HAPHTARAH

Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah

(noun) a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

haphtarah (plural haphtarahs or haphtarot or haphtaroth)

Alternative form of Haftarah

Source: Wiktionary


Haph*ta"rah, n.; pl. -taroth (#). [Heb. haphtarah, prop., valedictory, fr. patar to depart.]

Definition: One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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