<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">But the arguable nature of semichas ge'ulah letefillah in maariv may<br>
explain why the Gra's position of omitting extra tefillos is not minhag<br>
Yisrael.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
</div>