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Each week the Torah portion (Parasha), which
is read on Shabbat is divided into seven smaller readings known
as aliyot (plural of aliyah). Kabbalah teaches us that
each portion corresponds to a
Patriarch
and also to one of the S'firot on the Tree of Life that make
up
Zeir Anpin and Malchut. Many have the custom of studying an
aliyah each day of the week, for example the first aliyah would
be studied on Sunday, the second on Monday, and so on. In the
seventh aliyah, you
will come across this word  toward
the end. Maftir means concluder and refers to the last person
called to read Torah on Shabbat and festival mornings. It
would be disrespectful to the Torah, if a person were called
to read only from the Haftarah. This would make Haftarah
seem as important as Torah, which it is not. So the kabbalists
instituted the Maftir so the person reading Haftarah should
also read part of the last reading of Torah.
Some communities will read a shorter version
of the parasha of the week during the Shabbat Torah connection
(service). Therefore, there is a standard Triennial cycle in
which the entire parasha is heard on Shabbat in the course
of three years. It is the custom of our community to read the
triennial parasha during our Shabbat Torah Connection.
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Rosh
Hashanah - Day 1
Bereishit (Genesis) 21:1-34; Bamidbar (Numbers) 29:1-6
Rosh Hashanah - Day 2
Bereishit (Genesis) 22:1-2; Bamidbar (Numbers) 29:1-6
Shabbat Shuvah - Ha-azinu
Devarim (Deuteronomy) 32:1-32:52
Yom Kippur - Morning
Vayikra (Leviticus) 16:1-34; Bamidbar (Numbers)
29:7-11
Yom Kippur - Afternoon
Vayikra (Leviticus) 18:1-30
Haftarah literally means "taking leave" and is read on Shabbat
after the Torah portion. It is a selected reading from the
books of the Prophets, and usually has a thematic link to the
Torah reading that precedes it. The blessings that are recited
before
and
after the Haftarah can be found in our Shabbat
Torah Connection.
The selected reading is not always the same in all Jewish communities.
Our community follows the Sephardic custom.
Haftarah - Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Shmuel Aleph (1 Samuel) 1:1-2:10
Haftarah - Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Yirmiyah (Jeremiah) 31:1-19
Haftarah - Shabbat Shuvah
Hoshea (Hosea) 14:2-10;
Michah (Micah) 7:18-20;
Yoel (Joel) 2:15-27
Haftarah - Yom Kippur Morning
Yeshayah (Isaiah) 57:14-58:14
Haftarah - Yom Kippur Afternoon
Sefer Yonah (The Book of Jonah)
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