The Historical Haggada in English & Hebrew- A Haggada Different From All Other Haggadot

The Historical Haggadah English by Nachman Cohen.Why is this Haggada different from all other Haggadot?Because it includes: the manner through which the significance of Pesach has been modified through the Jewish historical experience.Historical Perspectives of Pesach:At the Dawn of Creation, Era of the Patriarchs, Covenant of Bein haBetarim, The Egyptian Exodus,The first Pesach in Israel,The Second Temple Era,Alexandrian Jewry,Destruction of Second Temple,Bar Kokhva Revolt,Babylonian Jewry,The Ge'onic Period,Ashkenazic Jewry,Blood LibelsThe Lost GenerationHistory of Reclining.Scientific inquiries:Heterogeneity of time,Zeno's Paradoxes.Educational sensitivity:Blessing the children, "One size does not fit all",Raising children,We break to educate,The wicked intellectual.Hakarat hatov: GratitudeDayyneu: The real secretThe child who finds mitzvot too cumbersomeBackground for the customs of:Eating eggs in salt waterOpening the door for Eliyahu Wearing a kittelReciting Hallel in the synagogue on Pesach Night

Publisher:

Torah Lishma Institute/J Levine Millennium

Pages:

149

Date Published:

2010