Posts Tagged: Passover Haggadah
New Haggadah Released for Israeli Soldiers in Gaza Ahead of Passover
A new Haggadah designed specifically for Israeli soldiers is heading into the Gaza Strip as the Jewish holiday of Passover is set to begin next...
Jewish Woman Tries to Return Passover Haggadah to Jeff Bezos at Amazon Shareholders Meeting
A Jewish Amazon Prime member interrupted the company's annual shareholders meeting last week and asked CEO Jeff Bezos to help her return a Passover Haggadah...
Plato’s Haggadah in the ‘Dialogues’
Now that Jews all over the world will once again assemble around the Seder table and read the Haggadah -- the story of the exodus from Egypt -- it...
Famed Medieval Passover Haggadah Stolen From Owners by Nazis on Display at Israel Museum
JNS.org - The grandchildren of a German-Jewish lawmaker say that the famous Birds’ Head Haggadah, a medieval copy of the Passover haggadah that is currently on...
900-Year-Old Passover Haggadah Fragments on Display in Jerusalem
JNS.org - Remnants of one of the oldest surviving Passover haggadahs in the world, which was discovered in the trove of archived Jewish texts known as...
Let My People Go
“This year we are slaves, next year may we be free men.” The ending line of the Passover Haggadah is a powerful director. Like a...
Holocaust Journal and Improvised Haggadah Spurs Yad Vashem Search
JNS.org - The research team of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem is searching for information about the women named in a diary and...
The Missing Fifth on Passover
The following is an excerpt from Rabbi Sacks' Haggadah commentary. Many commentators, among them the Vilna Gaon, have drawn attention to the influence of the number...
From Oklahoma to Jerusalem: World’s Oldest Jewish Prayer Book Makes Its Way Home
It was a historical moment at Jerusalem's Bible Lands Museum on Thursday night, Sept. 18, as the world's oldest known Jewish prayer book, or siddur,...
The Passover Pop Playlist
JNS.org - "In every generation, one is obligated to see himself as if he had personally left Egypt." The Passover Haggadah annually exhorts us to...
Passing the Story of Passover to the Next Generation
Storytelling has always been a core tenet of Judaism. Not surprisingly then, some of history's greatest storytellers are Jews. From the Dubner maggid to Hassidic masters...
National Library of Israel Acquires Rare Montefiore Family Passover Haggadah
JNS.org - The National Library of Israel has acquired a rare Passover Haggadah that once belonged to well-known philanthropist Moses Montefiore, Israel Hayom reported. The unique...
Peace Now ‘Haggadah’ Compares Israel to Pharaoh
Every year, Americans for Peace Now writes its own bizarre Haggadah inserts to be read by its fanatic members at their Seders. This year's entry includes: "This...
To Be a Jew is to Be Part of History
The Bible portion of Ki Tavo begins with the ceremony of bringing first fruits to the Temple. The Mishnah (Bikkurim 3) gives a detailed account...
