The Passover Haggadah: A Biography

by Vanessa L. Ochs

Book Overview

The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder table

Every year at Passover, Jews around the world gather for the seder, a festive meal where family and friends come together to sing, pray, and enjoy traditional food while retelling the biblical story of the Exodus. The Passover Haggadah provides the script for the meal and is a religious text unlike any other. It is the only sacred book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691144982
• ISBN13: 9780691144986
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.6" x 7.7"