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A lavishly illuminated medieval Hebrew text, this haggadah is an anomaly that has fascinated scholars for generations and its survival in war-torn Bosnia is hailed as "a symbol of the survival of Sarajevo's multiethnic ideal."
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During World War II, a young partisan is saved by the same Muslim who risks his life to protect the haggadah from the Nazis.
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Thankfully, the haggadah is long enough to allow for a very diverse list of Jewish thinkers, ideas and traditions that would enrich the evening with the glow of peoplehood.
David Suissa: A Seder For Broken Jews David Suissa 2011
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The Passover haggadah—the book that guides the seder service as prescribed by Jewish tradition—is designed to fulfill the Torah's commandment that Jews remember and retell the journey from slavery to freedom every year.
Is Passover the New Christmas? Diane Cole 2011
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There are literally hundreds of others, but you get the point: One of the modern freedoms we celebrate at Passover is the freedom to create our own haggadah.
David Suissa: A Seder For Broken Jews David Suissa 2011
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There are literally hundreds of others, but you get the point: One of the modern freedoms we celebrate at Passover is the freedom to create our own haggadah.
David Suissa: A Seder For Broken Jews David Suissa 2011
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Like my grandmother before her, she was a living haggadah -- the keeper of the family story.
Rabbi Will Berkovitz: From The Place Where The Rivers Flow Rabbi Will Berkovitz 2011
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Ten years ago I had never read the haggadah, much less a feminist one.
Serene Jones: Hate And Hope Serene Jones 2011
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Like my grandmother before her, she was a living haggadah -- the keeper of the family story.
Rabbi Will Berkovitz: From The Place Where The Rivers Flow Rabbi Will Berkovitz 2011
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A big fashion of recent times has been to rewrite or repackage the Passover haggadah to fit our individual tastes.
David Suissa: A Seder For Broken Jews David Suissa 2011
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