The Hagadah shel Pesach Containing the Ceremonies and Prayers Which are Used and Read by All the Families, in All the Houses of the Israelites

(HAGADAH).

for the Translator by W. Gilbert

London

1770

Translated by A. Alexander and Assistants. Hebrew and English on facing pages. Aschkenazic rite. With Adir Hu, Echad Mi Yodea and Chad Gadya in Judeo-German.

Yudlov 257; Yaari 167; Yerushalmi 74.

THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE PASSOVER HAGADAH. By 1770 the process of linguistic acculturation among Anglo-Jewry gave rise to this first issue of an English translation to the Hagadah. Indeed two versions were issued: One according to Sephardic usage and the present edition, intended for Aschkenazic Jews. The rarity of this Hagadah is attested by the fact that Yudlov did not see a copy directly. He states that he only saw the title page of the Harvard copy that was reproduced in Yerushalmi. For the pagination, he relied on Duker and Yaari. An exceptionally rare edition. No copy in the NLI.