Washington Haggadah

Illustration from the Washington Haggadah. There is a custom that a man points to his wife when mentioning maror based upon the verse Ecclesiastes 7:26 “Now I find woman more bitter than death.”

The Washington Haggadah (Hebrew: הגדת וושינגטון‎) is a Hebrew-language haggadah created by Joel ben Simeon in 1478. It was given to the United States Library of Congress in 1916 by Ephraim Deinard as part of the Third Deinard Collection. Originally referred to as Hebraic Manuscript #1, it has since been referred to as the Washington Haggadah in honor of the city.^[1]

As of 18 June 2011, the haggadah is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.^[2]

References

1. Fischer, Audrey and Hughes, Heather (March 1, 2011). "The Washington Haggadah Is Subject of New Publication". News Releases. US Library of Congress. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
2. Conley, Kevin (April 18, 2011). "Washington Haggadah on display at the Met". The Washington Post - Lifestyle. The Washington Post. Retrieved June 18, 2011.

External links

• The Washington Haggadah Library of Congress Shop Page for modern facsimile
• The Washington Haggadah Harvard University Press page with images from inside the haggadah
• Special Exhibitions Web page for the special exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art