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	Haftarah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The haftarah (plural: haftarot) is a text selected from the books of Nevi'im ("The Prophets") that is read publicly in the synagogue after the reading of the Torah on each Sabbath, as well as on Jewish festivals and fast days.
		A medieval Sephardic source notes that the melody for the haftarot is a slight variation of the tune used for reading the books of Nevi'im in general (presumably for study purposes).
		Note that although many selections from Nevi'im are read as haftarot over the course of the year, the books of Nevi'im are not read in their entirety (as opposed to the Torah).
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Haftarah (332 words)

	Haftarah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The haftarah (haftara, haphtara, haphtarah, Hebrew הפטרה‎; plural haftarot, haftaros, haphtarot, haphtaros) is a text selected from the books of Nevi'im ("The Prophets") that is read publicly in the synagogue after the reading of the Torah on each Sabbath, as well as on Jewish festivals and fast days.
		For all afternoon haftarot, and for the morning Haftarot on Tisha b'Av and on Yom Ha'atzmaut, the blessings are concluded with "the Shield of David".
		The Haftarot for the morning of Tisha b'Av, and for the Shabbat preceding it, are, in many synagogues, predominately read to the cantillation melody used for the public reading of the Book of Lamentations, or Eicha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haftarah (1618 words)

	Shabbat Nachamu \| Chabad.org > Holidays > The Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thus, on the three Sabbaths between the Seventeenth of Tammuz and The Ninth of Av, the haftarot reflect the sense of calamity that characterizes the period.
		These haftarot are taken from Isaiah and record the prophetic messages of consolation which Isaiah offered Israel.
		There are 144 verses altogether in the seven haftarot of consolation, and 143 verses contained in the portions of admonition in the Torah recorded in Bechukotai, Ki Tavo, Nitzavim, and Ha'azinu - and we see that the consolation exceeds the admonition.
	www.chabad.org /holidays/3weeks/calendar/article.asp?AID=144576 (286 words)

	Cantillation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Haftarot preceding and during the Ninth of Av also use this melody.
		Mechon Mamre has the full text of the Tanakh with cantillation marks in Unicode here (which may be downloaded for free).
		Trope Trainer - Torah, Haftarot, Megillot in a variety of voices, melodies, and pronunciations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cantillation (1301 words)

	Ramah Berkshires: News: D'var Torah 8/14/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		From that point until the end of the year, the haftarot are geared to the season not the parasha: we have three haftarot of rebuke that lead up to the fast of Tisha B'Av, and these are followed by seven haftarot of consolation (nechama).
		The three haftarot of blame try to convey this message: the rhetoric is stark, but the message has not lost its truth.
		The first of the seven haftarot is somber though hopeful: the prophet offers comfort to the people because the worst of their suffering is behind them and God's awful punishment has run its course.
	www.ramahberkshires.org /news/dvar_20000814.shtml (821 words)

	UJ - University of Judaism
		Haftarot (Elective): This course consists of a study of selected Haftarot, both from the Former and Later Prophets.
		It is intended to familiarize the students with the role of the Haftarot in the synagogue liturgy, the reason for the selection of given texts to be read with each parashah and how the haftarah is designed to expand the message of the Torah reading.
		Each of the Haftarot is studied in depth and, in the process, the way the ancient sages personalized the parasha and had it address the interests of the people of their age.
	www.uj.edu /Content/ContentUnit.asp?CID=1279&u=846&t=0 (663 words)

	tish62ys
		In other words, the haftarot for most shabbatot of the year were selected because of the similarity between them and the parashot which they accompany, while those read from the seventeenth of Tammuz until the end of the year were chosen on the basis of their connection with the events of that period.
		There are three haftarot of rebuke for the period between the seventeenth of Tammuz and the ninth of Av, followed by seven of consolation for the seven shabbatot after Tisha Be-Av (from parashat Va'etchanan until parashat Nitzavim).
		Although, as mentioned, these haftarot were selected for their theme of consolation, there may still be some ideas common to each of them and to the parashot read on the same Shabbatot.
	www.vbm-torah.org /3weeks/tish62ys.htm (1759 words)

