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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The portion from a prophetical book read after a corresponding portion (parashah) of the Pentateuch in the Jewish synagogues each sabbath. Each such portion is called the haphtarah of the corresponding parashah.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
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“Second Lesson from the Prophets, called Haphtarah (or, _Conclusion_).”
“Targum to the Haphtarah is to be found in what is called the”
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