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    The haftara or (in Ashkenazic pronunciation) haftorah (alt. haftarah, haphtara, Hebrew: הפטרה) "parting," "taking leave" (plural form: haftarot or haftoros)...
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    Judaism and Christianity. His words are read in synagogues as part of the Haftara and he is quoted in the New Testament. Islam also regards Jeremiah as a...
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  • also have a distinct cantillation when reading the Haftara. The Moroccan cantillation for the Haftara can be further subdivided into the tune used by the...
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  • halacha piyyut. The Levush records that "some communities" read the special haftara only when Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat Hagadol (meaning the first seder...
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    Jonathan was read alternately with the selection from Nevi'im (i.e., the haftara). This custom continues today in Yemenite Jewish synagogues. Besides its...
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  • is also used to mark the few verses to be repeated by the reader of the Haftara. In American printings of the Book of Common Prayer, an asterisk is used...
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    "Samkhaynu/Gladden us" blessing, which is recited after the reading of the Haftara portion on Saturday and holidays. The earliest known text related to Judaism...
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    34 90 91 135 136 33 92 93 Nishmat Torah reading Yom Tov Torah readings Haftara Yekum Purkan Mi Shebeirach Av HaRachamim Mussaf Birkat Cohanim6 Anim Zemirot...
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    of Al-Andalus and Ibrahim bin Umar bin Hasan al-Biqa'i. Aliyah (Torah) Haftara Hebrew Bible Heptateuch Hexapla Jewish Publication Society Jewish Publication...
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    including being called up to the public reading of the Torah or reciting the Haftara on the preceding Shabbat, and sponsoring a synagogue Kiddush in honour...
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