Contributor(s): In all modern communities, the standard practice is that on the three Shabbatot before the Ninth of Av and the seven after it the standard haftarah is replaced. Before the Ninth of Av they are replaced with haftarot of rebuke, from Jeremiah and the opening of Isaiah, and after they are replaced with haftarot of consolation from the later parts of Isaiah. Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, though, preserves a very different custom, one where each one of those Torah portions has an associated haftarah, related not to the calendar but to the parashah itself. Here the editor has compiled a list of these haftarah readings, along with brief notes to explain their connection with the parashah. . . .
Contributor(s): When the first day of Ḥanukkah is a Shabbat, the last day of Ḥanukkah is also Shabbat. In most customs this is addressed by using the standard Shabbat Ḥanukkah haftarah from Zechariah on the first day and I Kings 7:40–50 on the last day. But this never sat well with me, since I Kings 7:40–50 (also the haftara for Vayakhel) is a very technical reading, and the last day of Ḥanukkah is more of a culmination. Conveniently, another minor prophet contemporary of Zechariah, Ḥaggai, discusses the reconstruction of the House as a process of national revitalization, *and* claims that the foundation of the temple was rebuilt on the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month — i.e. the day before Ḥanukkah! This is historically fascinating since it suggests that Ḥanukkah as a rededication festival might predate the Maccabean Revolt entirely, but more importantly here, it makes it a very appropriate reading for the day before or the first day of Ḥanukkah. This is an alternative haftarah from the book of Ḥaggai , chapter 2 verses 2—23, that could be used as a replacement for the standard haftarah when Shabbat falls on the day before Ḥanukkah or on the first day of Ḥanukkah. When read on the first day of Ḥanukkah, the traditional Ḥanukkah haftarah reading of Zechariah 2:14–4:7 would be postponed to the eighth day in its place. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah for the second day of Shavuot, Ḥabakkuk 2:20-3:19, interspersed with a cantillated text of the Targum Yonatan ben Uzziel. Since Targum Yonatan is a bit more drash-heavy than Targum Onkelos, it is translated separately as well. The haftarah reading includes the piyyut Yetsiv Pitgam, with an acrostic rhyming translation of the poem, with the second-to-last verse restored to its rightful place, as well as a concluding paragraph for the meturgeman to recite, as found in the Maḥzor Vitry. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Ḥayyei Sarah, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Zot haBrakhah and Simḥat Torah in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Shlaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for the first day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Shalaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Ḥuqat, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Naso, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): This is an English translation of the Haftarah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashanah (I Samuel 1:1-2:10), transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Qoraḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Shabbat Zakhor preceding Purim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with erev Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemini, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat ha’Azinu and for the 7th day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayeshsev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Ashkenazi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayishlaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for the second day of Shavuot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Toldōt, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Shabbat haGadol preceding Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Balaq, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat b’Midbar, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayetsei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Nitsavim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Devarim, Shabbat Ḥazon, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): On Shabbat Ḥazon, the Shabbat before Tisha b’Av, many Ashkenazi communities have a custom to read most of the haftarah (Isaiah 1:1-27) in Eikha trop, the cantillation used for the Book of Lamentations. There are many distinct customs, but one of the most common reads verses at the beginning and end in standard haftarah trop, as well as several verses in the middle, selected for their more hopeful message. This edition of the haftarah for Shabbat Ḥazon, along with its new translation, has the verses recited in Eikha trop marked in blue and the verses in haftarah trop in black. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Yitro, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for the eighth day of Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Shemot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat va’Etḥanan, Shabbat Naḥamu, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Lekh Lekha in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Bereshit in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Vayiqra, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Éqev, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Shoftim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tetsei, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Noaḥ in English Translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat R’éh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for the Minḥah service on fast days, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Ki Tavo, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Nitsavim, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for shabbatot that coincide with Rosh Ḥodesh, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for the first day of Shavuot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Qedoshim according to Sefaradi custom, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Aḥarei Mot, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Parashat Va’era, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Shabbat Parah (after Purim, preceding Shabbat haḤodesh), in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
Contributor(s): The haftarah reading for Shabbat Ḥol haMo’ed Pesaḥ, in English translation, transtropilized. . . .
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