The origin of reading a portion from the prophets in synagogues

By |2014-03-24T06:50:18-07:00March 24th, 2014|Thoughts|

                              The origin of reading a portion from the prophets in synagogues[1]     The Shabbat and holiday Torah reading service in synagogues is followed by a recitation from one of the books of the prophets and is called the haphtarah, or haphtarot in the plural. The name means conclusion,” and is so called because [...]