Haggadah
/həˈɡɑːdə
/ /haɡaˈdɑː /(also Aggadah)
noun (plural Haggadoth or Haggadot /haɡaˈdəʊt/) Judaism
1The text recited at the Seder on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, including a narrative of the Exodus: about six weeks before Passover we began to study the Haggadah
2A legend, parable, or anecdote used to illustrate a point of the Law in the Talmud.Some of the most wonderful Hebrew calligraphy can be found in old - and new - Haggadot....
- The narrative picture cycles of the Haggadot tell quite a different story.
- We now know of fifteen manuscripts written by him (all but one of which he illustrated), produced between 1731 and 1740; fourteen of these are Passover Haggadot.
2.1 [mass noun] The non-legal, narrative element of the Talmud. Compare with Halacha.
Derivatives
Haggadic
- But according to a number of Halakhic and Haggadic sources, only when another human being responds with the affirmation amen, can the act of blessing truly reach its fulfillment.
- The other development was the gathering of Haggadic legends and tales into comprehensive, systematic compendiums.
- Please realize that Haggadic themes are often difficult to convey in a few short sentences.
Haggadist
- The Haggadists therefore compare the court to mingled wine, a mixture of one-third of wine and two-thirds of water.
- Nevertheless, one cannot prevent one's self from being decidedly with Hillel, with Jesus, with St Paul against Sehamaï, or with the Haggadists against the Halachists.
- The Haggadists, however, put the idea in the form of this astounding tale in order to arouse the public to follow the lecture with greater interest.
Origin
From Hebrew Haggāḏāh, 'tale, parable', from higgīḏ 'tell, expound'.