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Haggada

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

noun

  • Haggadoth,
    plural
  • Haggadot,
    plural
  • Haggados,
    plural
  • Haggadas
    plural
  1. Haggadah.


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Of course you do, because the Haggada, the book we read for the holiday, instructs us to.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022

If you read the Haggada closely, you see that freedom is not simply, or even, joyous liberation.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022

And while we’re waiting, the Haggada has a message for us: Complain if you must.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2022

When it’s time for the Seders, use that technology to connect as you read the Haggada and sing around your separate tables as one, coming together to create a new definition of the Seder table.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

Through the Haggada we are vouchsafed a glance into a mysterious world, which mayhap has hitherto repelled us as strange and grewsome.

From Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles

Ruth Langer, a professor of Jewish Studies at Boston College, said Haggadot have never been stagnant, at least in the modern era.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

“In the contemporary period you have people printing traditional Haggadot but adding additional materials that they like,” she said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022

As with all Haggadot, this one gives instructions for the order of the ritual retelling of the Exodus story, from slavery to freedom.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2018

Why is this Haggadah different from traditional Haggadot?

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2011

Many Haggadot not found in our existing collections are quoted by the authors of the Middle Ages.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Henrietta Szold

And "the whole stay of water" means men skillful in the Haggadoth, who draw out the heart of man like water by means of a pretty story or legend, etc.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

He may not read the Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, the Halachoth, or the Haggadoth, excepting such portions as he is not in the habit of reading, such he may then read.

From Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala by Various

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