Festivals and Fasts

This Haggadah, which features a German Translation by Wolf Heidenheim, was printed in Roedelheim, Germany. There is no exact indication when it was printed. Heidenheim’s translations were printed for the […]

The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Warsaw by the “Stereotyp” printing press. The year of printing is not given. According to Abraham Yaari’s “Bibliography of the Passover […]

The eighteenth century saw a renaissance of the illuminated manuscript Haggadah. During that period about 240 printed editions of the Haggadah appeared, but illuminated handwritten Haggadoth were also used. Evidence […]

The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Hamburg in the year 1796. In the 18th century the three united Jewish communities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbeck were famous […]

This Haggadah was written in 1772 by the scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Levi, who is identical with the Torah scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Segal (סג”ל), whose […]

The Haggadah, which is presented here in facsimile, in one of the most beautiful handwritten and illuminated Haggadoth from the eighteenth century. It is the handiwork of Joseph ben David […]

Joseph ben David of Leipnik, Moravia, who wrote and illustrated the Haggadah which is represented here in facsimile, was one of the most prominent Jewish manuscript artists of the eighteenth […]

Letter to the Editor of Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2007 Sirs, “Cigars, salsa and shmaltz” (February 16) talked about the Canadian Jewish Congress’s supply of kosher-for-Pessah food to the “small […]

The appearance of HaMahzor HaMeforash and similar publications is a sign of our time, which witnesses a great renaissance of Judaism. Not only the ignorant Jew, but also the educated […]