HAFTORAH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Haftarah; Haftorah; Haphtarah; Haphtorah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

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

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