often had much to offer, there was little
in the way of quality control.
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