By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com The following are 9 things to know about Maariv from Rav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l. The minhag is to recite, “vehu rachum” before maariv. In some places they they recite shir hamaalos hinei borchu etc, (Shoneh Halachos 236:1). After one recites, “Borchu”, it is considered equivalent to being in the […]