Chanukah
Ve’al Hanissim
The following laws apply if you forgot to say Ve’al Hanissim when davening:
- If you remembered before saying Hashem’s name at the end of the berachah, go back and say Ve’al Hanissim.
- If you remembered after saying Hashem’s name, do not go back.
The following laws apply if you forgot to say Ve’al Hanissim when bentching:
- If you remembered before saying Hashem’s name at the end of the berachah, go back and say Ve’al Hanissim.
- If you remembered after saying Hashem’s name, when reaching Harachaman hu yizakeinu, add: הרחמן הוא יעשה לנו נסים כמו שעשה לאבותינו בימים ההם בזמן הזה, בימי מתתיהו וכו’, and then continue with Harachaman hu yizakeinu.
- If you remembered after finishing bentching, do not go back.
Hallel
When saying the berachah at the end of Hallel, the word al is omitted.
Repeat the possuk of Hodu after each of the three pessukim of Yomar na (even when saying Hallel without a minyan).
With regard to interrupting for devarim shebikdushah, Hallel shares the laws of birchos krias shema. (To elaborate: With Kaddish, you may interrupt for Yehei Shmei Rabba and the amen of da’amiran be’alma. With Kedushah, you may interrupt for Kadosh, Boruch, and Yimloch. With Modim, you may say the words Modim anachnu lach. You may interrupt for Borchu and for the amen of Hakel hakadosh, Shomei’a tefillah and birchos hatorah.)
Hosafos
Rosh Chodesh Teves
Yaaleh Viyavo When Davening
- If you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo during Maariv and remembered after saying Hashem’s name at the end of the berachah, do not go back to repeat it.
- If you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo during Shacharis or Minchah and remembered after saying Hashem’s name at the end of the berachah, finish the berachah and say it before Modim. If you already began saying Modim, go back to Retzei.
- If you already said the second Yihiyu leratzon at the end of Shemoneh Esrei, go back to the beginning of Shemoneh Esrei.
- If you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo during Shacharis and only remembered after davening Musaf, do not repeat the Shemoneh Esrei of Shacharis.
- If you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo during Minchah on Shabbos and only remembered at night, daven Maariv (including Yaaleh Viyavo) twice, once for Maariv and the second time to make up for Minchah. Say Atah Chonantanu during the first Shemoneh Esrei, but not during the second.
- If you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo during Minchah on Sunday and only remembered at night, daven Maariv twice, once for Maariv and the second time as a voluntary tefillah. However, since it is no longer Rosh Chodesh, do not say Yaaleh Viyavo during either Shemoneh Esrei.
All the above also applies if you are unsure whether you have said Yaaleh Viyavo.
Bentching
The one leading the bentching raises his voice when saying the words zachreinu Hashem Elokeinu bo letovah, u’fakdeinu vo levrachah, vehoshi’einu vo lechaim tovim, and those listening answer amen after each phrase. However, if they are in the middle of bentching as well, they may only answer if they are between berachos.
On Shabbos, if you remembered Retzei but forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo and remembered before starting the berachah of Hatov Vehameitiv, say the added paragraph for Rosh Chodesh printed in the bentcher or siddur. If you remembered after starting that berachah, do not go back.
If you forgot to say both Retzei and Yaaleh Viyavo and remembered before starting the berachah of Hatov Vehameitiv, say the added paragraph that combines Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh printed in the bentcher or siddur. If you remembered after starting that berachah (even if you just said the word “Boruch”), go back to the beginning of bentching.
When repeating bentching due to forgetting Retzei, say Yaaleh Viyavo as well, even if you said it the first time. However, you do not need to repeat Ve’al Hanissim if you said it the first time.
On Motzoei Shabbos or Sunday, if you forgot to say Yaaleh Viyavo and remembered after saying Hashem’s name at the end of the berachah but before starting the berachah of Hatov Vehameitiv, say the added paragraph for Rosh Chodesh printed in the bentcher or siddur. If you remembered after starting that berachah, do not go back.
Atah Yatzarta
If you said Tikanta Shabbos instead of Atah Yatzarta and have not yet finished Shemoneh Esrei, go back to Atah Yatzarta. If you have already finished Shemoneh Esrei, repeat Shemoneh Esrei and say Atah Yatzarta.
