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 over) the haftarah …

Before the haftarah is read, the reader of the haftarah is called up to the Torah for a final aliyah. The last few lines of the weekly reading are reread in an aliyah called maftir. On holidays and …

Unlike the other aliyot, a boy under thirteen years old can be called to read the maftir. However, it is generally considered a significant honor to receive this aliyah, and it is often given to …

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 …

To begin your study or review, you may easily find the particular Torah, Haftorah, or Maftir Reading that you want in the following manner: Choose the book, the parasha and which of …

The custom of Maftir and Haftara developed long ago when the government issued an edict forbidding the Jews from reading the Torah in the synagogue, at the threat of death.

Jewish texts and source sheets about Maftir from Torah, Talmud and other sources in Sefaria's library.

1. The reader of the concluding portion of the Pentateuchal section on Sabbaths and holy days in the synagogue. On regular Sabbaths that portion forms a part of the section read by the …

Jun 20, 2006 · [m]; the additional Torah reading added to the seven basic divisions of each Parshah, either a repetition of the last verses of the Parshah, or special holiday-related verses …

A minor who has reached the age of chinuch 15 and knows to whom the berachos are directed, and can articulate the letters well, may be called up for maftir on Shabbos 16 and on Yom Tov, …