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From: rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu (Russell Hendel)
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 20:19:50 -0500
Subject: Shemoneh Esray on Motza'ay Yom Kippur

I would just like to add a "lamdasheh (analytical)" answer to why we
pray for fogiveness in the Maariv after Yom Kippur if we have already
been forgiven on Yom Kippur itself. There seems to have been a flurry of
discussions on this in Vol 25, #10-#15.

Well, Chapter 1 of Rambam's Prayer gives TWO reasons or sources for
the Shmoneh Esray
	A SUMMARY of basic needs that people have to pray for
	A CORRESPONDENCE to the sacrifices.

Before proceeding let me just mention a beautiful essay by Rabbi Hirsch
(reprinted in Vol 3 of Rabbi Hirsch's collected writings) in which Rabbi
Hirsch shows that EACH PART of the daily sacrifice corresponds to EACH
BLESSING in the Shmoneh Esray (e.g. the first part of the animal brought
up to the altar was the HEAD, and the first blessing in the Shmoneh
Esray is the prayer for UNDERSTANDING (an obvious correspondence)).

We now have an easy answer to the "why we say Shmoneh Esray after Yom
Kippur"

If we use the "SUMMARY of basic needs" reasons for Shmoneh Esray then we
do NOT have to say FORGIVENESS since we don't need it at that time.

But if we use the "CORRESPONDENCE to sacrifices" approach for Shmoneh
Esray then we DO have to say FORGIVENESS since the WHOLE animal was
offered and the organ corresponding to forgiveness was also offered.

I thought this little lamdasheh approach would complement nicely some of
the other answers to this perplexing problem.

Russell Jay Hendel, Ph.d, ASA, rhendel @ mcs drexel edu