Parshat Miketz-Chanukah The connection between this week’s haftarah and Chanukah is quite obvious. Certainly, the vision of the seven-branched Menorah that closes the selection connects

Parshat Vayeshev The charge of every navi is to bring Hashem’s word to the people. More often than not, the message to be delivered is

Parshat Vayishlach “Will the real Ovadya please stand up?” The author of Sefer Ovadya, and therefore today’s haftarah, is, as the Radak points out, a

Parshat Toldot “Machar Chodesh” Few haftarot have a more obvious reason for their selection than today’s reading. The opening words express the very nature of

Parshat Chayei Sarah This week’s haftarah, the opening chapter of Sefer Melachim, compares and contrasts the final days of David HaMelech with those of Avraham

Parshat Vayera The events we read of in this week’s haftarah, a selection from the fourth perek in Melachim Bet, bear a close resemblance to

Parshat Lech Lecha This week’s haftarah begins at the end of the 40th perek in Sefer Yeshayahu and extends into the 41st chapter. At first

On Yom Kippur, we are privileged to read two haftarot: the first, read during Shacharit, is taken from Sefer Yeshayahu, while the second haftarah, read

Rosh Hashanah The two different haftarot that we read on the two separate days of Rosh Hashanah focus upon two different themes of the chag.

Parshat Ki Tavo Throughout these post-Tisha B’Av weeks, we have emphasized the point made by Tosafot (Megilla 31b) that the words of consolation and the

Parshat Ki Teitzei The final chapters of Sefer Yeshayahu, from the 40th perek until the 66th, are known as the pirkei geula, the chapters of