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	Between The Fish & The Soup
		Whereas the Haftara to Parashat Ekev (the previous chapters in Isaiah) opens and closes with G-d comforting the city of Zion, this Haftara opens and closes with G-d comforting His People and their return to Zion.
		Although the immediate context of the Haftara is the return of the Babylonian exile long after Isaiah's death, it may also be understood to convey the future Messianic climax which becomes the theme of the final chapters of this very lengthy book.
		Indeed, parts of the Haftara could appear to be thinly disguised accounts of events witnessed by many of today's Jerusalem residents, 2,700 years on.
	www.shemayisrael.co.il /parsha/solomon/haftara/archives/shoftim64.htm (1373 words)

	Haftara - Wikipedia
		De Haftara is een gedeelte uit de Nevi'im (Profeten) dat wekelijks na de Thora-lezing wordt gezegd.
		Daarna volgt een serie berachot (zegeningen) waarna de Haftara gelezen wordt.
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	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maftir (136 words)

	A Reconstructionist Dvar Torah for Devarim
		The origins of the tradition of the Haftara, the supplementary biblical reading associated with the weekly Torah portion, are obscure.
		It is the last of three special Haftaras of "rebuke", in which the prophets of ancient Israel warn the people to repent lest their sins bring national ruin.
		It is unlikely that unanimous observance of the Torah on the part of the population would have significantly altered the fate of a small independent Jewish state situated between two great ancient empires of Babylon and Egypt.
	www2.jrf.org /recon-dt/dt.php?id=139 (963 words)

	The Haftarot of Chanukah
		The Haftara's major theme (as explained by Rashi and Rav Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, cited in Nefesh Harav pp.76-77) is the prediction that the Bait Hamikdash and Jewish sovereignty in Eretz Yisrael will be restored and preserved despite the lack of military prowess.
		The miracle of Chanukah was a fulfillment of Hashem's promise to miraculously sustain the Bait Hamikdash and the militarily weak Jewish presence in Eretz Yisrael.
		The choice of this Haftara might be understood in light of Rav Soloveitchik's insight that the message of Chanukah is directed to non-Jews as well as Jews.
	www.koltorah.org /ravj/haftarotchanukah.htm (1535 words)

	Haftarot Sefer Shmot
		In Part II we provide both a technical and a thematic explanation for why this week's haftara opens with several details concerning the cooperation between Shlomo Ha'Melech and Chiram, the king of Tyre (Lebanon).
		In this shiur, we try to understand why these details of construction are important, and how they too allude to the reason for the destruction of the Mikdash.
		This week's Haftara describes the famous 'showdown' between Eliyahu and the prophets of Ba'al on Har Carmel.
	www.tanach.org /shmothaf.htm (403 words)

	28metzora-hagadol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The reading of the special haftara is indeed the most obvious custom relating to this shabbat in the prayer service, and therefore it is logical that some connection exists between the name of the shabbat and the final pasuk of the haftara.
		It could then be compared to the haftara read on the shabbat that falls on 'erev rosh chodesh,' when we read (Shmuel I 20:18), "And Yehonatan said to him, Tomorrow is the new month...." This is the only haftara set down in the Talmud that is unrelated to the Torah reading that precedes it.
		The process of the development of the haftara through all its stages now becomes entirely clear: at first there was a "one-year" haftara for parashat Tzav ("Your burnt offerings") and a "three-year" haftara for the seder of "this is the sacrifice of Aharon" ("ve-arvah").
	www.vbm-torah.org /parsha.60/28metzora.htm (3985 words)

	Midreshet Harova - Bamidbar 5765
		The haftara, which is taken from Sefer Hoshea, perek bet, passukim alef until caf bet, is almost schizophrenic.
		The haftara begins with words of consolation (1-3), is followed by a scathing critique of Am Yisrael’s abandoning Hashem in favor of idol worship (4-15), followed once again by consolation, (16-22), this time in the form of the reconciliation between Hashem and Am Yisrael.
		The haftara is in fact part of a larger nevua, one that starts at the very beginning of Sefer Hoshea, and only ends at the end of the third perek.
	www.midreshetharova.org.il /onlinetorah/archive/bamidbar/bamidbar5765.php (1231 words)

