[Avodah] Davening without a minyan

[Akiva Miller]

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I was listening to a shiur from Rav Shmuel Fuerst of Chicago. You can get
the shiur at https://torahanytime.com/lectures/307384

At approximately 42:51 in the audio version, or 42:43 in the video, he says
(referring to the 3rd bracha after Krias Shema in Maariv in Chu"l), "If you
daven b'yechidus you never say Baruch Hashem L'Olam."

Has anyone else ever heard that? Is it written anywhere? It certainly makes
sense if the *only* reason for that bracha is to delay the davening for the
latecomers. But I recall other reasons for that bracha, according to which
it should be said even b'yechidus. If anyone knows of published sources,
please share.

On a related point, does anyone know of a good article or sefer that
focuses on the changes when someone is davening without a minyan? I
remember seeing something during COVID which listed those changes. One of
them, for example, was about Hallel on Sukkos without a minyan. I had
always presumed that an individual at home would say the same things as the
chazan says in shul, but that article had some surprising nuances.
Unfortunately, I've been unable to find that article, and so I'm turning to
the chevra for ideas.

Akiva Miller
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