maftir
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Pronunciations

maftir (MAHF-tur) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The final aliyah of a Torah reading that follows the first seven aliyot on Shabbat and other holidays when the haftarah is read.

  • n. The person who reads the haftorah.

Example Sentences

  • "Is your son reading maftir or is he doing the whole sidra?" (Glinert)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • TH מפטיר maftir 'concluder'

      • Who Uses This

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

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow
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      Alternative Spellings

      maftir aliyah, maftir aliya

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