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IJA 2921

Handwritten Passover Hagadah

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This is a handwritten book, likely written by a youth (likely Baghdadi) in 5603 (1902 or 1903). In the front, it is inscribed with the Hebrew date, and the assumed scribe: Ha-Tseir Katsuri ben Shaul Yaʻaḳov Yehudah Yaʻaḳov. Inside is the entire Passover Hagadah with small illustrations and decorations, as well as other prayers and poems from other parts of Jewish liturgy: Lekhah Dodi and Yedid Nefesh from Sabbath Evening prayers. The text of the Hagadah includes a paragraph-by-paragraph translation of the Hebrew text to Judeo-Arabic.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2921
Item Number
12171
Date
Approx. January 1, 1901 to December 31, 1910
Languages
Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Jewish Holidays, Illustrations, Judeo-Arabic, Passover, Handwritten, Sidur, Liturgy, Hagadah
Height
13.60 cm
Width
10.70 cm

AI en Translation, Pages 201-225

Page 201

(Lecha Dodi)
In Arabic
Come, O my friends: let us go down to welcome the bride:
She is the Sabbath: Welcome to the Sabbath which is
the bride: The face of God is in its acceptance, so let us welcome
and honor her so that she may be in our hearts: The head
of the year is the Sabbath:
Sevenfold as well is the wealth of the bride: we welcome her in it
and bring her into our home: so that she may be in our hearts and we may be worthy
and thus we celebrate her in the place where we dwell:
A pleasant scent is in it: the day the heavens and the earth and all their hosts were completed
after God finished: and ceased from every detail in it we shall rest
and be satisfied and be renewed in its splendor over a world that is all
Sabbath
They shall thank
My observers

Page 204

Kadesh: He shall sanctify the cup of Kiddush ⟦line⟧
Urchatz: He shall wash his hands without a blessing: and he shall take
the Karpas: he shall dip the Karpas in the vinegar and bless ⟦line⟧
Yachatz: He shall divide the middle Matzah into two halves:
Maggid: He shall tell the greatness of the Exodus from Egypt ⟦line⟧
Rachtzah: He shall wash his hands with a blessing: Motzi Matzah: He shall bless
HaMotzi and on the eating of Matzah ⟦line⟧
Maror: He shall dip the Maror in the Charoset and bless: Korech
He shall eat Matzah and Maror without a blessing ⟦line⟧
Shulchan Orech: He shall eat the dinner: Tzafun: He shall eat
the Afikoman after the dinner ⟦line⟧
Barech: He shall bless the Grace after Meals: Hallel: He shall read
the Hallel: Nirtzah: May God accept his prayer ⟦line⟧
And you who cling: to the Lord your God are all alive today

Page 205

Loving wine, living wine, flavors : : :
Remember the kindness of Abraham : through the decree of the Holy One :
His answer and do not be ashamed : His garment is El Shaddai :
My righteousness <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> your seal : in the mouth of the true prophet : Isaiah
Extra : Your people are holy : : : : : : : : : : : :
From pure kindness of Joshua : unity of the created glory : desire
Delight of the ⟦soul⟧ : pious for the holy ones : : : : : : : : : :
Straying eye of eyes : Your pious ones are pearls, Your deeds
Lower ones, supreme holy ones : : : : : : : : : : : :
A crown shall be called for you : a blessed matter : the people of Israel
His portion, extra, all holy ones : : : : : : : : : : :
For the virtue of above : hovering over the face of : heaven : : : :
SG

Page 206

Head of wonders, your love is pleasant:
From your house acquire an inheritance, rest, there happy is its base
Worthy of the heights ⟦line⟧
You hide within her in search, and a daughter in you will not hasten
Have mercy please with an abundance of mercies ⟦line⟧
Keep the love of a wife, life, spirits upon her and those who lend from afar
In the shadow of the heights, a pleasant inheritance ⟦line⟧
Iniquity and the dread of transgression, and may she not see robbery and ruin
In your wings, O Lord, perform mercies ⟦line⟧
Glorious one, exalt their stature to their land and save them please
Quickly make an end, my people of days ⟦line⟧
A crown of glory bound upon its clarity, mother and upon
Beloved:

Page 207

⟦And the light will understand, he will understand difficulties⟧
Rise, arise, drawing near to the city of the valley of the creator
And let there be mercy upon her, living upon us : : : : : :
My shepherd, I sang, and even your face is full of a treasury of kindnesses
And also have mercy on us and let there be our mercy : : : : : :
Shelah, and I desire your stature, Holy One
With the great one rejoice, and let there be mercy : : : : : :
Complete, and the land is from your instruction, the kingdom that strikes the mouth of the Temple
Build, you shall cease upon us, he shall place : : : : : : : : : :
My brokenness ❦ and he turned and he wept, you heard to only your eye and your dwelling
Neighbor, inhabitant of your prophets, trap of our mercy : : : : : : : : : :
Return to the sons, they shall be in the inheritance of the established Edom your dwelling
And let there be our mercy upon us : : : : : : : : : : : :

Page 208

A savior from afar I will send to heal
For your fragments, sword, spear, lightning
Will pierce the heart of your city, my father, teacher
Your oppressor, the stones of your speech, and said to you
Arise, shine, for ⟦it shall be established⟧
Your light, sing your song and also your melody
Before the oppressor who crowns you like a cloud over
Your well forever and He will hide them, King of
The world, He will build a temple and a hall
⟦illustration: footed bowl with branches/flowers⟧

Page 209

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His father shall rejoice in his circumcision like a groom on his wedding day
And then he shall merit his Torah, he shall rejoice with gladness
Light of gladness : :
The pure-eyed one shall grant us life, grant us merit, and to the canopy
He shall bring him ⟦howl⟧ light of gladness
The child is a fruitful vine Joseph
A fruitful vine a ⟦pen⟧ fruitful vine Joseph
⟦By⟧ a spring :
May he see children for our children, peace upon
Israel, blessed are you when you come
And blessed are you when you go out : : : : :

Page 210

My brothers, where are you from? From the Land of the Deer
Holy
Peace to you and to us, sons of the fathers
:Three:
Our King shall protect us by the merit of the fathers
:Three:
And great peace to our sons, and we shall inherit the city
And its property.
Strengthen the hands of our teacher by the merit of the Torah
Holy

Page 211

This is the bread

Page 214

Shaddai (Almighty)
⟦decorative illustration of a vase with flowers and geometric patterns⟧