Siddur
It knows what
day it is.
Ya'aleh V'Yavo, Al HaNisim, Tachanun, Hallel and the rain insertions — worked out for today, in your nusach, before you get to them.
Your nusach
Your place
Today
Saturday · Rosh Hashana 5787 · 1st of Tishrei, 5787
Ya'aleh V'Yavo
יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹאAmidah — in Retzei · and in Birkas HaMazon
Rosh Hashana 5787
If you finished the bracha and remembered before finishing the Amidah, go back to Retzei.
Neither — omit both
—Amidah — second bracha
Summer — from Musaf of the first day of Pesach until Shmini Atzeres
Communities differ
Nusach Ashkenaz says nothing in the summer. Sefard, Ari and Edot HaMizrach say Morid HaTal.
V'sen Bracha
וְתֵן בְּרָכָהAmidah — Barech Aleinu (Ashkenaz) / Barcheinu (Sefard & Edot)
Outside the rainy season
L'David Hashem Ori
לְדָוִד ה׳ אוֹרִיAfter Shacharis and after Mincha or Maariv
Elul through Shemini Atzeres
Communities differ
Ashkenaz: from Rosh Chodesh Elul through Shemini Atzeres.
The Aseres Yemei Teshuvah additions
זָכְרֵנוּ לְחַיִּיםAmidah — four insertions, and the changed closings of the third and eleventh brachos
The Ten Days of Repentance
HaMelech HaKadosh and HaMelech HaMishpat. Forget HaMelech HaKadosh and the Amidah is repeated.
Tachanun
תַּחֲנוּןShacharis: not said · Mincha: not said
Shabbos · Yom Tov · Rosh Hashanah
Hallel
הַלֵּלNot said today
No Hallel on the Yamim Nora'im
An aid for someone who already knows how to daven, not a posek. Where communities differ we say so rather than choosing for you; where a minute or a word matters, your rav and your own siddur are what count.