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HAPHTORAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haphtorah mean? 

HAPHTORAH (noun)
  The noun HAPHTORAH has 1 sense:

1. a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torahplay

  Familiarity information: HAPHTORAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAPHTORAH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah

Instance hypernyms:

excerpt; excerption; extract; selection (a passage selected from a larger work)


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