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Haftara

The haftara or (in Ashkenazic pronunciation) haftorah (alt. haftarah, haphtara, Hebrew: הפטרה) "parting," "taking leave" (plural form: haftarot or haftoros), is a series of selections from the books of Nevi'im ("Prophets") of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that is publicly read in synagogue as part of Jewish religious practice. The haftara reading follows the…

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History

Who reads the haftara

What form of the text is read

Blessings

Customs

Cantillation

On Sabbath afternoon

As a B'nai Mitzvah ritual

Special Sabbaths, festivals, and fast days

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related to Further reading · 83
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related to List of Haftarot · 34
Haftara → AF, AH, And, AP, APZ, Ashkenazic, Byzantine, Chabad, Far East, Frankfurt, In, Italian, Jewish, Karaite, Maghreb, Main, Middle, Mizrachi, Mizrahi, Nevi'im
related to Blessings · 28
Haftara → And, At, Blessings, But, CE, Holy Lord, Hosts, If, Isaiah, Israel, It, Machzor Vitry, Maimonides, Massekhet Soferim, One, Our Redeemer, Prophetic, Prophets, Samaritan, Second Temple
related to history · 17
Haftara → An, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, BCE, Hebrew Bible, Hirsch, However, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, No, Rabbi David Abudirham, Rabbis Reuven Margolies, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Seleucid, The, Torah, When
related to On Sabbath afternoon · 17
Haftara → Although, Geonim, In, Ketuvim, Louis Ginzberg, Most, Motza'ei Shabbat, Nevi'im, Persia, Psalm, Rabbenu Tam, Rabbi Reuven Margolies, Sabbath, Some Rishonim, Talmud, Talmudic, Torah
related to Special Sabbaths, festivals, and fast days · 14
Haftara → Adar, Av, Elul, However, In, Masei, Nisan, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hodesh, Sabbath, Sabbath Torah, Some, Tevet, Torah
related to As a B'nai Mitzvah ritual · 13
Haftara → According, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, Bible, Hebrew, In, Prophets, Sabbath, Talmud, The, This, Torah, United States
related to Cantillation · 11
Haftara → Ashkenazic, For, Iraqi, Jews, Nevi'im, Neviim, Note, Sephardic, Since Nevi'im, The, Torah
related to Customs · 11
Haftara → Aramaic, Bamidbar, Haftarot, However, In, Israel, On, Sabbath, The Talmud, Torah, Yemenite Jews
related to What form of the text is read · 11
Haftara → Chumash, Chumashim, Even, Hebrew Bible, However, Humash, Tanakh, This, Torah, Unlike, Vilna Gaon

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