The prophetic lection that accompanies the reading of a passage of the Pentateuch iin the worship of the synagogue. Over a cycle of one year (in some places, three years), the entire Pentateuch is read as the climax of the Sabbath morning service. Each...

(Hebrew ‘Conclusion’) The second reading in the *synagogue on *Sabbaths and *festivals. The haftarah reading is from the *Biblical *prophets and is chosen for its connection with the particular *Torah reading of the day. One *benediction is...

The celebration of Purim on 15 Adar in cities that have been walled since the time of the biblical leader Joshua (e.g., Jerusalem), commemorating the Jews of Shushan’s successful thwarting of Haman’s plan to exterminate them on that day....

The haftarah or haftorah (Hebrew: הפטרה‎; plural haftarot or haftorahs; "parting," "taking leave") is a text important to the modern observance of Judaism. It consists of selections from the Hebrew Bible (Tanach), specifically from the books of...