Haphtarah

Other forms: Haphtaroth

Definitions of Haphtarah
  1. noun
    a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
    synonyms: Haftarah, Haftorah, Haphtorah
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    example of:
    excerpt, excerption, extract, selection
    a passage selected from a larger work
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