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‖ Haggadah|həˈgɑːdə|
Also Hagada(h, Agadah.
[Rabbinical Heb. haggādāh (first in Talmud) ‘tale’, esp. ‘edifying tale or story’, f. higgīd to make clear, declare, tell, Hiphil of *nāgad to be in front, to be in sight, to be clear or manifest. The Heb. pl. haˈggadoth occurs in Eng. use.]
1. A legend, anecdote, parable, or the like, introduced in the Talmud to illustrate a point of the Law; hence, the legendary element of the Talmud, as distinguished from the Halachah.
1856Etheridge Jerus. & Tiberias 182 Hagada is not law, but it serves to illustrate law. 1874Deutsch Rem. 17 ‘Haggadah’..was only a ‘saying’, a thing without authority, a play of fancy, an allegory, a parable, a tale, that pointed a moral and illustrated a question. 1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 285/1 This Haggadah or Agadah varies considerably both in nature and form.
2. The Jewish ritual for the first two nights of the Passover. Also the book containing the text of the service.
1733tr. B. Picart's Ceremonies & Relig. Customs I. 61 Then each of them holding a Glass of Wine in his Hand, says the Hagada. [1887Jacobs & Wolf Catal. Anglo-Jew. Hist. Exhib. 194 Haggadah Pesach, or Liturgy of the Passover.] 1891M. Friedlander Jewish Relig. ii. iv. 379 The first two evenings of Passover are..called ‘seder-evenings’, and the book which contains this Service is generally called Haggadah. 1896W. H. Greenburg Haggadah 6 Upon the first cup one says the benediction... Upon the second cup one recites the Haggada. 1904Daily Chron. 30 Mar. 7/5 Perhaps the whole genius of the celebration of the Passover may be summed up in the words of the Hagadah: ‘In every generation each Israelite shall bethink himself as though he had been delivered from Egypt.’ 1904Jewish Encycl. VI. 142/2 The opinion of Friedmann..that special books containing the Passover service existed in Talmudic times, is based on a judgment of Raba in favor of a man who claimed a Haggadah..from an estate under the plea that he had lent it to the deceased. 1922Joyce Ulysses 708 An ancient hagadah book. 1972Publishers Weekly 7 Feb. 16 (Advt.), We have created what we feel is the most unusual Haggadah for Passover 1972... A functional Haggadah with the complete Passover Seder service in both English and Hebrew. |