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

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