	Between The Fish & The Soup
		Words of threat are replaced with words of comfort and hope: promising a brighter future for the Israelites and their revival and unification within the Holy Land, with, after the defeat of the nation of Gog, a fully restored Temple and nation.
		The succeeding verses leading up to, and also forming, the content of the Haftara itself - a passage in many ways paralleling the opening sections of the Parasha - specify that many priests would be ineligible for any, but the most basic roles in Divine Temple service.
		He states that it is 'to ban even the slightest doubt as to the reality of that future (of redemption), and to make our confidence as firm as a rock in the absolute certainty that the Almighty Director of the history of the world will ultimately bring about the attainment.
	www.shemayisrael.co.il /parsha/solomon/haftara/archives/emor64.htm (1926 words)

	Musica - Volume 14, Issue 3
		The reading of the Pentateuch was equally divided over a year of Sabbaths so that it would be read in its entirety throughout the course of the year (or as in some lectionaries, over a three or three-and-a-half year period).
		The prophetic cycle of the Haftara as found in this passage from Luke was probably in its early developmental stages and was not yet fully fixed.
		The Haftara was to be thematically connected to the reading of the Pentateuch or to the particular festal season that was being celebrated.
	www.credenda.org /issues/14-3musica.php (835 words)

	Ohr Somayach :: The Human Side Of The Story :: The Muffed Haftara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blessed with a beautiful voice and musical talent he was certain to do a great job on the Haftara he had so diligently prepared and to thus bring great nachat to his proud parents.
		The reading of the Haftara was marred by several off-tune moments and some bouts with hoarseness.
		A friend of mine read the Haftara last week for his Bar Mitzvah, explained the boy, and he did a rather poor job because he has a hard time carrying a tune.
	ohr.edu /yhiy/article.php/1879/print (357 words)

	Midreshet Lindenbaum
		The connection between Rosh Chodesh and our Haftara is rather easy to detect.
		The framework for the Haftara is an eschatological vision - a vision of the world at the mysterious "end of time" - in which the entire world population arrives at a recognition of the majesty of God.
		What Yishayahu adds in our haftara is that this practice will not be limited simply to the Jews.
	www.lind.org.il /features/rai_vaeyra64_rchodesh.htm (2319 words)

	Vayetze - Read the Shiur - Keren Yishai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Haftara of Parashat Va’yetze is from the Book of Hoshe’a, (even though there are various customs regarding this parasha’s Haftara.) In this shiur we will attempt to clarify why this Haftara was instituted for this parasha, and in so doing we will also analyze the parasha itself.
		Therefore the problem that the Haftara raises, a problem we would like to solve, is why specifically this Haftara was instituted for our parasha when all that seems to associate it with the parasha is the first verse.
		And then in the Haftara to read of the elevated cosmic bond between God and the People of Israel – which is the true bond that implicitly underlies the individual covenant of marriage of each couple.
	www.kerenyishai.org /shiur_english/vayetze64.htm (4538 words)

	Les Sidrot de Janvier
		La Haftara de ce Chabbat est tirée du premier livre des Rois.
		La Haftara de ce Chabbat est tirée du prophète Ezéchiel.
		La Haftara de ce Chabbat est tirée du livre des Juges.
	www.sefarad.org /publication/echos/029/5.html (1692 words)

	Torah MiTzion - פרשה ברשת - בראשית
		For example, on the Shabbat of Parashat Beshalach, which contains the shirat ha'yam (song sung after the splitting of the sea), we read the section in Sefer Shoftim containing shirat Devora (the song sung by the prophetess Devora after her victory).
		The haftara for this parasha comes from a prophecy in Yeshayahu, a prophecy that deals with the redemption of Yisrael which ultimately results in the redemption of the entire world.
		And in the haftara we are shown the future result of this engagement – the redemption of Yisrael, and, thereafter, the redemption of the entire world.
	www.torahmitzion.org /heb/resources/show.asp?id=243 (429 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the haftara, the weekly reading from the books of the prophets that accompanies each Torah portion, may shed interesting light on the incident, or at least into the thoughts of the haftara’s ancient editor.
		This week’s haftara is the monumental address by the prophet Samuel.
		Maybe even more: official corruption was, at least in the eyes of a prophet whining about his personal failure, was enough for God to knock a prophet off the throne of leadership in favor of a human king.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3106728,00.html (754 words)

