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haphtarot

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Haph⋅ta⋅rah

  [Seph. Heb. hahf-tah-rah; Ashk. Heb. hahf-taw-ruh, -toh-]
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–noun, plural -ta⋅roth, -ta⋅rot, -ta⋅ros  [Seph. Heb. -tah-rawt; Ashk. Heb. -taw-rohs, -roht, -toh-] , -ta⋅rahs. Judaism.
Haftarah.

Haf⋅ta⋅rah

  [Seph. Heb. hahf-tah-rah; Ashk. Heb. hahf-taw-ruh, -toh-]
–noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew. -ta⋅roth, -ta⋅rot  [-tah-rawt] , Ashkenazic Hebrew. -ta⋅ros  [-taw-rohs, -toh-] , English. -ta⋅rahs. Judaism.
a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.
Also, Haphtarah.

Origin:
1890–95; < Heb Haphṭārāh lit., finish, ending
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