After Neilah, must one pray Maariv as a separate prayer, or does Neilah exempt it?

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Synopsis

Some hold Neilah exempts Maariv. The Shulchan Aruch rules that Maariv is prayed as a separate prayer; the Havdalah is said within the Amidah ('Chonen HaDa'at'). The Rif's view that we accepted Maariv as obligatory is followed.

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