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Definition: -taroth
Haphtarah
\Haph*ta"rah\, n.; pl.
-taroth. [Heb.
hapht[=a]r[=a]h, prop., valedictory, fr. p[=a]tar to depart.]
One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the
Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the
ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth,
or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke
iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]