Haphtarah

[ Sephardic Hebrew hahf-tah-rah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hahf-taw-ruh, -toh- ]

noun

, Judaism.

, plural Haph·ta·roth, Haph·ta·rot, Haph·ta·ros [hahf-tah-, rawt, hahf-, taw, -, r, ohs, -, r, oht, -, toh, -], Haph·ta·rahs.

1. Haftarah.

Haphtarah

/ haftaˈraː; hɑːfˈtəʊrə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of Haftarah

Example Sentences

Distinct from all the above divisions are the church-lessons, made very early, in imitation of the Jewish Haphtaroth, or sections from the prophets.

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