Questions tagged [haftarah]
a section from the Prophets read after the Torah reading on Shabbat, holidays and fast days
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Haftorah Parshas Emor
Why would we institute the public haftorah reading for Emor, which includes one of the verses in Yechezkel that caused that seffer to almost be hidden away?
See Shabbos 13b with Rashi.
And while it'...
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Zecharia 14:4 vis-a-vis the reality of Har haZeisim being a cemetary?
This question has bothered me on and off over the years - typically around this time as we read this perek on the first day of Sukkot as the haftarah:
וְעָמְד֣וּ רַגְלָ֣יו בַּיּוֹם־הַ֠הוּא עַל־...
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Text of final blessing following haftarah of Yom Kippur
In my (nusach ashkenaz) machzor for Yom Kippur, the final blessing after the haftarah of shacharit concludes:
ודברך אמת וקיים לעד. ברוך אתה ה' מלך מוחל וסולח לעוונותינו וכו'
And Your word ...
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Tikkun Sofrim for Nach
Is there a mainstream (or popular) Tikkun Sofrim used for the layout of complete Sifrei Nevi’im (and K’suvim)?
Notes: In the recent years, there seems to be a great uniformity in the way sofrim write ...
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May one recite the Haftarah from a transliterated copy?
I know that public Torah reading needs to be read from a parchment. I saw some source stating that, ideally haftarah should also be read from parchment. However, I see numerous congregations allow ...
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Why is there an apparent "high priority" on reciting all 7 Consolation Haftarot?
Last week, I looked at the back of my shul's Tiqun Kor'im (I forgot which version it is, offhand) and noticed a long paragraphs explaining the different customs of what happens when Shabbat parshat R'...
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Why is Baruch-Hu-Uvaruch-Shmo answered only in the brachos after the Haftorah, but not in the bracha before?
As far as I recall, the minhag in all Ashkenaz shuls which I have ever attended, was not to answer Baruch-Hu-Uvaruch-Shmo to the name of Hashem in the Bracha which is said before the Haftorah, but in ...
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Who organized the Haftarot and when?
If I'm not mistaken, Masechet Megillah mentions a few haftarot, I think, mainly for Yom Tov. I don't recall much mentioned about the weekly Shabbat haftarot.
In most Chumashim, I noticed that there ...
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Taz on Sefer Aftarta: why mention that printing is writing?
On the topic of a sefer aftarta (a scroll containing the haftarot of the year), the Taz writes as follows (OḤ 284:2, translation mine):
א"כ אפי' אם יהיו נכתבים אין להם דין ספר אלא משום עת לעשות ...
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Was Haftarah prophesied on Motzei Shabbos?
Shlomo Carlebach, in the YouTube video for his song נחמו נחמו עמי, claims that it is well known that 'according to our tradition', the prophet prophesied the הפטרה for a given week on the Motzei ...
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Why do we (not) read Kesubim publicly?
Why are the five megilos read in synagogue on holidays, but not the books of Mishlei, Iyov, Daniel, Ezra/Nechemia, Divrei Hayamim, or Psalms?
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When does the cantillation for Ester and other books change?
Sometimes people read some verses in Ester and other books in a different cantillation. For example, in Ester, some read the verse of "אשר הגלה מירושלים" to the tune of Eichah, and the Mishnah Brurah ...
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What is better about Damascus River than the Jordan River?
Although Naaman was likely arrogantly biased towards his homeland and again Israel, is there a legitimate reason why the general thought the Damascus River would heal his tzara'as more than the Jordan ...
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May women read the haftarah
The accepted orthodox Halacha is that women do not read from the weekly Torah portion publicly, and this is found in tractate Megillah 23a. My question is, would it be permissible for a woman to read ...
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Maftir aliyoh for one who has Yahrzeit in the coming week – why?
There seems to be a custom in Ashkenazi shuls that someone who has Yahrzeit in the coming week is given maftir and haftorah.
I have been told that the 7 other aliyos are more important than the maftir....
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Why are there repeated Haftaras?
Why are there Hafaras associated with more than one Parsha? Were there no other Hafaras related to the Parasha's content in such a way that there would be no need to repeat the same Hafara again ...
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How are *kri uksivs* marked in a Megillah/klaf that has vowels?
Chayei Adam brings down (155:14) that technically yes, one could take a handwritten Megillas Esther, add in the vowels and cantillation marks, and it would still be kosher:
ואין לעשות בה נקודות או ...
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Who uses which haftarah for Shabbat Shuva?
The shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur is known as Shabbat Shuva.
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 428:8 records two different customs as to what haftarah to read on this shabbat:
Shuva Yisrael (...
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Are any communities reciting Rambam's list of Haftarot for most of the book of Devarim?
Thanks to DoubleAA for introducing me to this list of Haftarot from Ramba"m's Sefer Ahava; Seder Hatefillah #61 (See near bottom of the linked page.)
Most congregations have replaced the 7 haftarot ...
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Has there been any modern usage of the haftaros for Matos - Vayeilech? (COVID or other reasons)
Under normal circumstances, Matos (sometimes Pinchas) through Vayeilech (sometimes Haazinu) are read during the weeks before and after Tisha Be'av and Shabbos Shuva. Their haftaros therefore get ...
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Did he want his invitation?
In the Haftorah on Parashas Chayai Sarah,the beginning of Sefer Melochim,the pessukim describe Adoniyohu's failed attempt to get the throne.
Nathan Hanovi complains to David Ha'Melech about how all ...
