Hayom Yom 18 Teves - Yaakov's best 17 years were in Egypt

The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · Jan 6, 2026 · 7m

גַּם הָעוֹלֶה לַתּוֹרָה אוֹמֵר חֲזַק חֲזַק וְנִתְחֲזֵק

[Like all the other congregants,] the person who receives the [final] aliyah [at the end of any of the Five Books of the Chumash] says Chazak, chazak, venis’chazek.

בַּאֲמִירַת וִיהִי נוֹעַם בְּמוֹצָאֵי שַׁבָּת קוֹדֶשׁ כּוֹפְלִים פָּסוּק אוֹרֶךְ יָמִים גו

[At Maariv] on Motzaei Shabbos, when reciting the passage that begins Viy’hi noam [and continues with the following chapter of Tehillim, which begins Yoshev beseiser], we repeat the final verse, which begins Orech yamim.

אֲבָל לֹא בִּתְּפִלַּת שַׁחֲרִית

That verse is not repeated [when…