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 < byleff@me.com >