Haggadah

Passover is over, but the story isn’t - opinion

On the eve of Pessah 1944, in Bergen-Belsen, two rabbis, Rabbi Aaron Davids and Rabbi Avraham Levison, confronted an unbearable question: What does one do when the Torah itself cannot be kept?

People celebrate the Passover Seder in an underground parking lot used as a public shelter during the ongoing war, April 1, 2026
THE YAHUDA HAGGADAH, Southern Western Germany, ca. 1470-80, handwritten on parchment; brown ink, and gold and silver leaf

A voice of praise: Why this Haggadah puts Miriam at the center of the Exodus

Far Right influencers Candace Owens (L) and Tucker Carlson (R); illustrative.

When the Passover Seder comes to life - opinion

Dachau (seen 2020): The stench, the skeletal figures, the degradation.

In the shadow of the Holocaust, survivors kept Passover alive in 1946 - opinion


Rivlin makes ‘official request’ for Sarajevo Haggada

President Rivlin received diplomatic credentials from the new ambassadors of the UK, Ireland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Equatorial Guinea and Bulgaria.

President Rivlin with Ambassador Dusko Kovacevic of Bosnia and Herzegovina

A graphic Haggadah

“The vast majority of secular Jews in Israel attend a Seder every year, as do a huge percentage of Diaspora Jews who maintain none of our traditions.”

An illustration from the Passover Haggadah Graphic Novel

The Seder’s ultimate question

Some customs are about reliving the experience, both of slavery and redemption.

Lodz 1936: ‘The Family at the Seder’ from The Szyk Haggadah

1952 'Korean War Haggadah' acquired by National Library of Israel

The 32-page volume was produced by two Jewish chaplains. One of them referred to their endeavor as “Operation Matzo”.

The Korean War Haggadah

Medieval Haggadah on public exhibit after a century

The manuscript features seventy-five water color paintings.

 The Lombard Haggadah. Milan, c. 1390-1400

How I almost ruined my first Passover seder

It was my first Passover, and I very nearly screwed it up.

‘AT LAST, at the Seder, I can join in with a full heart, “Next year in Jerusalem the Rebuilt!”’

6 quirky Passover traditions to inspire your seder

Some find the secret to a lively holiday is in keeping it interactive and getting creative.

A MAN wraps fresh matza during Passover in Ashdod in 2016

Haggadahs throughout Jewish history from 1600s Europe to a lesbian seder

The fact that the Passover seder usually takes place at home creates a market for Haggadahs tailored to each family’s needs or interests.

rare haggadah from bar ilan

Uneven distribution of historic responsibility– Seder and hesder

Passover in the diaspora vs. Passover in the IDF.

The first American depiction of the four sons, from ‘Haggadah for Passover,’ Chicago, 1879

Spread forth your branches

Now we no longer have to say ‘Next year in Jerusalem,’ for we are already here

‘AT LAST, at the Seder, I can join in with a full heart, “Next year in Jerusalem the Rebuilt!”’