Haggadah for Passover, 14th century

"Haggadah" in Hebrew means "Telling." It is the text used in a traditional service held by Jewish families around dinner on Passover night, commemorating the miraculous delivery of the Jewish nation from slavery in Egypt, over 3000 years ago, as described in the book of Exodus in the Bible. To celebrate this redemption, the holiday of Passover became the most important holiday of the Jewish year, and Jews were commanded by the scriptures to "tell your son on that day" about the great miracle. "Haggadah" means "the telling" and is a fulfilment of that commandment.

The Haggadah (הגדה) is a Hebrew language text used at the Passover service containing the Seder. The basic elements of the Haggadah are ancient; they were already delineated at the time of the Mishnah over two thousand years ago. Download high resolution version (538x774, 130 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (538x774, 130 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah (פסח pesaḥ), is a Jewish holiday, beginning on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan, that commemorates The Exodus and freedom of the Children of Israel from Ancient Egypt. ... Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), and Christian Old Testament. ... The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, The Word, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, is the classical name for the Hebrew Bible of Judaism or the combination of the Old Testament and New Testament of Christianity (The Bible actually refers to at least two... Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than 7 million people, mainly in Israel, the West Bank, the United States and by Jewish communities around the world. ... Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah (פסח pesaḥ), is a Jewish holiday, beginning on the evening of the 14th day of Nisan, that commemorates The Exodus and freedom of the Children of Israel from Ancient Egypt. ... The Seder (pronounced say-der, meaning order in Hebrew) is a special Jewish ceremonial dinner revolving around the story of Exodus. ... The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ...

The content of a Haggadah is the scripture that tells the story of the Israelites and their mass-exit or Exodus from slavery in Egypt. Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), and Christian Old Testament. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ...

Different groups within Judaism are more and less liberal about the format and content of the Haggadah. Conservative Judaism might use Haggadahs that are only written in the Hebrew language and conforms tightly to an early text. Reform Judaism generally finds it preferable to use a Haggadah that has either a Hebrew with a local language translation (such as English), or a local language-only translation so all participants (especially children who might not speak Hebrew) clearly understand everything. Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people. ... Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism, is a modern denomination of Judaism that arose in United States in the early 1900s. ... Reform Judaism can refer to (1) the largest denomination of Judaism in America and its sibling movements in other countries, (2) a branch of Judaism in the United Kingdom, and (3) the historical predecessor of the American movement that originated in 19th Century Germany. ...

Haggadah books all have a very similar story to tell, they all use the same characters and the same chain of events. They all are all based on the events of the Exodus as described in the Book of Exodus with a religious context, and include words (and sometimes even music) for religious prayer-songs. However, they may explain things in slightly different ways and have different translations for words. Exodus is the second book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and also the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), and Christian Old Testament. ... This article is about the second book in the Torah. ...

Some Haggadahs are beautifully illustrated. One famous example is the Kafra Haggadah, which has a medieval appearance like an illuminated manuscript but was created by a mother and son of the Kafra family to pass the time while hiding from the Nazis. In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nazism. ...

See also

• Sarajevo Haggadah

The Sarajevo Haggadah is an Illuminated manuscript that contains the traditional Jewish Haggadah, a text that accompanies the Seder meal that begins the feast of Passover. ...

External links

• Passover Haggadah History and development of the Passover Haggadah, Explained by Eli Ha-Levi, BA, M.L.I.S.
• The Family Participation Haggadah: A Different Night from The Shalom Hartman Institute
• An American Haggadah   in Hebrew and English, bridging the old and the new.
• The Haggadah chabad.org
• Haggadah for Passover a Humanistic approach
• Haggadah for Passover presented by the men's club of Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA.
• A Growing Haggadah online version
• A Biblical haggadah, based entirely on the Tanakh
• Tikkun magazine version, an alternative, social justice Haggadah
• A Bulletin Board for Sharing Personalized Haggadahs
• Modern Haggadah Distribution a source for alterntive Haggadahs, including Buddhist and ACIM
• Santa Cruz Haggadah