Hagadah shel Pesach.

(HAGADAH)

Ahdut

Tel Aviv

1950

Eight illustrations relating to the Spring and the Exodus narrative. Ten decorated initials.

More information on Kibbutz Haggadot can be found in The Kibbutz Haggadah: Israeli Pesach in the Kibbutz, compiled by Yuval Danieli and Muki Tsur.

In the first half of the 20th century, new movements in Judaism began to publish their own Haggadot with modified liturgy in line with their own ideas of tradition, exile, and modern values. Kibbutz Haggadot, published by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad and HaKibbutz HaArtzi (the two primary national Kibbutz organizations), often gave their Haggadot a strongly Zionist and Socialist bent and excised much of the traditional liturgy. The present Haggadah edition, issued by HaKibbutz HaMeuhad, contains a modified version of the text of Maggid, Hallel, and Nirtzah. It is preceded by a series of poems celebrating the spring, and contains an expanded version of the Exodus narrative with texts from the books Exodus and Numbers (all passages from the Mishnah and Deuteronomy have been removed). The work ends with a series of texts memorializing Israel’s fallen soldiers (including the famous poem “Magash HaKesef,” by Nathan Alterman) and celebrating the State of Israel’s independence.