单词 | haggadah |
释义 | Haggadahn. Judaism. 1. The non-legal element of Jewish rabbinical literature, esp. the Talmud and Midrash, comprising legends, parables, anecdotes, etc., as distinct from Halacha (Halacha n.); (also) a legend, parable, anecdote, etc., of this type. Cf. Aggadah n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > law > Jewish law > [noun] > legendary element of Haggadahc1590 Aggadah1602 c1590 H. Broughton Concent of Script. sig. E.4v (table) The legende of Iudith do the Rabbines referre to this age in Col-bo, out of Hagadah. 1856 J. W. Etheridge Jerusalem & Tiberias 182 Hagada is not law, but it serves to illustrate law. 1874 E. O. M. Deutsch Lit. Remains 17 ‘Haggadah’..was only a ‘saying’, a thing without authority, a play of fancy, an allegory, a parable, a tale, that pointed a moral and illustrated a question. 2000 V. Binetti & C. Casarino tr. G. Agamben Means without End 84 Like Rabbi Akiba in the Haggadah of the Talmud, the citizens of this community will enter the paradise of language and will come out of it uninjured. 2. The text recited at the Seder marking the beginning of Passover, centred around the liberation of the Israelites in Egypt as told in the Book of Exodus; a book containing this. Cf. Aggadah n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > kinds of rite > Jewish > [noun] > for Passover Haggadah1617 Aggadah1650 1617 H. Ainsworth Annot. Second Bk. Moses, called Exodus (xii. 8) sig. H2/1 In his Copie of the Haggadah (or Narration) of the Passover, he sheweth what words they used at the breaking and delivering of the unlevened bread. 1731 tr. Relig. Ceremonies & Customs Several Nations I. i. iii. iii. 67 Then with glasses of wine in their hand they repeat the Hagada. 1891 M. Friedländer Jewish Relig. 379 The first two evenings of Passover are..called ‘Seder-evenings’, and the book which contains this Service is generally called Haggadah. 1972 Publishers Weekly 7 Feb. 16 (advt.) We have created what we feel is the most unusual Haggadah for Passover 1972... A functional Haggadah with the complete Passover Seder service in both English and Hebrew. 2008 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 16 Apr. d10/2 All Seders include a few basic elements, such as..matzo (unleavened bread), a Seder plate (a special plate that displays symbolic foods) and a reading of a Haggadah. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1590 |
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