Chayem Benzion Kassier wrote letter after letter pleading for financial help so he could properly celebrate the holiday of Passover and feed his starving family and other needy members of the community.
When the Future King of England Celebrated Passover With the Chief Rabbi
In 1882, the young Prince George, later King George V, joined his brother on a tour around the world, recording his impressions of the locations he visited – including the Holy Land.
The Rescue of One of the World’s Most Beautiful Haggadot
The journey of the “Rothschild Haggadah” began 550 years ago with the artist Yoel ben Shimon in Northern Italy and ended in Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish people
These Passover Haggadot Will Leave You Speechless
The Haggadot collection at the National Library is the largest in the world and we’ve collected them here in a special online exhibition.
The Haggadah That Brought the Nazis to the Seder
A glimpse into a Haggadah written for the residents of the displaced persons camp in Munich, illustrated by a Holocaust survivor.
The Illustrated Prague Haggadah from 1556
The Valmadonna Collection is a treasure trove of rare Jewish manuscripts. We are proud to present a copy of the Prague Haggadah, one of the earliest published Haggadot in the world.
The Benghazi Haggadah: How the Jews of Libya Celebrated Victory Over the Nazis
This is how the Jewish Legion soldiers of the British army set up a Seder in Benghazi, Libya in 1943.
Rabbit Season! Matzoh Season! When Passover Meets Hare Hunting
The 16th century editor of the Prague Haggadah had a wicked sense of humor!
How Communist Jews Made the Haggadah as Red as the Blood in the Nile
According to this Soviet Russian Haggadah, the eternal revolution of Marx and Lenin was responsible for liberating the Jews from the bondage of the bourgeois…
Forget Google Maps! To Get Out of Egypt, These Are the Maps You Need!
The National Library is in possession of many antique, rare and illustrated maps tracing the epic journey of the People of Israel through the wilderness.
