haftarah

Noun

Meaning

a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

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In post-talmudic times, when most Jewish communities had ceased speaking Aramaic, the public reading of Targum along with the Torah and Haftarah was abandoned in most communities, Yemen being a well-known exception. Source: Internet

In the Sephardi traditions the haftarah melody is considerably more florid than the Torah melody, and usually in a different musical mode, and there are only isolated points of contact between the two. Source: Internet

Certain cantillation marks and combinations appear in Nevi'im but not within any of the Haftarah selections, and most communities therefore do not have a musical tradition for those marks. Source: Internet

A Torah reading is included in both the Shacharit and Mincha prayers, and a Haftarah is also included at Mincha. Source: Internet

Cantillation There is a special cantillation melody for the haftarah, distinct from that of the Torah portion. Source: Internet

In Judaism it is the Haftarah for the afternoon of Yom Kippur due to its story of God's willingness to forgive those who repent. Source: Internet

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