Responsa for Taanit 8:11

א"ל אביי בשלמא תחילתו מזכיר הזכרה נמי ריצוי שאלה היא אלא סופו מאי ריצוי שאלה איכא אלא מחוורתא כדעולא

so too at its end he makes mention although he no longer has to pray.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Having ceased to pray on the preceding day in the afternoon service, v. Rashi.');">⁸</span> Abaye replied: I can understand that one should make mention at the beginning, seeing that making mention is a form of propitiation [prefatory to prayer] but as for the end, what place is there for such propitiation?

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