The Haftorah for the Second Day of Rosh Hashanah
The Haftorah is read from the book of Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 31:1-19
This story line of this week's Haftorah
31:1-5: Yirmiyahu begins this week’s Haftorah by reminding the nation of Israel about Hashem’s love for them. 31:6-8: Yirmiyahu then goes on to speak about the future ingathering of the exiles to the land of Israel. 31:9-10: The prophet then speaks further about the redemption of the children of Jacob. 31:11-13: Hashem will cause the Jews to rejoice. 31:14-16: Rachel is weeping about her sons in exile, and Hashem appeases her. 31: 17-19: Hashem will accept Ephraim’s (The leading Tribe) repentance, and will therefore accept repentance from all the other tribes.
The connection to the Parasha
The Haftorah contains Hashem’s promise to Yirmiyahu that there will be Jewish Redemption. Since the redemption will come around the time of Rosh Hashanah, we therefore read this Haftorah
