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haphtorah
 

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Noun haphtorah has 1 sense
  1. Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah - a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
    --1 is a kind of excerpt, extract, selection

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Haphtorah

Noun: Haphtorah (an alternate spelling for Haftarah) refers to a portion from the Hebrew Bible that is read aloud in synagogue services after the weekly Torah reading on Sabbaths, holidays, and fasting days.

Example Sentence: During the Shabbat service, the rabbi recited the haphtorah from the book of Isaiah.

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