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תנו רבנן: טעה ולא התפלל מנחה בערב שבת — מתפלל בליל שבת שתים. טעה ולא התפלל מנחה בשבת — מתפלל במוצאי שבת שתים של חול. מבדיל בראשונה, ואינו מבדיל בשניה. ואם הבדיל בשניה ולא הבדיל בראשונה — שניה עלתה לו, ראשונה לא עלתה לו.
On a similar note, A baraita states: One who erred and did not recite the afternoon prayer on Friday, prays in the evening prayer two Amida prayers on Shabbat evening. One who erred and did not recite the afternoon prayer on Shabbat, recites two weekday Amida prayers in the evening prayer at the conclusion of Shabbat. He recites havdala [the prayer of distinction] between the sanctity of Shabbat and the profanity of the week by reciting: You have graced us, etc., in the 4th blessing of the Amida, which is: Who graciously grants knowledge, in the first prayer, as it is the actual evening prayer, but he does not recite havdala in the second prayer, which is in place of the afternoon prayer. Moreover, if he recited havdala in the second prayer and did not recite havdala in the first, the second prayer fulfilled his obligation, the first one did not fulfill his obligation.
The Talmud comments: Is that to say that since he did not recite havdala in the first prayer, he is as one who did not pray and we require him to return to the beginning of the prayer and repeat it? If so, the conclusion is that one who fails to recite havdala in the prayer must repeat that prayer.
ורמינהו: טעה ולא הזכיר גבורות גשמים בתחיית המתים ושאלה בברכת השנים — מחזירין אותו. הבדלה ב״חונן הדעת״ אין מחזירין אותו, מפני שיכול לאומרה על הכוס! קשיא.
The Talmud raises a contradiction to the above conclusion from the Tosefta: One who erred and did not mention the might of the rains: He makes the wind blow and rain fall in the second blessing of the Amida, the blessing on the revival of the dead, and one who erred and failed to recite the request for rain in the 9th blessing of the Amida, the blessing of the years, we require him to return to the beginning of the prayer and repeat it. However, one who erred and failed to recite havdala in the blessing: Who graciously grants knowledge, we do not require him to return to the beginning of the prayer and repeat it, as he can recite havdala over the cup of wine, independent of his prayer. This contradiction was not resolved and remains difficult.