	Introduction to Haftarot - Rabbi Pinchas Frankel
		The "Haftarot" are selections from the Prophets that are read on special occasions (Shabbat, the Holidays, Fast Days) after the public reading of the Torah.
		Possibly the most important reason they did this was that by preserving the practice, whereby the Rabbis had selected a portion of the Prophets that they thought was linked to the Parshah, this would shed light on how the Rabbis understood the meaning of the Parshah.
		An interesting aspect of the "Haftarot" is that over the centuries, differing traditions have developed among the various Jewish communities as to what portions of the Prophets should be read on a given occasion.
	www.ou.org /torah/frankel/haftarot/intro.htm (534 words)

	Haftarah - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase
		The haftarah (haftara, haphtara, haphtarah; plural haftarot, haftaros, haphtarot, haphtaros) is a text selected from the books of Nevi'im ("The Prophets") that is read publicly in the synagogue after the reading of the Torah on each Sabbath, as well as on Jewish festivals and fast days.
		When the haftarah is read in the synagogue it is sung with cantillation (trop), and its related blessings are said before and after it.
		The haftarah is read with cantillation according to a unique melody (not with the same cantillation melody as the Torah).
	www.indopedia.org /Haftarot.html (695 words)

	Torah Currents
		These selections are familiarly known as the t’lata de-poranuta, or “the three of hardship.” These haftarot, along with the seven of comfort that follow, are unique in that they are unrelated to the topics of the parshiyot that they follow.
		Since we firmly believe that these texts are not merely historically interesting but also continue to speak to us throughout the ages, we must forge a connection to the texts that, at first blush, do not seem as relevant to us as they are informative about the past.
		These three haftarot are chosen specifically, we have learned, for their connections to this time of year.
	www.torahcurrents.org /index.php/article/are_we_ready_for_our_close_up (1917 words)

	Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History: Transforming comfort: hermeneutics and theology in the haftarot of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Transforming comfort: hermeneutics and theology in the haftarot of consolation.
		The most extensive example of this phenomenon within the Jewish lectionary is the sequence of haftarot surrounding the ninth of Av.
		The redactors of this haftarah sequence use strategies of selection and arrangement to transform a collection of texts from Isa.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:112211353&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (239 words)

	Judaism: Intertextuality and the Haftarot
		Nearly half of the haftarot chosen for the Triennial Cycle were taken from Isaiah, of which two thirds were from chapters 40-66, which emphasize national return to the homeland.
		Special haftarot are read on the Sabbaths in the three weeks before the Ninth of Ab and the seven after it, as well as the four Sabbaths between the first of Adar and the first of Nisan, and on the New Moon and during Hanukkah.
		This technique is attributed to Hillel in the first century of the common era and is the second of 13 hermeneutical principles recited daily in the morning service in a quotation from the Sifra, the midrashic commentary to Leviticus attributed to the second-century Tanna R. Ishmael.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0411/is_1-2_53/ai_n8964752 (1070 words)

	OT Ritual News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Haftarot are rooted in the Torah, and they complement or highlight each Torah reading.
		Although there is no consistent literary feature, theme or emphasis throughout the haftarot, Fishbane notes, the subject of religious instruction and the message of “consolation and hope” (Hertz) appear frequently.
		Most haftarot come from the book of Isaiah, which deals with subjects such as redemption.
	www.uscj.org /seabd/olam.tikvah/OTRitualNews.html (353 words)

	Review of M. Fishbane, Haftarot: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation
		Michael Fishbane, Haftarot: The Traditional Hebrew Text with the New JPS Translation (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 2002), Pp.
		This introduction attends to the development of the laws concerning the haftarot and the various ancient and medieval systems for the Pentateuchal lectionary as well.
		Like the rest of the commentary, it is noteworthy for its attention not only to Talmudic and standard midrashic texts but also to other medieval works that illuminate the development of the lectionary, the biblical texts selected for it, and the reasons for their selection.
	www.arts.ualberta.ca /JHS/reviews/review114.htm (894 words)

	Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought: Intertextuality and the Haftarot.(The JPS Bible Commentary: ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2002.
		THE HAFTARAH, A READING FROM THE PROPHETS RECITED publicly on Sabbaths, festivals, and certain fast days after reciting the required portion of the Pentateuch, perhaps originally acted as a farewell address before Jews left the synagogue after the Torah reading.
		(1) The annual cycle of Torah readings followed by the reading of the haftarot is a central part of the synagogue service, the linkage dating to a period before the canon had been fixed when the Scriptures were...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:126076041&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (242 words)

	FFOZ \| Torah Club Volume 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The earliest rabbinic reference to the haftarah is found in Tosefta, Megillah 4 (3):1 where the haftarot for the four special Sabbaths are mentioned.
		Even in the present day, there is sometimes difference of opinion concerning which section of the prophets is to be the haftarah for a given Torah Portion.
		To assume any kind of a fixed schedule for that time period, we also need to take into consideration whether a synagogue was practicing a one year or a three year Torah reading cycle.
	www.ffoz.org /TorahClub/volumes/tc3.shtml (2706 words)

	Jewish Publication Society: The JPS Bible Commentary Series: Haftarot
		The haftarot are an ancient part of Hebrew liturgy.
		Individual comments--citing classical rabbinic as well as modern commentators--highlight ambiguities and difficulties in the Hebrew text, which appears in concert with the JPS translation.
		The haftarot are also put into biblical context by a separate overview of all prophetic books (except Jonah) that are excerpted in the haftarah cycle.
	www.jewishpub.org /product.php?isbn=0827606915 (212 words)

	Bet Yosef Institute of Torah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The research of this custom was made possible in the wake of the large volume of material discovered in the Cairo Geniza, part of which reflects the custom of Eretz Yisrael from the period when it was still practised.
		There are therefore two possible haftarot for parashat Tzav: the original one-year haftarah, "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices" (Yirmiyahu 7:21), or the haftarah of "ve-arvah," whose source is to be found in the three-year cycle.
		The process of the development of the haftarah through all its stages now becomes entirely clear: at first there was a "one-year" haftarah for parashat Tzav ("Your burnt offerings") and a "three-year" haftarah for the seder of "this is the sacrifice of Aharon" ("vearvah").
	www.tckillian.com /greg/removed/nisan1060.html (8419 words)

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		The research of this custom was made possible in the wake of the large volume of material discovered in the Cairo Geniza, part of which reflects the custom of Eretz Yisrael from the period when it was still practiced.
		There are therefore two possible haftarot for parashat Tzav: the original one-year haftara, "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices" (Yirmiyahu 7:21), or the haftara of "ve-arvah," whose source is to be found in the three-year cycle.
		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)

	publishing
		There are many differences between the Yemenite Haftarot and the Haftarot of other eastern communities.
		The Sana and Aden Haftarot were printed for the first time at the end of the nineteenth century.
		Most of the manuscripts contain the Hebrew text followed verse by verse by the Targum, as it is read in the Yemenite Synagogue until today.
	www.lee-achim.de /HebManuscript.htm (436 words)

	haftorot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There are still some communities which use either a scroll containing all the haftarot or separate scrolls for each of the Prophets.
		In my youth I used to attend services at a small synagogue, the members of which hailed from Lithuania, where they followed the practice of their native land and read the haftarot from hand-written scrolls of the Prophets.
		Let me quote from the Mishnah Berurah (284: I): 'The Levush writes: “I am astonished in that I have never seen the practice of writing the haftarot according to the rules regarding the writing of a sefer Torah.
	www.bayit02.freeserve.co.uk /html/haftorot.html (364 words)

