The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Variants of haphtarah.
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n. a short selection from the Prophets read on every Sabbath in a Jewish synagogue following a reading from the Torah
Word Usage
"He taught them their haftarah and these were children who never could read Hebrew and people would say they could never learn to read Hebrew and he would essentially start from scratch and they did beautifully."