6.The Shemoneh Esreh which a person recites as compensation must be recited according to the text of the Shemoneh Esreh which he is reciting to fulfill his present obligation. For example, a person who did not recite the afternoon service on Friday should recite the Sabbath evening Shemoneh Esreh twice. Even though he desires to compensate for a weekly service, he recites the Sabbath prayers. If he recited the weekday Shemoneh Esreh, he must pray again. *

* {This decision follows the Shulchon Oruch HoRav 108:14. However, the Mishnoh Beruroh 108:25 considers one free from any further obligations.}

Similarly, if, on the day before Rosh Chodesh, a person failed to recite the afternoon service, he must recite the Shemoneh Esreh twice in the evening service, reciting the prayer Ya'aleh v'yovo both times.

Similarly, a person who failed to recite the evening service on Rosh Chodesh must recite the Shemoneh Esreh twice in the morning service. Should he forget Ya'aleh v'yovo in either of those prayers, he must repeat the Shemoneh Esreh again. (Even though the latter prayer is in compensation for the evening service, [where the omission of Ya'aleh V'yovo would not require one to repeat the Shemoneh Esreh,] at present it is day [when one is required to pray again because of such an omission].)*

* {In this instance, as well, the Mishnoh Beruroh allows for leniency and does not require the require the repetition of the Shemoneh Esreh.}

If a person omitted the afternoon prayers on the Sabbath, he should recite the Shemoneh Esreh twice during the evening service. Nevertheless, there is a difference with regard to the addition of Attoh chonantonu [which differentiates between the Sabbath and the week]. In the first Shemoneh Esreh, one recites Attoh chonantonu, but not in the second.

The reason for this difference is that Attoh chonantonu is considered like the Havdoloh prayer, and one should not recite Havdoloh twice in one's prayer.s

The converse is also true. A person who failed to recite the evening service on Saturday night must recite the morning service twice on Sunday. He should recite Attoh chonantonu in the second Shemoneh Esreh, the one coming as compensation in the evening service, because it has been ordained that one recite Havdoloh in this prayer.*

* {In contrast to the Shulchon Oruch HoRav 294:2, the Mishnoh Berurob 108:33 does not require one to mention Attoh chonantonu in one's prayers if one has already recited Havdoloh. Rav Chaim Soloveitchik explains that even though the second prayer is compensation for the evening service, one should say Attoh chonantonu in the first Shemoneh Esreh, since the obligation is to recite this prayer in the first Shemoneh Esreh one prays after the passage of the Sabbath.}

7. A person who erred and failed to recite Ya'aleh v'yovo in the afternoon service of Rosh Chodesh, when the following day is not Rosh Chodesh, should not recite the Shemoneh Esreh twice in the evening service, for he will gain nothing by this recitation. In this service, he can no longer recite Ya'aleh v'yovo, and he has already recited the Shemoneh Esreh without Ya'aleh v'yovo.*

* {The Mishnoh Beruroh (108:18) suggests reciting a second Shemoneh Esreh as described before)

8. The time for the musaf service is the entire day, until evening. Accordingly, the evening service would be considered the service following it [in which compensation for musaf could be made if it had been omitted]. Nevertheless, the law is that no comensation may be made for the musaf service at night. The musaf prayers were instituted directly in place of the musaf offerings, as [Hoshea 14:3 declares:] "May [the prayer of] our lips take the place of bulls." Hence, if its time has passed, its sacrifice is no longer acceptable.

9. A chazon who was required to recite the Shemoneh Esreh twice in either the morning or afternoon services, [the latter prayer being compensation for a prayer not recited,] fulfills his obligation when he recites the Shemoneh Esreh out loud.

10. At present, the rule is that a person who is unsure of whether or not he recited the Shemoneh Esreh should not recite his prayers again ([for, at present, additional] prayers are not recited as "gifts").*

* {The Shulchon Oruch HoRav 107:1 and the Mishnoh Beruroh 107:2 do not accept this decision.}

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