haftorah

Pronunciations

haftarah	(haf-tah-RAH)
haftorah	(haf-to-RAH)
haftorah	(hahf-TOE-ruh)

Definitions

• n. "A reading from the biblical book of Prophets that is recited in synagogue immediately following the reading of the Torah" (JPS)
  

Example Sentences

• "Sarah is leyning and Lizzy is leyning haftorah."
  

Languages of Origin

• Textual Hebrew
• Yiddish

Etymology

• Heb הפטרה haftará, Yiddish הפֿטורה haftóyre
  

Who Uses This

• Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

Regions

• North America

Dictionaries

• The New Joys of Yiddish, by Leo Rosten and Lawrence Bush (New York, 2003[1968]).
• The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
• The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Alternative Spellings

haftarah, haftara