The Women's Haftarah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Haftarah Portions, the 5 Megillot & Special Shabbatot

Index by Author Acknowledgments Introduction Rabbinic Commentators and Midrashic Collections Noted in This Anthology Bereshit / Genesis Haftarat Bereshit: Isaiah 42:5-43:10 Rabbi Amy Joy Small Haftarat Noach: Isaiah 54:1-55:5 Rabbi Jill Hammer Haftarat Lech Lecha: Isaiah 40:27-41:16 Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell Haftarat Vayera: II Kings 4:1-37 Rabbi Paula Jayne Winnig. Haftarat Chaye Sarah: I Kings 1:1-31 Rabbi Beth Janus. Haftarat Toldot: Malachi 1:1-2:7 Rabbi Carol E. Stein Haftarat Vayeitze: Hosea 12:13-14:10 Rabbi Kathy Cohen Haftarat Vayishlach: Hosea 11:7-12:12 Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin Haftarat Vayashev: Amos 2:6-3:8 Rabbi Hara E. Person Haftarat Miketz: I Kings 3:15-4:1 Rabbi Zoe Klein Haftarat Vayigash: Ezekiel 37:15-28 Rabbi Marsha J. Pik-Nathan Haftarat Vayechi: I Kings 2:1-12 Rabbi Amber Powers Shmot / Exodus Haftarat Shmot: Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23 Rabbi Sharon Brous. Haftarat Va-era: Ezekiel 28:25-29:21 Rabbi Andrea Carol Steinberger. Haftarat Bo: Jeremiah 46:13-28 Rabbi Denise L. Eger Haftarat Beshalach: Judges 4:4-5:31 Rabbi Deborah J. Schloss. Haftarat Yitro: Isaiah 6:1-7:6; 9:5-6 Rabbi Shira Stern Haftarat Mishpatim: Jeremiah 34:8-22; 33:25-26 Rabbi Lori Cohen. Haftarat Terumah: I Kings 5:26-6:13 Rabbi Elisa Koppel Haftarat Tetzaveh: Ezekiel 43:10-27 Rabbi Alison B. Kobey Haftarat Ki Tissa: I Kings 18:1-39 Rabbi Valerie Lieber Haftarat Vayakhel: I Kings 7:40-50 Rabbi Danielle Leshaw Haftarat Pikudei: I Kings 7:51-8:21 Rabbi Y. L. bat Joseph Vayikra / Leviticus Haftarat Vayikra: Isaiah 43:21-44:23 Rabbi Tina Grimberg. Haftarat Tzav: Jeremiah 7:21-8:3; 9:22-23 Rabbi Elaine Rose Glickman Haftarat Shimini: II Samuel 6:1-7:17 Rabbi Julie Wolkoff Haftarat Tazri'a: II Kings 4:42-5:19 Rabbi Mary Lande Zamore Haftarat Metzorah: II Kings 7:3-20 Rabbi Rochelle Robins Haftarat Acharei Mot: Ezekiel 22:1-19 Rabbi Nina H. Mandel Haftarat Kedoshim: Amos 9:7-15 Rabbi Rona Shapiro Haftarat Emor: Ezekiel 44:15-31 Rabbi Rachel Esserman. Haftarat Behar: Jeremiah 32:6-27 Rabbi Nancy Wechsler-Azen Haftarat Bechukotai: Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 Rabbi Hanna Gracia Yerushalmi. Bamidbar / Numbers Haftarat Bamidbar: Hosea 2:1-22 Rabbi Rachel Leila Miller Haftarat Naso: Judges 13:2-25 Rabbi Judith Z. Abrams Haftarat Behalotecha: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Rabbi Margot Stein Haftarat Shelach Lecha: Joshua 2:1-24 Rabbi Pamela Wax Haftarat Korach: I Samuel 11:14-12:22 Rabbi Barbara Borts Haftarat Chukkat: Judges 11:1-33 Rabbi Vicki Lieberman Haftarat Balak: Micah 5:6-6:8 Rabbi Jane Kanarek. Haftarat Pinchas: I Kings 18:46-19:21 Rabbi Susan P. Fendrick Haftarat Mattot: Jeremiah 1:1-2:3 Rabbi Rachel R. Bovitz. Haftarat Ma'asei: Jeremiah 2:4-28; 3:4 Rabbi Jennifer Elkin Gorman. Devarim / Deuteronomy Haftarat Devarim: Isaiah 1:1-27 Rabbi Analia Bortz Haftarat