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OVERVIEW
The Haggadah ("telling") is a Jewish religious text that sets out the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah is a fulfillment of the scriptural commandment to each Jew to "tell your son" about the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah. ("And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt." Exod 13.8)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE SEDER—A FOREWORD THE HAGGADAH RITES AND SYMBOLS OF THE SEDER DIRECTIONS FOR SETTING THE TABLE ORDER OF THE SERVICE THE SEDER SERVICE A. BEFORE THE MEAL LIGHTING THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS KIDDUSH THE FOUR QUESTIONS THE FOUR SONS THE STORY OF THE OPPRESSION DAYENU THE PASSOVER SYMBOLS PESAḤ MATZO MOROR THE WATCH-NIGHT OF THE ETERNAL HALLEL BLESSINGS SUPPER IS SERVED. PARTAKE OF THE APHIKOMON. B. AFTER THE MEAL GRACE AFTER THE MEAL THE DOOR IS OPENED FOR ELIJAH THE FINAL BENEDICTION A MADRIGAL OF NUMBERS FOOTNOTES ḤAD GADYO VAY’HI BAḥATZI HALAY'LOH HISTORY OF THE PASSOVER A. THE FESTIVAL OF THE SHEPHERDS. B. THE FARMER'S SPRING FESTIVAL. C. THE FEAST OF ISRAEL'S BIRTH. D. THE NATIONAL CELEBRATION. E. THE FEAST OF FREEDOM. THE ETHICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PASSOVER. MOSES FOOTNOTES PREPARATIONS FOR PASSOVER A. TIME OF THE FEAST. B. MATZO-BAKING. FOOTNOTES SURVIVALS OF THE ANCIENT PASSOVER A. THE SAMARITAN PASSOVER. B. THE PASSOVER AS OBSERVED BY THE FALASHAS. FOOTNOTES PASSOVER AND CHRISTENDOM A. PASSOVER AND EASTER. B. PASSOVER AND PREJUDICE. C. BLOOD ACCUSATION. D. CHRISTIAN PROTESTS. FOOTNOTES REFORM JUDAISM AND PASSOVER ISRAEL'S JOURNEY. FREEDOM. THE SEASON OF JOY. THE SECRET OF THE FEAST. THE HAGGADAH A. THE GROWTH OF ITS LITERATURE. B. REFORM JUDAISM AND THE HAGGADAH. C. ILLUMINATED HAGGADAHS. FOOTNOTES