Seder Hagadah shel Pesaḥ
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Hagadah shel Pesaḥ: ke-minhag Ashkenaz u-Sefarad (Passover Haggadah According to the Ashkenazi and Sephardic Rite)
Amsterdam: Be-vet ha-Meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eli’ezer Ḥazan, 1695
The lavishly illustrated Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695 is considered one of the most influential editions of haggadot, the traditional texts used for reading during the Passover meal to commemorate the Exodus and liberation of Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Along with the earlier Venetian Haggadah, also on display in this exhibition, it played a pivotal role in shaping numerous subsequent editions until the early 1900s. The iconography was created by a proselyte, or convert, to Judaism who adopted the name Abraham ben Jacob. He, in turn, copied the images from engravings by the Swiss Christian artist Matthäus Merian. The frontispiece shown here displays figures of Moses and Aaron plus six vignettes on biblical themes.
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