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  • noun Judaism a series of selections from the books of Nevi'im and ketuvim of the Tanach, publicly read in synagogue as part of religious practice.

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Hebrew

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  • You're not the -- you know, this isn't the haphtarah.

    CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008 2008

  • You're not the -- you know, this isn't the haphtarah.

    CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2008 2008

  • Special note to people who have trouble with my reviews: The Rabbi of Lud in the novel of the same name found the haphtarah passage from Prophets too onerous to recite for his bar mitzvah, so they delayed it three months waiting for an "eensy miniscripture" to come round that he could handle.

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