If one completed a blessing in Shemoneh Esreh without the required insertion (Havdalah or similar), can one still go back to add it, or is one too late?
Synopsis
Once one has completed a blessing (said the Divine Name in the concluding formula), one may not go back — even if one has not yet begun the next blessing.
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