	Jewish Publication Society: The Illustrated Torah
		Structured like a humash, with weekly Torah readings separated by the haftarot, this family-friendly text invites reading aloud.
		The striking and evocative images of such events as the building of the Tower of Babel, Jacob dreaming of the stairway, Joseph in the pit, [and] the giving of the Ten Commandments...will undoubtedly give rise to as much discussion as the text itself."
		This original humash contains all the sidrot and haftarot illustrated in 120 full-color original paintings and features the Torah from the JPS Tanakh.
	www.jewishpub.org /product.php?isbn=9657157005 (118 words)

	Mail-Jewish Volume 35 Number 7
		Therefore it is not likely that the tune was "cleaned up." - tobias robison cpaths@bellatlantic.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Baruch J. Schwartz Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:51:29 +0200 Subject: Haftarot When Pesah begins on Motzaei Shabbat as it did this year, two interesting phenomena related to haftarot occur in the summer months.
		Even though the general rule is to recite the haftarah related to the last sefer torah that has been read, the question arises as to whether the haftarot of rebuke read during the three weeks override this principle.
		Even though the general rule is that when this occurs the haftarah "mahar hodesh" is read, the question arises as to whether the haftarot of consolation read during the seven weeks following Tisha B'Av override this principle.
	www.ottmall.com /mj_ht_arch/v35/mj_v35i07.html (1700 words)

	Study Guide to the JPS _ Bible Commentary: Haftarot - Laura Suzanne Lieber - Low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Study Guide to the JPS _ Bible Commentary: Haftarot is one of my nicest presents.
		Study Guide to the JPS _ Bible Commentary: Haftarot was a very cool present when I got it on March, 2002.
		I was so pleased on March, 2002 when I bought my Study Guide to the JPS _ Bible Commentary: Haftarot.
	books.lowcost.us.com /item_30383237363037313830/Study_Guide_to_the_JPS.php (509 words)

	Amazon.com: The Illustrated Torah: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		What identifies Michal's work in particular are the bold colors she uses and the important part that Hebrew texts and lettering play in her pictures.
		Included are sidrot and haftarot "weekly readings" and the whole is augmented with Michael Meron's spectacular paintings to showcase quotations drawn from the Hebrew text of the Torah and haftarot portions.
		The excerpts of the sidrot and its haftarot are taken from the Jewish Publication Society translation.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/9657157005?v=glance (730 words)

	The Fuchsberg Center for Conservative Judaism in Jerusalem of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These haftarot offer comfort much the same way that one should comfort a mourner, little by little.
		The first of these haftarot opens with a famous passage from Isaiah which introduces a series of prophecies offering comfort to the exiled Jews of Babylonia: “Nahamu nahamu ami” - Comfort, oh comfort My people, says your God.
		Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and declare to hear that her term of service is over, that her sins are forgiven; for she has received at the hand of God double for all her sins.
	www.uscj.org.il /web_2005/haftarahEdit.php?id=171 (536 words)

	The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, ISBN 0826328083 And JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot by Michael Fishbane, ...
		The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter, ISBN 0826328083 And JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot by Michael Fishbane, ISBN 0827606915
		Twenty years in the making, this landmark work -- the first comprehensive commentary on the Haftarot -- includes a full introduction of the history of the Torah and haftarah readings and their interrelationships.
		The volume is a model of clarity, with numerous literary and spiritual insights.
	www.fatflusher.com /tree.html (268 words)

	Alljudaica.com - Online Shopping for Jewish Gifts, Jewish Books, Jewish Holiday Items
		With the publication of The JPS Bible Commentary: Haftarot, readers can add to their appreciation of these sacred texts.
		Its design adapts the format of the JPS Commentary series so that readers can better understand the haftarot from several viewpoints.
		Noted Bible scholar Michael Fishbane introduces each haftarah with an outline and discussion of how that passage conveys its meaning, and he follows it with observations on how it relates to the Torah portion or special occasion.
	www.alljudaica.com /detail.asp?bid=2539&catid=10040 (243 words)

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