maftir
Sign in to saveMaftir () is the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings: this person also reads (or at least recites the blessings over) the haftarah portion from a related section of the Nevi'im (prophetic books).
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Maftir () is the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings: this person also reads (or at least recites the blessings over) the haftarah portion from a related section of the Nevi'im (prophetic books).
Informally, the portion of the Torah read or blessed by the maftir is called the "maftir portion", or the "maftir" for short: in a Chumash, the word "maftir" is printed in the margin at the beginning of that portion.
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