Definitions
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- noun Judaism a series of selections from the books of
Nevi'im and ketuvim of theTanach , publicly read insynagogue as part of religious practice.
Etymologies
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Hebrew
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You're not the -- you know, this isn't the haphtarah.
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You're not the -- you know, this isn't the haphtarah.
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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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