Towards Better Davening and Torah Reading

D'VEIKIM
Let's have another look at this topic. There are a few different categories of D'VEIKIM. First type: two words that stick together because the first ends with the same letter the second one begins with. B'CHOL L'VAV- CHEM. Easy to swallow the second LAMED and merge the two words into B'CHOL'VAVCHEM. VAAVADTEM M'HEI- RA. The MEMs will fuse and combine the two words if we are not careful to pause slightly between words. These are SH'MA examples, but this type of D'VEI- KIM is found everywhere. YITGADAL V'YITKADASH SH'MEH RABA. The SHINs will fuse if you are not careful. A little pause will do it. M'SAMEI'ACH CHATAN V'CHALA. Second part of ALEINU - AL KEIN N'KAVEH. In Ashrei - ZECHER RAV and many, many more. Easily solved by remembering to pause (and go slower).