Dedicated by Moris and Lillian Tabacinic · In loving memory of Menachem Mendel and Shaindel Tabacinic
A standard Haggadah has all the instructions and guidance necessary to walk through the 15 steps of the Seder like a pro.
The Haggadah is said to be the most widely printed Jewish book. Throughout the ages, Jews have been holding Passover Seders using it. Here is but a small sampling of historical Haggadahs.
Every day since we first set foot from Ramses is another day of leaving Egypt.
As soon as you stop leaving, you are back there again.
“Rebbe!” she cried.
“I swear that I won’t move from here until you command Heaven to bless me with
a child!”
Before coming down into this world, a soul is given an oath: "Be a righteous person, and do not be a wicked person!"
– Talmud, Nidah 30b
"Covenant Between the Parts"
(1743 BCE)
On the 15th of Nissan of the year 2018 from creation (1743 BCE) G-d forged a special covenant with... Read More »
Abraham Battles Four Kings
(1738 BCE?)
When Lot was taken captive by the four kings who conquered the "five cities of the plain" (Sodom... Read More »
Angels Visit Abraham
(1714 BCE)
On the 3rd day following his circumcision at age 99
(see "Today in Jewish History" for Nissan 13)... Read More »
Isaac Born
(1713 BCE)
"G-d remembered Sarah as He had said; and G-d did to Sarah as He had spoken.
And Sarah conceived, and... Read More »
Jacob Wrestles with Esau's Angel
(1556 BCE)
"And Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until the
break of dawn. When he saw that he... Read More »
Moses at Burning Bush
(1314 BCE)
On the 15th of Nissan of the year 2447 from creation (1314 BCE) -- exactly one year before the Exodus... Read More »
The Exodus
(1313 BCE)
At the stroke of midnight of Nissan 15 of the year 2448 from creation (1313 BCE),
210 years after... Read More »
Queen Vashti Executed
(366 BCE)
On the seventh day of his royal feast (see Jewish history for 9 Nissan), King Achashverosh demanded... Read More »
Daniel in Lions' Den
(372 BCE)
Daniel was cast into a den of hungry lions by Darius I of Persia for violating a royal edict that no... Read More »
Click here for a summary of the Passover Torah... Read More »
The month of Nissan marks the ends of the "season of rains" in the Holy Land. Beginning with the... Read More »
"And you shall count for yourselves from
the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day on which you bring... Read More »
Outside of the Holy Land, biblical festivals are observed for an extra day. So in addition to the... Read More »
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