[Avodah] Tefillas Mincha Voluntary?

[Liron Kopinsky]

>
> But the arguable nature of semichas ge'ulah letefillah in maariv may
> explain why the Gra's position of omitting extra tefillos is not minhag
> Yisrael.
>

I heard R' Yonasan Sacks (of YU) speak in LA a few months ago and he said
that he thinks we have a Kaddish before Maariv Shmone Esrei davka to be a
hefsek to show that we hold Maariv is "reshus" (whatever that means) and
therefore not required to be connected to Geula.
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