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Definition of Haftarah

1. Noun. A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah.

Definition of Haftarah

1. haphtara [n -RAHS, -ROT or -ROTH] - See also: haphtara

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haftarah

Literary usage of Haftarah

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary Remains of the Late Emanuel Deutsch: With a Brief Memoir by Emanuel Deutsch (1874)
"Recent scholars, on the other hand, without much show of reason, as it would appear, variously hold the Haftarah to have sprung from the sermon or homiletic ..."

2. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1891)
"It was, whether the custom of calling before the Torah on Sabbaths seven adults and, besides, another for the Haftarah, should be continued. ..."

3. Reminiscences by Isaac Mayer Wise, David Philipson (1901)
"This Sabbath received its name from the first word of the first chapter of Isaiah, the prophetical section read on that day in the synagogue as the haftarah ..."

4. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1908)
"As I understand it, the present prayer book contains Pentateuchal portions for every week of the year, with the Haftarah for every week of the year, ..."

5. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"It can be seen from the Haftarah readings each year that they conclude at Isaiah Ch 52:12, which begins the passage of the suffering servant and the next ..."

6. The Reform Movement in Judaism by David Philipson (1907)
"... the reading of the haftarah by the cantor instead of by some member of the congregation; the responsive reading of the ..."

7. The Messiah Idea in Jewish History by Julius Hillel Greenstone (1906)
"In the Benedictions recited after the reading of the Haftarah, God, the One " who sayeth and doeth, who speaketh and fulfill- eth, whose words are all truth ..."

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