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HAPTARA (lit. conclusion)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 934 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HAPTARA (lit. conclusion) , the See also:Hebrew See also:title given to the prophetic lessons with which the See also:ancient See also:Synagogue service concluded. In the See also:time of See also:Christ these prophetic lessons were already in See also:vogue, and Christ himself read the lessons and discoursed on them in the synagogues of See also:Galilee. In the See also:modern synagogue these readings from the prophets are regularly included in the See also:ritual of Sabbaths, festivals and some other occasions. A See also:list of the current lessons is given in the Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. vi. pp. 136-137. (I.

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