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How Do You Spell Haftarah?

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How Do You Spell Haftarah?

noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew Haf·ta·roth, Haf·ta·rot [hahf-tah-rawt], Ashkenazic Hebrew Haf·ta·ros [hahf-taw-rohs, -toh-], English Haf·ta·rahs. Judaism. a portion of the Prophets that is chanted or read in the synagogue on the Sabbath and holy days immediately after the Parashah

Parashah
The parashah is a section of the Torah (Five Books of Moses) used in Jewish liturgy during a particular week. There are 54 parshas, or parashiyot in Hebrew, and the full cycle is read over the course of one Jewish year.
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What does the Hebrew word Haftarah mean?

haphtara, Hebrew: הפטרה; "parting," "taking leave"), (plural form: haftarot or haftoros) is a series of selections from the books of Nevi'im ("Prophets") of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) that is publicly read in synagogue as part of Jewish religious practice. ...

What is the difference between Tanakh and Torah?

Definition. Torah refers to the initial 5 books of Moses which were given by God to Moses at Mount Sinai and the Terbanacle. On the other hand, Tanakh refers to the whole 24 books which include a collection of religious writings in ancient times by the Israelites.

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