Hagadah shel Pesach

AUCTION 29 | Monday, June 20th, 2005 at 1:00
Superior Hebrew Printed Books: Singular Selections from Two Distingushed Private Collections with American-Judaica.

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Lot 29
(HAGADAH)

Hagadah shel Pesach

With commentary Zera Gad by Tzvi Hirsch b. Tanchum of Horadna. According to the custom of Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna ff. 34 Modern cloth. 4to Yaari 816; Yudlov 1095

Vilna: Joseph Romm 1860

Est: $700 - $900
All the editions of this Hagadah are among the most heavily censored Hagadoth published. For example, the words (on f. 8a) of Keha Lachma Anya have been altered to read “Now we are slaves “Beduchtin tuva” (in good places)... next year we should be free “Kebe’arah didan” (as in our country). The commentary states that in “our day, when we are under the rule of benevolent kings, this is the correct reading of the text.” Even more surprising, the entire section of “Shefoch Chamathcha” (Cast your anger upon the nations...) has been deleted