Haphtarah

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Haphtarah \Haph*ta"rah\, n.; pl. {-taroth}. [Heb.
     hapht[=a]r[=a]h, prop., valedictory, fr. p[=a]tar to depart.]
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Haphtarah
       n : a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in
           a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
           [syn: {Haftorah}, {Haftarah}, {Haphtorah}]