Haftorah


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Haftorah /hɑːfˈtəʊrɑː/ (also Haphtarah, Haphtorah)
noun (pl. Haftoroth /-rəʊt/) Judaism a short reading from the Prophets following the reading from the Law in a synagogue.
– origin from Heb. hap̱ṭārāh ‘dismissal’.
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