Haggadah
Americannoun
plural
Haggadoth, Haggadot,plural
Haggados,plural
Haggadas-
a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover.
noun
Other Word Forms
- haggadic adjective
- haggadical adjective
Etymology
Origin of Haggadah
From Hebrew; Aggadah
Example Sentences
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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
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