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PRONUNCIATION OF HAFTARAH

Haftarah  [hɑːfˈtəʊrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAFTARAH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Haftarah is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAFTARAH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Haftarah

The haftarah or haftoroh is a series of selections from the books of Nevi'im of the Hebrew Bible that is publicly read in synagogue as part of Jewish religious practice. The Haftarah reading follows the Torah reading on each Sabbath and on Jewish festivals and fast days. Typically, the haftarah is thematically linked to the parasha that precedes it. The haftarah is sung in a chant. Related blessings precede and follow the Haftarah reading. The origin of haftarah reading is lost to history, and several theories have been proposed to explain its role in Jewish practice, suggesting it arose in response to the persecution of the Jews under Antiochus Epiphanes which preceded the Maccabean revolt, wherein Torah reading was prohibited, or that it was "instituted against the Samaritans, who denied the canonicity of the Prophets, and later against the Sadducees." The Talmud mentions that a haftarah was read in the presence of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, who lived c.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAFTARAH


gopura
ˈɡəʊpʊrə
goura
ˈɡaʊrə
Haphtarah
hɑːfˈtəʊrə
Howrah
ˈhaʊrə
pasturer
ˈpɑːstjʊrə
purpura
ˈpɜːpjʊrə
scowrer
ˈskaʊrə
Torah
ˈtəʊrə
Tripura
ˈtrɪpʊrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAFTARAH

Haftaroth
hafter
hag
hag-ridden
Hag.
hagadic
Hagar
hagborn
hagbut
hagbuteer
hagbutter
Hagen
hagfish
hagg
Haggadah
Haggadas

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAFTARAH

Al Hijrah
almirah
arrah
Basrah
Deborah
gerah
Gomorrah
Hijrah
hurrah
jarrah
marah
menorah
omrah
rah
rah-rah
Sarah
sirrah
surah
Syrah
Varah

Synonyms and antonyms of Haftarah in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Haftarah» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAFTARAH

Find out the translation of Haftarah to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Haftarah from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Haftarah» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Haftarah
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Haftará
570 millions of speakers

English

Haftarah
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Haftarah
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Haftarah
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Haftarah
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Haftarah
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Haftarah
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haftara
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haftarah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Haftarah
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Haftarah
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Haftarah
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Haftarah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Haftarah
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Haftarah
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हफ्ताराह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Haftarah
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Haftarah
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hafṭarah
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Haftarah
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Haftarah
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χαφταρά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haftara
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

haftarah
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Haftarah
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Haftarah

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAFTARAH»

Discover the use of Haftarah in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Haftarah and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Cantillation: A Step-by-step Guide to Chanting ...
V. 1. A step-by-step guide to chanting Torah. -- v. 2. A step-by-step guide to changing Haftorah and M'gillot.
Marshall Portnoy, Josee Wolff, 2002
2
The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women ...
New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot
Elyse Goldstein, 2008
3
Mishnah Berurah, Vol. 13 (4B) (Large):
whether one should include /mention/ of Rosh Chodesh /in the blessings said after the reading of the haftarah/, see above in Sec. 284, Par. 2.) /There is/ an exception when Rosh Chodesh Elul falls on Shabbos, (5) in which case the haftarah ...
Yisraʼel Meʼir ha-Kohen, 2002
4
Bar/bat Mitzvah Education: A Sourcebook
Claire: Has learned about half of Haftarah blessing #2. We worked on some of it, but she really can't read it, is learning purely by rote. Started to read and translate Haftarah, but she refused to translate, said her other tutor does that. Won't try in ...
Helen Leneman, 1990
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The Concise Code of Jewish Law: Compiled from Kitzur Shulḥan ...
The blessing said before the Haftarah does not end with Cnijjwn nrpga. Hence, one does not respond with Amen until after pflfl, which concludes the blessing. This also applies to the first of the blessings said after reading the Haftarah.
Gersion Appel, 1989
6
Chanting the Hebrew Bible (Student Edition)
The haftarah of the Shabbat before Tish'ah Be'Av (Shabbat Devarim, also known as Shabbat Hazon) is chanted in the following modes: Isa. 1:1 Haftarah mode 2- 15 Lamentations mode 16-19 Haftarah mode 20-23 Lamentations mode ...
Joshua R. Jacobson, 2005
7
הפטרות:
Torah passage that is recited on the same occasion as Table of Torah Readings each haftarah Note: For references to further literature, see the endnotes that follow each major section of the book. And for related passages not treated in the  ...
Michael A. Fishbane, 2002
8
The Use of Sacred Books in the Ancient World
think that this is very hard to prove, since the underlying haftarah is not known. Mann, however, argued in the opposite direction: he searched for linguistic affinities between the literary petihtot and possible haf- mra/i-portions, some known from ...
Leonard Victor Rutgers, 1998
9
Stories We Pray: Insights Into the Inner-Work of Jewish Worship
Haftarah is not “Half Torah.” It comes from a Hebrew root that means “completion” . The Haftarah is a reading from the prophets that is read after the Torah portion on Shabbat and holidays as the “completion” of the Torah reading. The origins of  ...
Joel Lurie Grishaver, 2011
10
Parashat Hashavua Hte Weekly Torah Portion
Apparently a later prophet lived circa 540 B.C.E., two hundred years after Isaiah himself. Scholars refer to This haftarah is the second of seven that are called this second, unnamed prophet as Second Isaiah or FROM SEASON TO HAFTARAH  ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAFTARAH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Haftarah is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Jeremiah, Master of Rebuke
If this is what the pasuk is trying to do, it does not belong at the end of our Haftarah, but rather at the beginning of next week's Haftarah, just ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
2
Elijah and the Still, Small Voice
In the course of his analysis, Maimonides turns to the prophet Elijah and the text that forms this week's haftarah. Under the reign of Ahab and ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
3
Musical mitzvah raises money for AIDS organization
His mother, clearly proud, noted that “he leyned a long parashah, chanted the haftarah, and led the service with me.” The afternoon service was ... «New Jersey Jewish Standard, Jun 15»
4
With the blink of an eye, disabled Toronto boy becomes a bar mitzvah
For many typical kids, they participate in our bar/bat Mitzvah program, learn to read Torah and Haftarah and write a d'var Torah. For others, that ... «The Times of Israel, Jun 15»
5
I Celebrate Ramadan! on My Own. In My Backyard.
I was born and circumcised after eight days on the planet; I read the Haftarah at my Bar Mitzvah; I was married under a chuppah in Israel - my ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
6
Tehillim, The King And September 11th
The prophet Shmuel, for whom the street is named, takes center stage in this week's haftarah. Shmuel establishes Shaul as the first king of the ... «The Jewish Press, Jun 15»
7
Parshat Shelach
In this week's haftarah, we read of the two meraglim sent out by Yehoshua to scout Canaan. In the city of Jericho, they found refuge in the ... «The Jewish Press, Jun 15»
8
West London reflects on a leading role in equality
"When Rabbi Harold Reinhart, a great champion of equality, proposed in the '30s that women could read the haftarah," Mrs Bello said, "council ... «Jewish Chronicle, Jun 15»
9
Nashville man's 3rd bar mitzvah? Oy vey!
It is most common for the celebrant to learn the entire haftarah portion, which is the weekly commentary or companion piece to Torah reading. «The Tennessean, Jun 15»
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Tutoring the bar mitzvah entails lessons for the tutor: Jane Kaufman
... called an aliyah, and chant Haftarah, a reading from the Book of Prophets. Some lead the entire service and give the only speech of the day. «MassLive.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Haftarah [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/haftarah>. May 2024 ».
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