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The "Haftara" is a chapter from the Prophets. Its public recitation is added to most

services at which the Torah is read publicly, immediately after the Torah reading.

The origin of the Haftara dates from times and places during the Diaspora in which

the public reading of the Torah was outlawed. A chapter from the Prophets was

selected to be read instead, which recalled, referred to, or conveyed a moral lesson

similar to the Torah portion that should have been read on that occasion. The same

set of Prophetic chapters is still associated with the Torah portions.

In secular pop culture, the Haftara is often associated with Bar Mitzvah, because

it has become somewhat standard practice for the celebrant to recite the Haftara

at the service where his becoming a Bar Mitzvah at age 13 is being celebrated.

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