HAPHTARAH
\hˈaftaɹə], \hˈaftaɹə], \h_ˈa_f_t_a_ɹ_ə]\
Definitions of HAPHTARAH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
By Princeton University
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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