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Parashat Vaetchanan Shabbat Nachamu 2021/5781 Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1-26
There are seven haftarot from the prophecies of Isaiah beginning with the Shabbat following Tisha b’Av until Rosh Hashannah. In these selections, Isaiah consoles the Jewish people. The catastrophe of the destruction of the Mikdash and the exile from Jerusalem, of banishment from the land of Israel and ultimately the loss of Jewish sovereignty, does not extinguish hope for a redemptive future and a repairing of the relationship between God and humanity.