Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Samples from Illuminated Hebrew Texts

Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews also apply the term Haggadah to the service itself,
as it constitutes the act of "telling your son."
Illuminated Haggadah (14th century)
       The Haggadah (Hebrew: הַגָּדָה‎, "telling"; plural: Haggadot) is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the Scriptural commandment to each Jew to "tell your son" of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah ("And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt." Ex. 13:8). Read more...

One Hundred Blessings Illuminated Manuscript

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