Haphtorah

Haphtorah
noun
a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
Syn: ↑Haftorah, ↑Haftarah, ↑Haphtarah
Instance Hypernyms: ↑excerpt, ↑excerption, ↑extract, ↑selection

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