[Avodah] KVCT

[Rich, Joel]

Something occurred to me this evening: most people switch from Ketivah
Vechatimah Tovah, or Leshanah Tovah Tikateivu, to Gemar Chatimah Tovah
or for short Gmar Tov, right after Rosh Hashanah.

However, all the tefillot are written in terms of "Ketivah": Zochreinu
Lechaim, Avinu Malkeinu, Besefer Chaim Tovah Uvracha, etc., and use that
verb right up through mincha on Yom Kippur.  Only for Neilah do the
tefillot switch to Chatimah.

So why do the greetings change, when clearly the aggadic message of the
tefillah texts, the theological message, is that the whole period right
through Yom Kippur afternoon is associated with Ketivah?

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        name: jon baker      
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I was taught that we switch to gct because the righteous get written in
first morning R"H so to say kvct to someone is to imply they didn't make
the 1st cut.  But for us to pray, it's best to assume we didn't make it
even if someone might have.  BTW I was also taught we go to gmar tov
between Y"K and Hoshana rabba.

GCT
Joel Rich
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