Haggadah

American  

[huh-gah-duh, hah-gah-dah, hah-gaw-duh] / həˈgɑ də, hɑ gɑˈdɑ, hɑˈgɔ də /

noun

plural

Haggadoth, Haggadot,

plural

Haggados,

plural

Haggadas

1. a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.

2. Aggadah.

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Haggadah British  

/ həˈɡædɪk, haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ, -ˈɡɑː-, həˈɡɑːdə /

noun

1. 1. a book containing the order of service of the traditional Passover meal

   2. the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt that constitutes the main part of that service See also Seder

2. another word for Aggadah

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Other Word Forms

• haggadic adjective
• haggadical adjective

Etymology

Origin of Haggadah

From Hebrew; Aggadah

Example Sentences

His colleagues at JTS denounced him for the 1941 publication of his amended Passover Haggadah.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Still, after the clamor died down, Kaplan’s accessible Haggadah became an example for many subsequent versions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Others have created a new Haggadah, the book read during the Seder, to reflect the current reality.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2024

Schonfeld’s prayer, called “The Fifth Child: The Refugee Child,” fits in a centuries-old section of the Haggadah that describes four paradigmatic children and how they would respond to learning about the Israelites’ exodus.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

“That is why the Haggadah will be printed in two languages—Hebrew and Spanish—with commentaries by the rabbis. Even though the king and queen expelled us, they cannot take our language from us.”

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar