Haftarah

In general, a boy under Bar Mitzvah is called to the Torah as Maftir and recites the Haftarah. This applies to the Bar Mitzvah itself too (see below).

The table below summarizes the exceptions to the above rule.

Remarks	הפטרה
A boy is called as Maftir[1], and reads Haftarah	שבת וראש חודש
A married man is called & reads Haftarah	ראש השנה
Rabbi is called & reads Haftarah	שבת תשובה
Oldest rabbi is called & reads Haftarah	שחרית יום הכיפורים
Youngest rabbi is called & reads Haftarah	מנחה יום הכיפורים
A boy is not called as Maftir. Rather, a man is called by name, without the addition “מפטיר”. The boy reads the haphtarah	רגלים
Maftir bows[2]	שמחת תורה
A boy is called as Maftir and reads Haftarah	ארבע פרשיות
Chazzan reads Haftarah	בין המצרים
Chacham is called as third & reads the Haftarah	שחרית תשעה באב
Chacham is called as third (he himself reads ויעבור…) & reads the Haftarah	מנחה תשעה באב

Order of the Haftarah (Recordings: NBS)

Maftir is called without name, whilst already standing on the teba	מפטיר
If Maftir doesn’t read the Haftarah, he is called:	יעמוד השם הטוב (הישיש הנכבד)הגביר(הנעלה)/הבחור … לקרא בתורה, וישמרהו צורו, מפטיר.
	ברכות התורה
Only if Maftir is not saying Haftarah, or on Shabbat Teshuba, Kipur Shacharit & Minchah, Simchat Tora, Shabbat Bereshit, Ben Hametsarim, Minchah 9 Ab & if a Hashkabah is made[3].	מי שברך
	ברכות לפני ההפטרה
	הפטרה
Congregation first, then repeated by Maftir.	גואלנו
	ברכות אחרי ההפטרה

Special recordings

	Haftarah Nachamu, recorded by S. Alvares Vega (SAV) in 1939 at the occasion of his bar mitzvah, original recording and noise-reduced version.
	Haftarah Vayera (part), as recorded by D. Sondervan in 1956 at the occasion of his bar mitzvah. D. Sondervan is a brother of JBS, the owner of this site.
	Haftarah Emor, recorded by Nathan Bertus Sondervan (NBS) in 2004 at the age of 11, son of JBS, the owner of this site.
	Haftarah Balak, recorded by Abraham Joseph (AJ) Sondervan in July 2020 at the age of six and a half, son of JPH and grandson of JBS, the owner of this site. Haftarah 8th day Pesach, recorded March 2023.
	Haftarah Noach, recorded by Leo Emanuel Sondervan in October 2023 at the age of eight, son of JPH and grandson of JBS, the owner of this site.
	Recording of all Haftarot by NRP.
	More on Haftarot by SAV

Before a boy was allowed to read the Haftarah he had to be tested by the rabbi and show the certificate to the Chazzan.

Above certificates were issued by rabbi B. Israël Ricardo. The first for David, son of Jacob Texeira de Mattos (born 2 August 1917) and the second for Rafaël, son of Salomo Montezinos (born 3 January 1918), both at the occasion of their bar mitzvah (13). Both have probably not survived the war יהי זכרם ברוך.

Cantillations (NN tape 23) according to list.

[1] According to NN a boy is not called, but does say Haftarah, but this is not correct, see “Over de Ceremoniën” (EH-617-NV-1206) page 8R

[2] At כחתן יכהן פאר וככלה תעדה כליה he bows to the חתן/כלה תורה. At ומשוש חתן על כלה he bows to the חתן/כלה בראשית

[3] In other cases a מי שברך can be made before the hechal when the sepher is returned. See BC page 101

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