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  • To each parasha corresponds a division of the prophetic writings, called haphtara.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • As Judaism, except in Jerusalem, had, properly speaking, no clergy, the first comer stood up, gave the lessons of the day (_parasha_ and _haphtara_), and added thereto a

    The Life of Jesus Ernest Renan 1857

  • The name of the section from the Prophets, haphtara (from Hiph‘il of, "to dismiss"), indicates that at first the synagogue service here came to a close.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • As Judaism, except in Jerusalem, had, properly speaking, no clergy, the first comer stood up, gave the lessons of the day (parasha and haphtara), and added thereto a midrash, or entirely personal commentary, in which he expressed his own ideas. [

    The Life of Jesus Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892 1863

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