The Illuminated Haggadah
Michael Shire
Published: 2001
Pages: 64
Reflecting its Talmudic ancestry, this illuminated Haggadah contains Jewishtories and traditions, and is also a prayerbook made for use. It tells thetory of release from persecution and slavery into freedom and a new life. Its as relevant today as when it was written, over 2000 years ago.;The Exoduxf the Children of Israel from Egypt is a pivotal event in the Bible,elebrated today in books, plays and films. Each year, during the festival ofassover, Jewish families gather to remember the Exodus. The evening meal, oreder, is filled with biblical readings, symbolic foods to be eaten and songso be sung. The traditional patter of this meal is recorded in the Haggadah -iterally, "story-telling".;The book is decorated with illustrations takenrom the British Library's collection of Medieval Haggadot, and theommentary makes the book accessible to all readers.