Haftarah

American  

[hahf-tah-rah, hahf-taw-ruh, -toh-] / hɑf tɑˈrɑ, hɑfˈtɔ rə, -ˈtoʊ- /

Or Haphtarah

noun

Judaism.

Haftaroth, plural Haftarot, plural Haftaros, plural Haftarahs plural

1. a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah.

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Haftarah British  

/ hɑːfˈtəʊrə, haftaˈraː /

noun

1. Judaism a short reading from the Prophets which follows the reading from the Torah on Sabbaths and festivals, and relates either to the theme of the Torah reading or to the observances of the day See also maftir

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Haftarahs
  plural
• Haftaros
  plural
• Haftarot
  plural
• Haftaroth
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Haftarah

First recorded in 1890–95, Haftarah is from the Hebrew word Haphṭārāh literally, finish, ending

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Haftarah Haftarahs Haftaroth

It is used in one of the benedictions after the reading of the Haftarah: al ha-torah we-al ha-abodah, "for the law and for the divine service," see Prayer-book, ed.

From Pirke Avot Sayings of the Jewish Fathers by Gorfinkle, Joseph I.

Some allowed the Book of Esther to be read from a paper copy; other authorities not only strongly objected to this, but even forbade the reading of the Haftarah from paper.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

Hence one finds in libraries so many parchment scrolls containing only the Haftarahs.

From The Book of Delight and Other Papers by Abrahams, Israel

The second of the manuscripts he looked at he believed to be a Haftaroth scroll—that is, a selection from the Prophets of lessons to be read in synagogues.

From The New Yorker ● May 6, 1955