Haggadah

[ huh-gah-duh; Sephardic Hebrew hah-gah-dah; Ashkenazic Hebrew hah-gaw-duh ]

noun,plural Sephardic Hebrew Hag·ga·doth, Hag·ga·dot

[hah-gah-dawt], /hɑ gɑˈdɔt/, Ashkenazic Hebrew Hag·ga·dos

[hah-gaw-dohs], /hɑˈgɔ doʊs/, English Hag·ga·das.

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

Origin of Haggadah

From Hebrew; see origin at Aggadah

Other words from Haggadah

hag·gad·ic [huh-gad-ik, -gah-dik], /həˈgæd ɪk, -ˈgɑ dɪk/, hag·gad·i·cal, adjective

Words Nearby Haggadah

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How to use Haggadah in a sentence

In honor of the first Seder tonight, a re-link to a tough review by Leon Weiseltier of a new translation of the Passover Haggadah.
The First Seder is Tonight | David Frum | March 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In every generation, my Haggadah teaches me, bigots rise up to discriminate against and attack minorities.
Commentary Whitewashes Discrimination | Raphael Magarik | May 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Philo, expanding a favorite image of the Haggadah, illustrates God's creation by the simile of a king founding a city.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria | Norman Bentwich
And judged by this test we see that the Haggadah is the more ancient, the primal development of the Hebrew mind.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria | Norman Bentwich
The Haggadah is rich also in allegorical speculation, of which there are traces in the Biblical books themselves.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria | Norman Bentwich

So, too, the Haggadah agrees in numerous points with Philo's stories about the patriarchs.
Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria | Norman Bentwich
The model which the writer has had in view in this Haggadah is the forty-first chapter of the Book of Genesis.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel | F. W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for Haggadah

Haggadah

Haggodoh

/ (həˈɡɑːdə, Hebrew haɡaˈdaː, -ɡɔˈdɔ) /

nounplural -dahs, -das or -doth (Hebrew -ˈdoːt) Judaism

- a book containing the order of service of the traditional Passover meal
- the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt that constitutes the main part of that service: See also Seder
another word for Aggadah

Origin of Haggadah

C19: from Hebrew haggādāh a story, from hagged to tell

Derived forms of Haggadah

haggadic (həˈɡædɪk, -ˈɡɑː-) or haggadical, adjective

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