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Jews were permitted to settle in Wandsbek towards the end of the 16th century. In the middle of the 17th century a number of Jews, fugitives from the Chmielnicki massacres […]

This Haggadah was written in 1771 by the Torah scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Segal (סג”ל), about whom we have no further information. Several entries on two pages preceding […]

This Haggadah, which features a German Translation by Wolf Heidenheim, was printed in Roedelheim, Germany. There is no exact indication when it was printed. Heidenheim’s translations were printed for the […]

The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Warsaw by the “Stereotyp” printing press. The year of printing is not given. According to Abraham Yaari’s “Bibliography of the Passover […]

The eighteenth century saw a renaissance of the illuminated manuscript Haggadah. During that period about 240 printed editions of the Haggadah appeared, but illuminated handwritten Haggadoth were also used. Evidence […]

The Haggadah, which is reproduced here, was printed in Hamburg in the year 1796. In the 18th century the three united Jewish communities of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbeck were famous […]

This Haggadah was written in 1772 by the scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Levi, who is identical with the Torah scribe Netanel, the son of Aaron Segal (סג”ל), whose […]

The Haggadah, which is presented here in facsimile, in one of the most beautiful handwritten and illuminated Haggadoth from the eighteenth century. It is the handiwork of Joseph ben David […]

Joseph ben David of Leipnik, Moravia, who wrote and illustrated the Haggadah which is represented here in facsimile, was one of the most prominent Jewish manuscript artists of the eighteenth […]

Dr. Arthur (Dov) Hyman who died last summer in Jerusalem at the venerable age of 91, was both a well known medical authority and a prominent Judaic scholar. His father, […]