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or less commonly Haggada
plural Haggadahs or Haggadot also Haggadas or Haggadoth
hə-ˈgä-ˌdōt 
hä-,
-ˈgȯ-,
-ˌdōth
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: aggadah
2
: the book of readings for the seder service
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Some of the items were traditional: a Passover Haggadah, two porcelain seder-plate sets, and four mizrach gouache paintings (a mizrach hangs on the eastern wall of an observant Jewish home in order to orient prayer).
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Seders involve moving through a book called a Haggadah, which contains stories, prayers, poetry and other teachings.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
According to the Haggadah, which describes the order of the Seder meal, at one point 10 drops of wine are dropped into the cup as the 10 plagues God sent down on Egypt are named.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Passages from the Haggadah, a formal Hebrew text, is also read during Seder, which retells the salvation and redemption of the ancient Israelites.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Noam Zion, the author of the new Haggadah, has donated 6,000 copies to families impacted by the war.
—Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Around the middle of the morning on the eve of Passover, a supply train arrived at camp with seven barrels of matzos, two copies of the Haggadah (a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder) and prayer books.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
While this section of the Haggadah is associated with youngsters, might the children referred to here include people of all ages?
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader reclines.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Seders involve moving through a book called a Haggadah, which contains stories, prayers, poetry and other teachings.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
According to the Haggadah, which describes the order of the Seder meal, at one point 10 drops of wine are dropped into the cup as the 10 plagues God sent down on Egypt are named.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Passages from the Haggadah, a formal Hebrew text, is also read during Seder, which retells the salvation and redemption of the ancient Israelites.
—Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Noam Zion, the author of the new Haggadah, has donated 6,000 copies to families impacted by the war.
—Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2024
Around the middle of the morning on the eve of Passover, a supply train arrived at camp with seven barrels of matzos, two copies of the Haggadah (a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder) and prayer books.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
While this section of the Haggadah is associated with youngsters, might the children referred to here include people of all ages?
—Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader reclines.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 17 Sep. 2023
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