• Maftir (Hebrew: מפטיר, lit. 'concluder') is the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings: this person also reads (or at least...
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  • after the kaddish, called maftir. The person called to that aliyah, as well, is known as "the maftir." On holidays, maftir is read from the Torah verses...
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  • reading (the maftir) is particularly honored with reading the haftorah after the maftir reading from the Torah scroll is complete. Usually the maftir is the...
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    eighth, known as maftir, which is also connected to the reading of that day's haftorah section. It is most common to give the child the maftir reading. In...
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  • 3: Exodus 12:29–36 Reading 4: Exodus 12:37–42 Reading 5: Exodus 12:43–51 Maftir: Numbers 28:16–25 Haftarah: Joshua 3:5–7, 5:2–6:1, 6:27 When the first day...
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    Rosh Chodesh). Numbers 28:9–15 is the maftir Torah reading for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh. Numbers 28:16–25 is the maftir Torah reading for the first two days...
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    Naso are the maftir Torah readings: Numbers 7:1–17 is the maftir Torah reading for the first day of Hanukkah; Numbers 7:18–23 is the maftir Torah reading...
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    person or divided amongst several. The haftara is traditionally read by the maftir, or the last person to be called up to the Torah scroll. Traditions varied...
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    The weekly portion is read, divided into at least seven Aliyot (plus a "maftir" Aliyah), followed by the haftarah. In Nusach Ashkenaz (and Nusach Sefard)...
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    congregations still perform it. After the portion of Genesis is read, the Maftir, Numbers 29:35–30:1, is read from a third Torah scroll. The passage describes...
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