A haftarah is a text selected from the books of Nevi'im ("The Prophets") that is read publicly in the synagogue after the reading of the Torah on Sabbath and holiday mornings. The haftarah usually has a thematic link to the Torah reading that precedes it. The specific text read following Parashah Vayeshev varies according to different traditions within Judaism. In general, the haftarah for the parashah is . On Shabbat Hanukkah I When Hanukkah begins on a Sabbath, two Sabbaths occur during Hanukkah. In such a case, Parashat Vayeshev occurs on the first day of Hanukkah (as it did in 2009) and the haftarah is . See also Potiphar's wife Yusuf and Zulaikha Notes Further reading The parashah is cited or discussed in these sources: Ancient Epic of Gilgamesh tablet 4 Mesopotamia, 14th–11th century BCE. In, e.g., Nancy K. Sandars, translator. The Epic of Gilgamesh Revised edition. Chapter 2. London: Penguin Books, 1972. (repeated dreams interpreted as omens). "The Story of Two Brothers." Egypt, circa 1225 BCE. In, e.g., James B. Pritchard. Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament, pages 23–25. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1969. Homer, Iliad Book 6 (Bellerophon accused of rape); Book 9 (Phoenix and father's concubine). Greece, 8th–6th century BCE. Euripides. Hippolytus. Athens, 428 BCE. (Phaedra's false accusation of rape). Biblical (levirate marriage). (admission of sexual sin); (garment of many colors). (31:15 in NJPS) (refusal to be comforted for lost son of Rachel); (thrown into a pit). ; (interpreting dreams). Early nonrabbinic Philo. On the Unchangeableness of God 25:119. Alexandria, Egypt, early 1st century CE. In, e.g., The Works of Philo: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition. Translated by Charles Duke Yonge, page 168. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1993. Josephus. Antiquities 2:2:1–2:5:3. Circa 93–94. In, e.g., The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition. Translated by William Whiston, pages 52–57. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1987. Qur'an: 12:4–42. Arabia, 7th century. In, e.g., The Meaning of the Holy Qur'an. Translated by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, pages 546–60. Beltsville, Maryland: Amana Publications, 10th edition, 1997. And in The Qur'an With Annotated Interpretation in Modern English. Translated by Ali Ünal, pages 471–82. Clifton, New Jersey: Tughra Books, 2015. Classical rabbinic Mishnah Megillah 4:10. Land of Israel, circa 200 CE. In, e.g., The Mishnah: A New Translation. Translated by Jacob Neusner, page 323. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Tosefta: Berakhot 4:16, 18; Sanhedrin 1:3;