I shudder to think what I had to sing aloud in my Haftorah, without knowing its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Women Erased in Israel, Flogged in Pakistan and Restricted in Afghanistan - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
He signed his email with a passage from Isaiah, which reminded me of my Haftorah reading from my Bar Mitzvah. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-12-01] Reference
In the Haftorah, the accompanying prophetic reading I Kings 18:1-39, Elijah faces off in contest with prophets he knows to be false. From Wordnik.com. [False Gods] Reference
She taught her first formal adult Bat Mitzvah class in 1976, focused on Hebrew, synagogue skills, and the chanting of Torah and Haftorah, to a group of thirty adult women. From Wordnik.com. [Women Who Dared - Biography Hadassah Blocker] Reference
With the support of Rabbi Samuel Chiel, Hadassah became the first woman to chant the Haftorah at her synagogue, Temple Emanuel of Newton, at a Sisterhood Shabbat over forty years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Women Who Dared - Biography Hadassah Blocker] Reference
So we see that the Haftorah readings heard in the synagogue conclude at the very verse which begins the controversial "Suffering Servant" passage. and the readings pick up just after the 53rd chapter of Isaiah. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
And for this, too, Andy has prepared, combing research books for insights into tomorrow morning's Haftorah reading until he found an interesting commentary by Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and a relevant verse from the Baghvad Gita. From Wordnik.com. [The Search] Reference
Haftorah portions, their children and grandchildren looked on. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Advocate] Reference
I knew my Haftorah was from Isaiah, and I searched for it in an English version. From Wordnik.com. [My Kriegie Education 1942-1945] Reference
I read Haftorah and chanted Torah back then, but this time learned to understand it. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
Because she was a girl, her service was on Friday night, and she was allowed to read only a Haftorah portion. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
Moreover, being responsible for learning a quarter of the service (Torah readings and Haftorah) was the only way I would have had the courage to attempt this. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
Hamodia, which he read every shabbos during the Haftorah and Mussaf repetition at his traditional-egalitarian synagogue for the rest of his life, but not during the Kedusha. From Wordnik.com. [The Kvetcher] Reference
The tasks came upon us in the middle of busy lives, and I was amazed to see Erin take charge and keep to the timeline, studying prayers and Haftorah with her tutor, Rachel Valfer, and then her parsha cantilation with the cantor. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
It's not just that the Torah and Haftorah portions are all taken from infertility stories (seriously, it's like the infertility galore service) - I never really liked to be in shul for the High Holidays even before we started trying to conceive. From Wordnik.com. [Stirrup Queens] Reference
I still hope that someday I will flawlessly chant a full Haftorah with confidence like my children did, retain the knowledge needed to spontaneously read Hebrew in the prayer book as my husband and mother can, and proudly sing an entire Shabbat service the way my beloved father could. From Wordnik.com. [J. Weekly] Reference
How about we have some Haftorah Situations?. From Wordnik.com. [Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: LIVE BLOG MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER Episode 1!] Reference
Teshuvah, Taharah and Haftorah. From Wordnik.com. [Hirhurim - Musings] Reference
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