HAFTARA (lit. conclusion), the second or prophetic lesson (also called Shelemta) which ended the ancient service. These were shorter in the days of Jesus (Luke iv. 16) than at present and were accompanied by exegesis. A Spanish translation still ac companies the Haftara of the Fast of Ab in London.
Haftara blessings see S. Singer's prayer book Bibliography.-For Haftara blessings see S. Singer's prayer book PP. 148-149 and I. Abrahams' notes in annotated edition (London, 1928) . For list of Haftaroth see Jew. Enc. (s.v.) . For the history of the Haftara see I. Abrahams, Studies in Pharisaism, i., ch. i.; I. Elbogen, Jiid-Gottesdienst (Frankfurt-a-M., 1924) ; A. Buchler, Jew. Quart. Rev., v. 464 sqq. (question of triennial cycle) ; G. F. Moore, Judaism, i., 30o sqq. (Harvard, 1927) .
