[Seph. Heb. hahf-tah-rah; Ashk. Heb. hahf-taw-ruh, -toh-] 
[Seph. Heb. -tah-rawt; Ashk. Heb. -taw-rohs, -roht, -toh-] , -ta⋅rahs. Judaism. | Haftarah. |
[Seph. Heb. hahf-tah-rah; Ashk. Heb. hahf-taw-ruh, -toh-] [-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. |
| haph·ta·rah also haf·ta·rah or haf·to·rah (häf'tä-rä', häf-tôr'ə, -tōr'ə) n. pl. haph·ta·roth also haf·ta·roth or haph·to·roth also haf·to·roth or haph·to·rot also haf·to·rot or haph·to·ros also haf·to·ros (-tä-rōt', -rōs', -tôr'ōt', -ōs', -tōr'-) Judaism A selection from the Prophets, read in synagogue services on the Sabbath following each lesson from the Torah. [Mishnaic Hebrew hapṭārâ, conclusion, from hipṭîr, to conclude, dismiss, derived stem of Hebrew pāṭar, to separate, discharge; see pṭr in Semitic roots.] |
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