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	Ask the Rabbi, JewishAnswers.org » Haftorah
		I was wondering if you could explain to me what exactly the haftorah is, and how they are chosen, and by whom.
		The haftorah was instituted during the second Commonwealth, during the times of Greek reign, a time when the Jews were forbidden from reading the Torah.
		You will notice, if you read the weekly haftorah, that each week the selection that was chosen always has a similar theme to the Torah portion.
	www.jewishanswers.org /ask-the-rabbi-1229/haftorah (158 words)

	Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs - Sefer Haftorah
		The Haftorah, unlike the Torah, does not have to be chanted from a scroll (though many of us feel it would enhance the spirituality of the act if it were read from a scroll instead of a book).
		The number of weeks the Sefer Haftorah is scheduled to stay in a particular region is dependent on the number of clubs within the region and the number of those clubs that sponsored the commissioning of the scroll.
		I presented a past history of sefer haftorahs and gave credit to Rabbi Charles Simon, the FJMC executive director for having seen this beautiful scroll in Jerusalem and having the foresight to encourage the Federation to commission a sofer to produce this magnificent sefer haftorah.
	www.fjmc.org /haftorah.html (1927 words)

	Outreach Judaism - responds directly to the issues raised by missionaries and cults. Responds to Jews For Jesus
		Those who are unfamiliar with the custom of reading the Haftorah might conclude from this missionary argument that the Jews read all of the Prophets during the yearly cycle (as we do the entire Pentateuch) and we somehow only leave out Isaiah 53 from the annual reading of the Haftorah.
		The custom to read the Haftorah began when Antiochus Epiphanes (ruled from 175-164 B.C.E.), in an effort to stifle the study of Torah among the nation of Israel, decreed that the Jews not read from the Torah.
		It should be obvious that Christian polemics played no role in the Haftorah selection as evidenced by the fact that Isaiah 9:5-6 is read in the Haftorah, which is a text widely used by missionaries to support their claims.
	www.outreachjudaism.org /isaiah1.html (670 words)

	Haftorah - Torah.org
		The reading of the Haftorah dates back to the Second Jewish Commonwealth, during the era of the Greek empire.
		They carefully chose specific sections of the Prophets which correspond to the sedra and intended through this to capture the lessons of the weekly Torah portion.
		Rabbi Dovid Siegel isolates a hidden theme of the Haftorah after presenting a general overview of the Haftorah together with historic background.
	www.torah.org /learning/haftorah (279 words)

	What is the origin of the reading of the Haftorah? \| AskMoses.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Most haftorahs were chosen because they share a common them with the Torah portion.
		There are those who contend that the Haftorah, too, was instituted by Ezra the Scribe (Sefer Hamachriya in the name of Rabbeinu Tam).
		Although most haftorahs were chosen because they share a common them with the Torah Portion, there are some exceptions when the haftorah is chosen because it reflects the time of the year.
	www.askmoses.com /article.html?h=201&o=2697 (544 words)

	Haftorah - Hachodesh - Torah.org
		This week's haftorah which we read in conjunction with Parshas Hachodesh portrays the upcoming month of Nissan in a brilliant light.
		Nissan which was the month of the Patriarchs was reserved for this dedication, because it reflected the Jewish people's parallel level to the Patriarchs themselves.
		In this week's Haftorah, we discover that this concept will continue into the Messianic era and the inauguration of the final Bais Hamikdash.
	www.torah.org /learning/haftorah/hachodesh.html (946 words)

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