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Book/Printed Material Manuscript/Mixed Material Hagadah shel Pesaḥ הגדה של פסח / Sidra di-Pisḥa

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Title

  • Hagadah shel Pesaḥ

Other Title

  • הגדה של פסח
  • Sidra di-Pisḥa

Names

  • Dueren, Isaac ben Meir, active 13th century
  • Hebrew Manuscripts (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 14-15th century.

Headings

  • -  Haggadot--Texts
  • -  Seder--Liturgy--Texts
  • -  Judaism--Liturgy--Texts
  • -  Haggadah
  • -  Manuscripts, Hebrew--Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Manuscripts, Hebrew
  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Title from spine of manuscript's housing; second title from first line of leaf [1]1a.
  • -  Manuscript lacks colophon; Hebrew manuscript on parchment; Northern France or Germany; late 14th - early 15th century based on script; manuscript is partially vocalized; This manuscript consists of two texts: the Passover Haggadah according to the Ashkenazic rite, written in square Hebrew script, with glosses from various sources in semi-cursive script; in the end of the manuscript is the table of contents to the text of the Shaʻare dura of Rabbi Isaac ben Meir ha-Levi Dueren written in semi-cursive script; this manuscript might have been part of a larger work.
  • -  "f. 1, "The Order of the Passover," listing the various steps of the Passover Seder; ff. 2-4, first step, Kadesh (blessing recited over wine); f. 3v, “Abridged Seder by Rabbi Meir [ben Baruch of Rothenburg; c. 1215-1293], of Blessed Memory,” a poetic mnemonic, arranged in two columns, for remembering the various steps of the Seder; f. 4, second through fourth steps: U-reḥats (washing the hands), Karpas (dipping vegetables in vinegar), and Yaḥats (breaking the middle matsah and saving half for later; see below); ff. 4v-13v, fifth step, Magid (narrating the story of the Exodus); ff. 4v-5, the Four Questions; ff. 5v-6, the Four Sons; ff. 10v-11v, Dayyenu (It Would Have Sufficed) litany arranged in three columns; f. 13v, sixth through ninth steps: Raḥtsah (washing the hands), Motsi (blessing recited over bread in general), Matsah (blessing recited over matsah specifically), and Maror (blessing recited over bitter herbs); f. 14, tenth through twelfth steps: Korekh (eating matsah and bitter herbs together in a sandwich), Shulhan orekh (eating the main meal), and Tsafun (eating the matsah saved from Yaḥats); ff. 14-16v, thirteenth step, Barekh (grace after meals); ff. 17-19, fourteenth step, Hallel (reciting Ps. 115-118), with marginalia providing a digest of the laws of waving the four species on the Festival of Tabernacles; ff. 19-21, fifteenth step, Nirtsah (singing songs of praise), including the poems Az rov nissim hifleta ba-lailah (Of Old, You Wondrously Performed Many Miracles at Night), Omets gevurotekha hifleta ba-Pesah (The Strength of Your Might You Wondrously Displayed on Passover), and Ki lo naʼeh, ki lo yaʼeh (For to Him is It Fitting, to Him is It Seemly); ff. 21v-22v, “Gates Formulated by Rabbi Isaac, of Blessed Memory, of Dueren,”table of contents of the Shaʻarei dura."--Book seller information.

Medium

  • 22 leaves ; page size 15 x 12 cm, bound to 16 x 13 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC Hebr Ms 230

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2022397713

Online Format

  • pdf
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Dueren, Isaac Ben Meir, Active 13Th Century, and Hebrew Manuscripts. Hagadah shel Pesaḥ. 14-15th Century. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022397713/.

APA citation style:

Dueren, I. B. M. & Hebrew Manuscripts. Hagadah shel Pesaḥ. 14-15th Century. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2022397713/.

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Dueren, Isaac Ben Meir, Active 13Th Century, and Hebrew Manuscripts. Hagadah shel Pesaḥ. 14-15th Century. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2022397713/>.