Hallel
Say the whole Hallel. Hold the lulav when saying Hallel (with your right hand), and when doing the na’anuim, hold the esrog as well (with your left hand), joining them together.
Four sets of na’anuim are done during Hallel. The first set is done when saying the possuk Hodu laHashem (immediately after the paragraph Halelu es Hashem). When saying the word Hodu, do three na’anuim toward the right (in the manner described above). When saying laHashem, do not move the lulav and esrog.
When saying ki, do three na’anuim toward the left; when saying tov, do three na’anuim frontward; when saying ki, do three na’anuim above; when saying le’olam, do three na’anuim below; and when saying chasdo, do three na’anuim behind you.
The second and third sets are done when saying Ana Hashem hoshiah na. When saying the word Ana, do three na’anuim toward the right and then another three toward the left. When saying Hashem, do not move the lulav and esrog. When saying hoshiah, do three na’anuim frontward and another three above, and when saying na, do three na’anuim below and another three behind you. Do the same when saying Ana Hashem for the second time.
The fourth set is done when saying the possuk Hodu laHashem for the first time at the end of Hallel. These na’anuim are done in the same way as when this possuk was said earlier (see above).
If you do not have your own lulav and esrog, try to borrow a set to use for Hallel and Hoshanos.
Hoshanos
Hallel is followed by Hoshanos.
The aron kodesh is opened (remaining open until the end of Hoshanos) and a Sefer Torah is removed. Someone who does not have a lulav and esrog stands next to the bimah holding the Sefer Torah. Alternatively, the Sefer Torah can be held by an avel, as he does not circle the bimah for Hoshanos. If everyone present has a lulav and esrog (and no avel is present), the Sefer Torah is placed on the bimah.
When saying Hoshanos, hold the lulav with your right hand and the esrog with your left hand, joining them together.
The chazzan says the four opening sentences (beginning with Hoshana lemaancha) one at a time, and the congregation repeats each one after him.
Today we say the paragraph Lemaan amitach. Each phrase is preceded by the word hoshana. Beginning with the letter samech or ayin, each phrase is both preceded and followed by the word hoshana.
At that point, the chazzan begins to circle the bimah (counterclockwise), followed by the congregation. The chazzan says each phrase out loud one at a time, and the congregation repeats each one after him.
Make a complete circle around the bimah, concluding it with the letter tov.
Do not say the possuk printed at the end of the paragraph (it is only said on Hoshana Rabba).
Next, say Ani vahu hoshiah na, the paragraph Kehoshata, Ani vahu hoshiah na (a second time), and the paragraph Hoshiah es amecha.
Say the possuk Lemaan daas out loud, as the Sefer Torah is being returned to the aron kodesh.
Hoshanos are followed by Kaddish Shalem, Shir Shel Yom, LeDovid Hashem Ori, and krias hatorah.
