The Union Haggadah. According to the custom of Reform Judaism

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Lot 118

(HAGADAH)

The Union Haggadah. According to the custom of Reform Judaism

Hebrew with English instructions, translation, and extensive commentary. Numerous photographic plate illustrations. Title within white on black floral border pp. 108. Light marginal damp stain on first few leaves. Original printed green cloth. 8vo Yudlov 2409; not listed by Yaari

Cincinnati: I. H. Cahan & Co. 1908

Est: $500 - $700

The standardized American version of the Reform Haggadah first appeared in 1907. Called the Union Haggadah for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, it was published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis in Cincinnati, Ohio. Most of the text is in English, with a minimal use of Hebrew. “This work aims to supply the demand of those to whom the old form of the Haggadah no longer appeals. The really valuable contents of the Haggadah have been scrupulously preserved. The distinctively religious elements constituting the service itself have been carefully differentiated from the rest [and]....[w]hatever does not belong to the devotional part, has ben relegated to a “Miscellany.” See: Y. Yerushalmi, Hagadah and History (1975) pl. 126