- מפטרא
- מִפְטָרָאm. (פְּטַר) dismissal from school, reading of Scriptures and prayers at dismissal.Pl. מִפְטָרֵי. Ber.53b בעידן מִפְטָרַיְיהוּ (Ms. F. דקא מִפַּטְּרֵי) at the time of their dismissal with devotional exercises; בדלא עידן מ׳ (Ms. F. דקא מגמרי להו) not at dismissal (when they recite merely for practice).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
