NEW REVISED AND UPDATED FOR 2011 PASSOVER SEDER

SPECIAL KINDLE ENABLED EDITION - FULLY ANNOTATED AND ILLUSTRATED!

* Contains annotations describing key aspects of the Seder
* Contains multiple illustrations related the to Haggadah
* This classic text has been updated and revised for 2011 Passover Seder


OVERVIEW

The Haggadah ("telling") is a Jewish religious text that sets out the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah is a fulfillment of the scriptural commandment to each Jew to "tell your son" about the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah. ("And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt." Exod 13.8)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE SEDER—A FOREWORD
THE HAGGADAH
RITES AND SYMBOLS OF THE SEDER
DIRECTIONS FOR SETTING THE TABLE
ORDER OF THE SERVICE
THE SEDER SERVICE
A. BEFORE THE MEAL
LIGHTING THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS
KIDDUSH
THE FOUR QUESTIONS
THE FOUR SONS
THE STORY OF THE OPPRESSION
DAYENU
THE PASSOVER SYMBOLS
PESAḤ
MATZO
MOROR
THE WATCH-NIGHT OF THE ETERNAL
HALLEL
BLESSINGS
SUPPER IS SERVED.
PARTAKE OF THE APHIKOMON.
B. AFTER THE MEAL
GRACE AFTER THE MEAL
THE DOOR IS OPENED FOR ELIJAH
THE FINAL BENEDICTION
A MADRIGAL OF NUMBERS
FOOTNOTES
ḤAD GADYO
VAY’HI BAḥATZI HALAY'LOH
HISTORY OF THE PASSOVER
A. THE FESTIVAL OF THE SHEPHERDS.
B. THE FARMER'S SPRING FESTIVAL.
C. THE FEAST OF ISRAEL'S BIRTH.
D. THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION.
E. THE FEAST OF FREEDOM.
THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PASSOVER.
MOSES
FOOTNOTES
PREPARATIONS FOR PASSOVER
A. TIME OF THE FEAST.
B. MATZO-BAKING.
FOOTNOTES
SURVIVALS OF THE ANCIENT PASSOVER
A. THE SAMARITAN PASSOVER.
B. THE PASSOVER AS OBSERVED BY THE FALASHAS.
FOOTNOTES
PASSOVER AND CHRISTENDOM
A. PASSOVER AND EASTER.
B. PASSOVER AND PREJUDICE.
C. BLOOD ACCUSATION.
D. CHRISTIAN PROTESTS.
FOOTNOTES
REFORM JUDAISM AND PASSOVER
ISRAEL'S JOURNEY.
FREEDOM.
THE SEASON OF JOY.
THE SECRET OF THE FEAST.
THE HAGGADAH
A. THE GROWTH OF ITS LITERATURE.
B. REFORM JUDAISM AND THE HAGGADAH.
C. ILLUMINATED HAGGADAHS.
FOOTNOTES