	Parshat Ha'azinu 5766 - Aliya-by-Aliya Sedra Summary - OU.ORG
		The Haftara makes the point that fasting is a hollow observance without it being accompanied by (or leading to) a change for the better in individuals and society.
		Haftara of the first day of Sukkot comes from Zecharya and contains the famous prophesy of the time in the future when other nations will recognize the One G-d and those nations that persecuted Israel will be severely punished.
		The haftara's bright future is echoed by the pasuk, HaShem chafeitz l'maan tzidko, yagdil Torah v'yadir.
	www.ou.org /torah/tt/5766/haazinu66/aliya.htm (7100 words)

	Here's the English I read about my Haftara
		Since I have a double Torah portion, I am commenting on two haftara selections, both dealing with Elisha and with infectious diseases.
		In the first a man with a skin disease is healed by a prophet.
		Perhaps this is showing that God had forgiven Naaman for not believing the word of his prophet at first.
	www.expage.com /blaireseh (873 words)

	25tzav-para (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is obvious that the beraita is not indicating the beginning of the haftara, for the verse quoted from the haftara is found in the middle of the reading.
		The "waters of purification" are the living waters that are mixed with the ashes of the burned red heifer, and these are referred to in the parasha as the "waters of impurity" (mei nidda - 19:13 and other verses there).
		We may now explain the transition from the metaphor of the impurity of the nidda for Bnei Yisrael who dwell in their land and defile it, to the metaphor of purification from the impurity of contact with death for Bnei Yisrael who return to their land.
	www.vbm-torah.org /parsha.60/25tzav.htm (1628 words)

	Ohr Torah Stone \| Features \| Haftara Korach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Furthermore, towards the end of this week's Haftara, Shmuel has the perfect opportunity to abolish the kingdom (when the people finally admit that they have sinned by asking for one /see 12:19).
		This week's Haftara describes how Shmuel utilizes this gathering to address the nation concerning the spiritual dangers created by the appointment of a King.
		Even though the main section of Sefer Shoftim seems to make the same point as Shmuel in chapters 8 and 12 that a kingdom would not be good, clearly the conclusion of the Sefer and its closing four chapters indicate quite the opposite -"ba'yamim ha'hem ein melech b'Yisrael...".
	www.ohrtorahstone.org.il /features/leibtag_korach2.htm (2682 words)

	Akhlah: Named Shabbatot
		We are told to remember what the people of Amalek did to us when we first left Egypt, and not to forget what they tried to do to us during the reign of Ahashverosh (the time of the Purim story).
		The Haftara for this Shabbat is Ezekiel, chapter 45, which tells about the Rosh Chodesh Nissan sacrifices which were brought from and which will be again brought in the future, when the third Beit HaMikdash is built.
		Although the lamb was considered a deity by the Egyptians, they remained silent and did not harm the Jews.
	www.akhlah.com /holidays/shabbat/named_shabbatot.php (779 words)

	The Foundation Stones - Parshat R'ei 5761
		The haftara begins: "aniyah so'arah lo nuchamah" ("afflicted, storm-tossed one, yet to be consoled") (Yeshaya 54:11), which refers to Zion.
		The dual foundations of the rebuilding of Zion are, thus, the "crown of kingdom" and the "crown of Torah." Many people question if the State of Israel can be part of the process of redemption since it still does not function fully according to halacha.
		Our haftara teaches us that the bride first requires an intricate canopy, one which integrates many elements.
	www.eretzhemdah.org /hemdatyamim/5761/reeh61/feature.htm (408 words)

