1. a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah; [syn: Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Haftorah
n 1: a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath
in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
[syn: Haftorah, Haftarah, Haphtorah, Haphtarah]