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- noun a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
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Examples
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In a lot of ways, we've let our parents in arguably, too far in - from obsessing over our Haftorah portion, or scouring our college apps, or baking 651 color-coded cupcakes for the lacrosse game that you were sure you'd lose.
Meredith Fineman: On Dating & Parental Pressure. Meredith Fineman 2011
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And for this, too, Andy has prepared, combing research books for insights into tomorrow morning's Haftorah reading until he found an interesting commentary by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and a relevant verse from the Baghvad Gita.
The Search Susan Kleinman 2011
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In a lot of ways, we've let our parents in arguably, too far in - from obsessing over our Haftorah portion, or scouring our college apps, or baking 651 color-coded cupcakes for the lacrosse game that you were sure you'd lose.
Meredith Fineman: On Dating & Parental Pressure. Meredith Fineman 2011
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She taught her first formal adult Bat Mitzvah class in 1976, focused on Hebrew, synagogue skills, and the chanting of Torah and Haftorah, to a group of thirty adult women.
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With the support of Rabbi Samuel Chiel, Hadassah became the first woman to chant the Haftorah at her synagogue, Temple Emanuel of Newton, at a Sisterhood Shabbat over forty years ago.
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Promoted women's equality in Conservative Judaism in New England by chanting from the Haftorah and Torah and teaching other girls and women how to take part in the Torah service
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I shudder to think what I had to sing aloud in my Haftorah, without knowing its meaning.
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According to the Jewish calendar of Haftorah readings, the 53rd chapter of Isaiah is not read.
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So we see that the Haftorah readings heard in the synagogue conclude at the very verse which begins the controversial "Suffering Servant" passage. and the readings pick up just after the 53rd chapter of Isaiah.
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Picking up the piano at the age of 5, drums at 9, Aaron truly began his musical awakening as the Bar Mitzvah boy, auditioning for manhood studying melodies of the Haftorah (the world's oldest songbook), suffering the typical teenage dread and fear of his omniscient cantor.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Thirty-Three 2009
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