Haftarah reading

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Haftarah reading is the public chanting of selected passages from the Prophets in synagogue services, traditionally following the Torah reading on Sabbaths and festivals.

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Label Occurrences
Haftarah reading canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish liturgical practice
component of synagogue service
public scripture reading
associatedWith Jewish calendar
weekly Torah portion
excludes Book of Daniel NERFINISHED
Book of Ezra NERFINISHED
Book of Nehemiah NERFINISHED
follows Torah reading
hasComponent blessings after reading
blessings before reading
cantillation
hasSpecialSeries Haftarah for Yom Kippur
Haftarot for Rosh Hashanah
Haftarot for the Four Parshiyot
Haftarot for the pilgrimage festivals
Seven of consolation after Tisha BAv
Three of rebuke before Tisha BAv
hasVariant different selections by community
linkedTo Talmudic regulations
post-Temple synagogue worship
liturgicalLanguage Hebrew
occursOn Jewish festivals
Sabbath NERFINISHED
fast days
special occasions
performedBy bar mitzvah boy
cantor
designated congregant
performedDuring Mincha on fast days
Shacharit on Sabbath
Shacharit on festivals
performedIn synagogue
purpose to complement Torah reading thematically
to teach prophetic texts publicly
religiousTradition Judaism
requires minyan
scripturalSource Neviim NERFINISHED
Prophets
textForm printed in Chumash
printed in Tanakh
printed in siddur
traditionVariant Ashkenazi custom
Italian custom
Romaniote custom
Sephardi custom
Yemenite custom
uses Haftarah cantillation marks
distinct melody from Torah reading

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ta'amei ha-mikra usedFor Haftarah reading
subject surface form: Ta'amei ha-mikra
Babylonian cantillation usedIn Haftarah reading