Meged, Aharon. Hagadath Ha’Atzma’uth [”The Hagadah of Independence.”]
AUCTION 58 |
Thursday, May 02nd,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters
Lot 188
(ISRAEL, STATE OF).
Meged, Aharon. Hagadath Ha’Atzma’uth [”The Hagadah of Independence.”]
Tel Aviv: Moshe Shoham 1952
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,000
Issued on behalf of the Israel Defense Forces and based upon the style of the traditional Passover Hagadah, this scarce, original text innovates a service for the State of Israel’s Independence Day. However the tensions inherent in manipulating the traditional liturgical forms (even to the drinking of four cups of wine) resulted in controversy, and the State’s religious authorities demanded the suppression of this volume. Also objectionable apparently, was the self-glorification of the might of the Israeli military; viz. Lo al yedei mal’ach velo al yedei saraf… ki im al yedei…Tzeva Haganah LeYisrael…” (Not by an angel and not by a Seraph but rather by the Israel Defense Forces…”).