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Definition of "haphtarah" [haphtarah]

  • Judaism A selection from the Prophets, read in synagogue services on the Sabbath following each lesson from the Torah. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "haphtarah" in a sentence
  • "You're not the -- you know, this isn't the haphtarah."
  • "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."