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THE PASSOVER HAGGADAH
from the collection of
Stephen S. Wise Temple Library
Presented by Barbara Y. Leff
Photography by Michael Saul,
Media Director, Stephen S. Wise Temple
Types of Haggadot
Text Art
Language Jewish History
Children Israeli
‘TEXT” HAGGADOT -- EXAMPLES:• Haggadot for beginners
• Haggadot of the Jewish movements, e.g., Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Humanistic
Judaism
• “The Basic Haggadah” - Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
• “Me’am Lo’ez” (Sephardic & Ashkenazic editions)-- Rabbi
Yaacov Culi
• “On Wings of Freedom: The Hillel Haggadah..”. - Rabbi
Richard Levy
EXAMPLES OF “COMPANIONS” for additional
readings, for creating a haggadah, etc.• “Haggadah Treasury” - Artscroll Mesorah Series
• “Enjoying the Passover Seder in our Homes” -- a guide for
creating a personal haggadah -- by Patti Golden, Holiday
Workshop Series, Stephen S. Wise Temple.
“Language” Haggadot
Polychrome
Historical
Haggadah
by Jacob
Freedman
1974
Polychrome
Historical
Haggadah
by Jacob
Freedman
1974
Three
examples
from“The
Orphan
Hospital
Ward of
Israel”
series
Haggadah of the Bene Israel of India - 1874
The Haggadah
of the
Chinese Jews
-
K’ai-Feng Fu
Jewish Colony
17th-18th c.
“Children’s” Haggadot
The Animated Haggadah
created in clay by Rony Oren
“Art” Haggadot
Hamilton Siddur
(Haggadah
and Siddur
for Passover
and Sukkot)
Spain, 13th century
Birds’ Head Haggadah - So. Germany, c.1300
Golden
Haggadah
Spain c.1320
Rylands Spanish Haggadah, mid-14th c.
Darmstadt
Haggadah
Germany
15th century
Washington
Haggadah
Scribe -
Joel ben Simeon
1478
Library of
Congress
Washington, DC
Sarajevo Haggadah, Spain c.1400
Sarajevo Haggadah, Spain c.1400
The Haggadah, Illus. by Arthur Szyk. 1940
The
Moss
Haggadah
David Moss
1987
The
Moss
Haggadah
David Moss
1987
“Jewish History”
Haggadot
The
Haggadah
of the
London
Times
August 17, 1840
The Slavery of Jewish TeachersOdessa, Russia 1885
The Passover
Haggadah for
Jewish Personnel
of the
U.S. Armed Forces
Issued during
World War II
Haggadah handwritten &
mimeographed by
Rabbi Leo
Ansbacher
Vichy Concentration
Camp
Gurs, France, 1941
Hitler’s Haggadah Rabat, Morocco, ca. 1943
The First Mexican Haggadah
Mexico City 1946
The
Bicentennial
Passover
Haggadah
by Abraham J.
Klausner
1976
Haggadah for
Passover
Illus. by
Ben Shahn
1965
Let My People
Go:
A Haggadah(Soviet Jewry)
Illus. by
Mark Podwal
1972
Let My People
Go:
A Haggadah(Soviet Jewry)
Illus. by
Mark Podwal
1972
Let My People
Go:
A Haggadah(Soviet Jewry)
Illus. by
Mark Podwal
1972
San Diego
Women’s
Haggadah
Jane Sprague
Zones, editor
1986
American Heritage Haggadah, 1992
American
Heritage
Haggadah
by David
Geffen
1992
American
Heritage
Haggadah
David Geffen
1992
“Israeli” Haggadot
Bet Ha-Shitah
(a kibbutz
haggadah)
1947
Includes
Mourning the
Holocaust,
a poem by
Yitzhak Katznelson
< Haganah Haggadah, 1948
Israel Defense Forces Haggadah, 1967 >
Israel Defense
Forces
Haggadah
(Seder)
1956
An Israel Haggadah for Passoveradapted by Meyer Levin, 1970
FREEDOM
And ye shall . . . proclaim liberty
throughout the land unto all the
inhabitants thereof.
--Leviticus 25:10
BIBLIOGRAPHY
American Heritage Haggadah: The Passover Experience. Compiled and edited by David
Geffen; English translation by Moshe Kohn; Introduction by Stuart E. Eizenstat. Jerusalem,
Geffen Publishing and David Geffen, 1992.
Freedman, Jacob. Polychrome Historical Haggadah for Passover, with a Commentary,
Interpretative Translation, Introduction, Notes, References, and Bibliography and Illustrations in
color from Rare Medieval Haggadah Manuscripts. Springfield, MS, Jacob Freedman Liturgy
Research Foundation, 1974.
Haggadah for Passover. Copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn, with a translation,
introduction, and historical notes by Cecil Roth. Boston, Little Brown & Co., 1965.
The Hebrew Book: An Historical Survey. Edited by Raphael Posner and Israel Ta-Shema. New
York, Leon Amiel Publisher; Jerusalem, Keter Publishing House, 1975.
An Israel Haggadah for Passover. Adapted by Meyer Levin. NY, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1970.
Klausner, Abraham J. The Bicentennial Passover Haggadah. Yonkers, N.Y., Emanuel Press
Publications, 1976.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
Let My People Go: A Haggadah. Illustrated by Mark Podwal; Foreword by Abba
Eban; Introduction by Theodore Bikel. New York, Macmillan, 1972, 1973 reprint.
The Moss Haggadah; a complete reproduction of the Haggadah Written and Illuminated by
David Moss for Richard and Beatrice Levy with the Commentary of the Artist. Rochester,
New York, Bet Alpha Editions, 1990.
Narkiss, Bezalel. Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts. Foreword by Cecil Roth. Jerusalem,
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 1969, reprinted 1974.
Oren, Rony. The Animated Haggadah, a text for children. Created in clay by Rony Oren.
Based on the film The Animated Haggadah by Rony Oren and Uri Shin’ar; produced by
Scopus Films in association with Gesher Foundation and Frame By Frame Studios, London,
1985. London, Scopus Films Ltd., 1985.
“The Orphan Hospital Ward of Israel” series [673 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10012].
• The Haggadah of the Bene Israel of India - Vol. VIII - Passover Haggadah 1968;
• The Haggadah of the Chinese Jews - Vol. VII - Passover Haggadah 1967; and
• Washington Haggadah - Vol. V - Passover Haggadah 1965.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)
San Diego Women’s Haggadah. Second Edition. San Diego, CA, Woman’s Institute for
Continuing Jewish Education, 1986.
Szyk, Arthur. The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. Jerusalem, “Massada-Press” and
“Alumoth”.
Yerushalmi, Yoseph Hayim. Haggadah and History; a Panorama in Facsimile of Five
Centuries of the Printed Haggadah from the Collections of Harvard University and the
Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society.
1997; second edition 1976.
For a full explanation of Passover and the Haggadah, refer to the Encyclopaedia
Judaica.
These slides show some of the Haggadot acquired by
Barbara Y. Leff, while serving as Library Director of
Stephen S. Wise Temple, Los Angeles, CA (1969-
1996). This special collection is now housed in a
specially-designed cabinet, donated in Barbara’s
honor by Stephen S. Wise Temple, Association of
Jewish Libraries of Southern California, and
Barbara’s family and friends.
The narration for this slide show is available from
Barbara Leff < [email protected] >