[Avodah] le Dovod

[Zev Sero]

Eli Turkel wrote:

> Interestingly RYBS says that the difference between the customs of 
> saying le-Dovid after minchah or maariv revolves exactly about this 
> question. Is it an extra saying of tehillim which is not appropriate at 
> night or is it part of the tefillah which can include pirkei tehillim

Or is the difference that in Ashkenaz they often davened Maariv before
dark?  In any event, I assume that it originally started as amirat
tehillim, and only later became part of seder hatefillah.


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