	Akhlah: Torah Readings during Passover
		The Maftir portion describes the sacrifices of the day that were brought to the Temple.
		In the Haftara, we read that the People of Israel celebrated before beginning to fight for the Land of Israel.
		In the Haftara, we read how the king commands the people of Israel to keep Passover.
	www.akhlah.com /holidays/pesach/torah_readings.php (522 words)

	Parshat Mishpatim 5762 - Special Features - OU.ORG
		The reading of the Haftara was established at some later point during the period of the Second Beit Hamikdash, certainly before the end of the period of the Tanaim (as it is mentioned in Mishnayot in the 3rd perek of Megillah).
		The gemara (Megillah 23a) states that the Haftara should contain at least 21 p’sukim, corresponding to the 7 aliyot on Shabbat multiplied by the minimum of 3 p’sukim per aliyah.
		The classic explanation, found as early as the Avudrohom (14th century) and brought by many since (see L’vush, Orach Chayim 284:1), is that the Haftara was instituted during the time that the Greeks decreed upon Jews not to read the Torah.
	www.ou.org /torah/tt/5762/mishpatim62/specialfeatures.htm (1569 words)

	Modia - Tableaux historique pour l'étude de la Torah
		- haftara Vaét'hannane, Na'hamou Na'hamou : Consolez, consolez (Isaïe 40, 1-26).
		- haftara Eqév, Vatomér Tsione : Et Sion dira Il m'a abandonnée (Isaïe 49, 14 - 51, 3).
		La haftara nous permet de faire le lien avec le projet de la création car elle nous montre que l'unité et le rassemblement du peuple se referont alors, et les nations viendront également se joindre à nous.
	www.modia.org /tora/history/profetglobal.html (1346 words)

	Bible Study - Aliyya and Haftara
		Another reader is also called up to read the Haftara from the prophetic books (see Old Testament Fact File) of Scripture.
		And He stood up to read; and there was given to Him the book of the prophet Isaiah [i.e.
		He opened the book and found the place where it was written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2002/20021216.htm (713 words)

	How to be a Gabbai for Shir Hadash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Also be sure that the person assigned to do Haftara is aware that a special one is to be read, and, if a special maftir portion is required, that it also has been assigned.
		Since there is a tradition that one should not turn down an opportunity to do a mitzvah (commandment), and since reading Torah is a mitzvah, in theory everyone offered an aliyah should take it.
		After the Torah is dressed (Yad on both etzim or on the Bereshit side), it may be laid on the reading table or held by a member of the congregation.
	www.jrf.org /shirhadash/handbook/gabbaiInstrs.html (3024 words)

	Daily HALACHA by Rabbi Eli Mansour - Chanukah- The Procedure for Torah Reading When Rosh Chodesh Tevet Falls on Shabbat
		For the Haftara, we read the selection of "Roni Ve'simchi" (from the Book of Zecharya), the standard Haftara for the Shabbat during Chanukah, which speaks of the Menorah.
		We read this Haftara, rather than the Haftara for Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, because the Haftara should correspond to the Maftir reading.
		Furthermore, this Haftara speaks about the Menorah, and we therefore read this Haftara in the interest of Pirsumei Nisa (publicizing the miracle of Chanukah).
	www.dailyhalacha.com /Display.asp?ClipID=1072 (761 words)

	The Weekly Haftara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The prophets can sometimes be a useful source in critical studies, and our haftara is a good example.
		Some critics might claim that the ordered sacrifices, such as those in Leviticus, were later additions to the Torah and not given by Moshe at Sinai.
		They could point to the second verse of this haftara as evidence to their point of view.
	hometown.aol.com /chevroner/jewish/haftar01/tzav.htm (281 words)

	Beni Mitzvah - FAQ
		Many boys read from the Torah and the Haftara on their Bar Mitzvah Shabbat, and are expected to give a Drashah on the Parshah.
		A celebration is held to mark this special occasion, and friends and family are invited to share in a festive meal.
		The Haftara is a selection from the prophetic books of the Bible, and is read on Shabbat and Festivals.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/lifecycle/bneimitsva/faq.html (1599 words)

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