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>>< Note 207.0 by ZEPPO::MAHLER "Michael" >
>>                    -< Time for a new topic.  Haftorahs ! >-
>>
>>
>>    What was YOUR Haftorah ?
>>
>>    Mine was Machar Chodesh.  The New Moon ?

Haftorah Machar Chodesh is said on the Shabbat the day before Rosh Chodesh.

/don feinberg

    Mine was Bereshith.  I have a twin brother and we split it.
    He did the Ashkenizie one and I did the Sphardie.  All our parents'
    friends thought it was cute (:^} 
    
    Michael,  With Machar Chodesh, its possible to do it a number
    of times during the year.  Start practicing!

    I stumbled through Lech L'cha.
    
    			Fred
    

    What is a Haftorah?
    
    Gale

    re .4
    
    	A haftorah is an excerpt (at least 10 verses, but sometimes
    much longer; the afternoon service on Yom Kippur uses the entire
    book of Jonah) from Nevi'im (Prophets) that is read after the weekly
    Torah parsha (section).  The haftorah is related in some way to
    the parsha, so that it serves as an augmentation or explanation
    of the parsha.
    
    	For instance, the parsha for my bar mitzvah was Tazria, which
    mostly defines the laws concerning leprosy.  (You can imagine how
    little I understood that at age 13.)  The haftorah is an excerpt
    from Kings, where Elisha cures a Syrian king (Na'aman) -- or maybe
    he's just a general, I forget which -- of leprosy by washing in the
    waters of the Jordan.  The link between the parsha and the haftorah,
    obviously, is the disease, but the lesson of the haftorah comes when
    Na'aman wonders why he must go to the little insignificant Jordan River
    when there are much larger and more impressive rivers in his own
    kingdom.  The lesson is that actions based on faith, as this clearly
    is, have nothing to do with outward appearances.  Another lesson is
    that leprosy does not respect rank or power, and actions to remove
    it do not depend on rank or power either.
    
    	As I said somewhere else, under the discussion of the calendar,
    Tazria does not often occur by itself, so this haftorah is read
    only once every few years.
    
    			David

    My Haftorah was Emore.

    My parasha (sp?) is Chayye Sarah -- The Death of Sarah,
    my haftorah is from Samuel concerning the death of King David.
    
    It looks like we have a lot of Bereshit (Genesis) fans here.
    
    Dave

    I had Mestzorah(sp) as a haftorah. It also deals leprosy. It was
    42 lines long and was quite a chore learning. The basic story is
    that there are 2 lepers sitting at the edge of a city that is under
    seige. They say to each other 'what the heck we can starve here
    or go into the enemies camp and try to steal some food and if they
    kill us so what, nobody cares' so they go to the camp but during
    the night the Lord had sent thuderous sounds and scared the attackers
    off. When the Lepers get there they find lots of food et al and
    eat and then discuss whether they should tell the folks at the city
    about it. They do but are not believed. The head of the city after
    getting balled out by the local prophet sends a small party out
    to see what is going on. They come back and everyone eats (except
    the lepers who are no better off than before as they are outcasts)..
    
    
    

    Heavy.

BTW, my haftorah was Beha'alotekha.

Except: my Bar-Mitzvah was on the first Shabbat Chanukah.
Beha'alotakha is said then, and also "in order" (i. e., 
Bemidbar, Naso, Beha'alotekha, ...

So unlike a number of other haftoraot, it's always said twice a year.

/don feinberg

    Hi,
    
    Mine was the shortest. It was from the double sedra (portion of
    the law) Achrei Mot, Kedoshim. They can be found in Vayikra (leviticus).
    
    I also did near enough the whole of Achrei Mot (which is said
    on Yom Kippur in the afternoon). If you're interested in many of
    the laws concerning morality this is where they can be found.
                                        
    It would be interesting to find out why this particular sub-set
    were picked out by the Rabbis to be said on Yom Kippor.
    
    Malcolm

    	My son was born on July 27, 1977. What will his Haftorah be
    and on what day will he be a barmitzva.
    
    	I wonder if someone who knows how to calculate such things,
    could enter here in the notes file a list of birthdays, barmitzva
    days and Haftorahs for the next year. For instance the list would
    have those Barmitzvas for 1987-1988 and would be updated each month
    with those gone by removed.
    
    	BTW I am trying to use the hebrew_calendar.exe program that
    was given somewhere in this notes file but I am entering the date
    in the wrong format. What is the correct format and why is it not
    in the DEC format? Could someone change hebrew_calendar.c so it
    will accept dd-mmm-yyyy?

>>>< Note 207.13 by SWATT::POLIKOFF "I realy should be working." >
>>>                          -< Future barmitzva dates >-
>>>
>>>    	My son was born on July 27, 1977. What will his Haftorah be
>>>    and on what day will he be a barmitzva.
    
	You son's Hebrew birthday is Av 12, 5737.

	His Bar-Mitzvah will be Av 12, 5750 (i. e., in July or
		August 1990)

	Now, I don't have a Hebrew calendar here, but your son's birthday is
	3 days after Tishah B'Av!

	Assuming you chose to be as close as possible, you would
	hold the Barmitzvah the next Monday, Thusday, or Shabbos (whichever
	comes first) after Tishah B'Av.
	Parsha would probably be V'etchanan. The Haftorah is 
	_always_ Isa. 40:1 to 26 (the first "Haftorah of consolation") on the
	Shabbos after Tishah B'Av.

	Hope this helps.

	/don feinberg

    I believe mine was Bo (sp). I did the last portion of the Torah
    plus the haftorah reading

      Mine was Zachor, the Shabbat prior to Purim.  I believe it's one
    of the longest, just my luck.