Q. Shavua tov Rabino. Could you please explain the difference of the Haftaroth of Parshas Shemot. Ashkenazim read: “Habaim Yashresh Yaakov” on Yeshayahu 27, while Sepharadim say “Divrei Yirmiyahu” at the beginning of Sefer Yirmiyahu. What is the actual connection of these Haftaroth and the Parsha of the week?

A. Both Haftaroth deal with Hashem’s help and redemption which is the main topic of this parsha. Since they specify different areas it may be more sensitive historically to the origins of different groups.

Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a pointed to a Rambam in Hilchos Tefilah that quotes a third haftarah.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu  and horav Kalman Ochs Shlit’a.