Va'etchanan: Isaiah 40:1-26 Rabbi Sheryl Nosan-Blank Haftarat Ekev: Isaiah 49:14-51:3 Rabbi Lynne A. Kern Haftarat Re'eh: Isaiah 54:11-55:5 Rabbi Joanne Yocheved Heiligman. Haftarat Shoftim: Isaiah 51:12-52:12 Rabbi Cindy Enger Haftarat Ki Tetze: Isaiah 54:1-10 Rabbi Vivian Mayer Haftarat Ki Tavo: Isaiah 60:1-22 Rabbi Shoshana Dworsky.. Haftarat Nitzavim: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 Rabbi Laura Geller Haftarat Vayelech: Isaiah 55:6-56:8 Rabbi Susan Gulack Haftarat Ha'azinu: II Samuel 22:1-51 Rabbi Elizabeth W. Goldstein Haftarat V'zot Habrachah: Joshua 1:1-18 Rabbi Nancy Rita Myers Special Shabbatot Haftarat Shabbat Rosh Chodesh: Isaiah 66:1-24 Rabbi Ilene Schneider Haftarat Shabbat Shekalim: II Kings 12:1-16 Rabbi Stacia Deutsch Haftarat Shabbat Zachor: I Samuel 15:1-34 Rabbi Karen Soria Haftarat Shabbat Parah: Ezekiel 36:16-38 Rabbi Mira Wasserman. Haftarat Shabbat HaChodesh: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Rabbi Helaine Ettinger Haftarat Shabbat HaGadol: Malachi 3:4-24 Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh. Haftarot for Days of Awe Haftarah for the First Day of Rosh Hashanah: I Samuel 1:1-2:10 Rabbi Serena Raziel Eisenberg Haftarah for the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah: Jeremiah 31:1-20 Rabbi Linda Bertenthal. Haftarah for Shabbat Shuva: Hosea 14:2-10; Joel 2:15-27; Michah 7:18-20 Rabbi Jessica Locketz . Haftarah for Yom Kippur Morning: Isaiah 57:14-59:4 Rabbi Ilana Berenbaum Grinblat. Haftarah for Yom Kippur Afternoon: The Book of Jonah Rabbi Myriam Klotz Holiday Haftarot Haftarah for the First Day of Sukkot: Zechariah 14:1-21 Rabbi Chana Thompson Shor . Haftarah for Shabbat Chanukah: Zechariah 2:14-4:7 Rabbi Sharyn H. Henry. Haftarah for the First Day of Pesach: Joshua 3:5-7; 5:2-6:1; 6:27 Rabbi Linda Joseph Haftarah for the First Day of Shavuot: Ezekiel 1:1-28, 3:12 Rabbi Shaina Bacharach. Five Megillot Shir HaShirim: The Song of Songs Rabbi Rachel Sabath-Beit Halachmi. Megillat Ruth: The Book of Ruth Rabbi Barbara Rosman Penzner.. Eicha: The Book of Lamentations Rabbi Melinda Panken.. Kohelet: Ecclesiastes Rabbi Laura M. Rappaport . Megillat Esther: The Book of Esther Rabbi Karen L. Fox. . Special Additional Selections Bathsheba: II Samuel 11 Rabbi Jessica Spitalnic Brockman. Michal: I Samuel 18:17-29; I Samuel 25:44; II Samuel 3:13; II Samuel 6:20-23 Rabbi Beth L. Schwartz. The Prophetess Huldah: II Kings 22; II Chronicles 34 Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar. Judith and the Story of Chanukah Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand . Delilah: Judges 16:4-31 Rabbi Debra Orenstein. The Witch of Endor: I Samuel 28:3-28 Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael Jerusalem as Woman in the Book of Ezekiel Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses and Rachel Jacoby Rosenfield The Woman of Valor: Proverbs 31:10-31 Rabbi Wendy Spears Psalm 23 Rabbi Devorah Jacobson Notes Glossary Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading About the Contributors