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"for you are…" in the blessings of sh'mone esre
The weekday amida has thirteen request benedictions in the middle, according to the usual count. Some of these end, after their respective requests, with "כי אתה…", "for you are…". Here's the rundown, according to all currently-in-use Ashkenazic and Sephardic prayer books I've seen:
- knowledge — no "for you…" at the end
- return — no "for you…" at the end
- forgiveness — yes "for you…" at the end
- saving — yes "for you…" at the end
- healing — yes "for you…" at the end
- years — some versions have "for you…" at the end; others do not
- ingathering — no "for you…" at the end
- judgement — no "for you…" at the end
- wrongdoers — no "for you…" at the end
- rightdoers — no "for you…" at the end
- Jerusalem — no "for you…" at the end
- David — no "for you…" at the end
- prayer — This one is interesting. It has requests, "for you…", more requests, and another "for you…".
Why do the benedictions that have "for you are…" have it; those that don't, not; and, especially, that last one have it twice?
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