One must remember on Purim to add the recitation of Al Hanissim in both Birkat Hamazon and Shemone Esrei. In Birkat Hamazon, one inserts Al Hanissim in the paragraph of "Nodeh" (before "Ve'al Ha'kol"), and in Shemone Esrei it is recited in the "Modim" section (before "Ve'al Kulam"). One who forgot
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