Festivals and Fasts

This Haggadah was written in 1771 by the Torah scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Segal (סג”ל), about whom we have no further information. Several entries on two pages preceding […]

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 […]