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

J ewish History

Children

Israeli
TEXT HAGGADOT -- EXAMPLES:
Haggadot for beginners
Haggadot of the J ewish movements, e.g., Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Humanistic
J udaism
The Basic Haggadah - Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan
Meam Loez (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 J acob
Freedman

1974
Polychrome
Historical
Haggadah

by J acob
Freedman

1974
Three
examples
fromThe
Orphan
Hospital
Ward of
Israel
series
Haggadah of the Bene Israel of India - 1874
The Haggadah
of the
Chinese J ews
-
Kai-Feng Fu
J ewish Colony

17th-18th c.
Childrens 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 -
J oel 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
J ewish History
Haggadot
The
Haggadah
of the
London
Times

August 17, 1840
The Slavery of J ewish Teachers
Odessa, Russia 1885
The Passover
Haggadah for
J ewish 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
Hitlers 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 J ewry)

Illus. by
Mark Podwal

1972
Let My People
Go:
A Haggadah
(Soviet J ewry)

Illus. by
Mark Podwal

1972
Let My People
Go:
A Haggadah
(Soviet J ewry)

Illus. by
Mark Podwal

1972
San Diego
Womens
Haggadah

J ane 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 Passover
adapted 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. J erusalem,
Geffen Publishing and David Geffen, 1992.

Freedman, J acob. 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, J acob 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; J erusalem, 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. J erusalem,
Encyclopaedia J udaica, 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 Shinar; 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 J ews - Vol. VII - Passover Haggadah 1967; and
Washington Haggadah - Vol. V - Passover Haggadah 1965.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (continued)


San Diego Womens Haggadah. Second Edition. San Diego, CA, Womans Institute
for Continuing J ewish Education, 1986.

Szyk, Arthur. The Haggadah. Edited by Cecil Roth. J erusalem, 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, J ewish 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, as Library Director of Stephen S.
Wise Temple (1969-1996). This special collection is
now housed in a specially-designed cabinet, donated
in Barbaras honor by Stephen S. Wise Temple,
Association of J ewish Libraries of Southern
California, and Barbaras family and friends.

The narration for this slide show is available from
Barbara Leff <byleff@socal.rr.com >

Presentation date: March 1, 2004