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Maftir (Hebrew: מפטיר, lit. 'concluder') is the last person called up to the Torah on Shabbat and holiday mornings: this person also reads (or at least recites the blessings overs) the haftarah portion from a related section of the Nevi'im (prophetic books).
Maftir is the last Torah reading. On holidays and special shabbatot, the maftir is a reading from an additional scroll. The maftir for festivals relates the sacrifice brought on that occasion. This portion describes the sacrifice brought on the eighth day after the beginning of Sukkot, a day described as “a solemn gathering.”.
What Does Maftir Mean? The word maftir has two possible but completely opposite meanings: “conclude”, referring to the fact that the Maftir reading concludes the readings from the Torah Scroll, or “beginning”, referring to the fact that it is the opening of the haftarah reading.1. What Is the Reason for Maftir?
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Ezekiel 1:1-28. (1) In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, when I was in the community of exiles by the Chebar Canal, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God. (2) On the fifth day of the month—it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin— (3) the word of the LORD came to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, by ...
The Maftir portion for Rosh Hashanah is the same for both days of the holiday. It details the biblical sacrifices that were offered on the first of Tishrei, the day that is now observed as Rosh Hashanah.
The tradition of reading the Torah out loud in synagogue dates back to the time of Moses. The practice of "completing" the Torah reading with a passage from the Navi, called the haftarah, is mentioned in the Mishnah. Today, the Torah is divided into 54 portions, one to be read each Shabbat, with two portions read together twice during the year.
Maftir. On days when a haftarah is read (see Haftarah below), there is a final aliyah after the kaddish, called maftir. The person called to that aliyah, as well, is known as "the maftir." On holidays, maftir is read from the Torah verses describing the sacrifices brought in the Temple in Jerusalem on that particular holiday
