Handwritten Passover Hagadah
View interactive document pageThis 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.
A fruitful bough is Joseph, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall The year 5663 of the Creation Nat Afiyah Monday, the day of the month Tammuz The young Katzuri son of Saul Jacob Judah Jacob Let them drink the wine
I have set before me I have set YHWH ⟦before me always, because⟧ He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved YHWH Always With the help of Heaven The sixth day, and the heavens and the earth were finished and all their host. And finished God on the seventh day His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God created to make. ⟦illegible⟧
And this is the offering of his poor servant The young K. Katzuri may his Rock and Redeemer protect him, son of the honorable Saul Jacob Judah Jacob of blessed memory Amen This sacrifice shall be accepted: By your leave, masters Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine: Blessed Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who Blessed has chosen us from among all people and exalted us above all tongues and sanctified us with His commandments; and You have given us, Lord our God, in love (festivals for gladness) holidays
3 (And) the festivals of their appointment for joy and their times for gladness, this (Sabbath day and) the ⟦and⟧ the special appointed time of this festival, this holy day of holy convocation, and between the holiness of the sanctuary, holy industry, and between the purity of ⟦the nations⟧, for You have chosen us and us You have hallowed from all the nations (and from the honors) Your holy festivals (in love and in favor) in joy and in gladness You have given us as an inheritance. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who hallows (the Sabbath,) Israel and the seasons. And on the conclusion of the Sabbath they say: Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who creates the lights of the fire. Blessed are You, O Lord our God, King of the universe, Who distinguishes between the holy and the profane, and between light and darkness, and between Israel and the nations, and between the seventh day and the six days of labor; between the holiness of the Sabbath and the holiness of the festival You have distinguished, and the seventh day
The continuation of my salvation the weekdays you tore and separated and the Holy One, Blessed be He Will bless in truth, blessed is the night of the Lord passing between tear and tear : Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the washing of hands : And he shall wash his hands and shall not recite the blessing for washing hands And he shall take Karpas and dip it in vinegar and recite the blessing Creator of the fruit of the earth Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the earth : He shall divide it and eat from it and the remainder he shall wrap in a cloth and place under the cloth for the Afikoman and he shall be careful not to eat a Kezayit's amount so that he does not recite afterwards the final blessing and this is the main regulation of the table : Take the second Matzah which is broken : Take
3 This is the bread of affliction that our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. All who are hungry, let them come and eat; all who are in need, let them come and celebrate Passover. Now we are here; next year in the Land of Israel. Now we are slaves; next year in the Land of Israel, free people. This is the bread of the poor which our fathers ate in the land of Egypt. Everyone who is hungry, let him come and eat; everyone who is in need, let him come and celebrate Passover. This year we are here; for the coming year, in the land of Israel. This year we are here as slaves; for the coming year, in the land of Israel, children of freedom. They mix the second cup for him, and he says, and he covers it with the reading: How is this night different from all other nights? For on all other nights
tonight we do not dip even once, and this night two times ⟦line⟧ in t's " On all nights we are not dipping even once as and this night twice: And the second child reads: tonight we eat leaven or matzah that on all and this night entirely matzah: On all nights we eat leaven or unleavened bread in and this night entirely unleavened bread: tonight we eat other vegetables that on all and this night bitter herbs: On all nights we eat the rest of the vegetables the
And that we dip twice in the bitter herbs nights we eat other vegetables on all and whether sitting, and this night we are all reclining and whether sitting, and we this night of ours are all reclining slaves we were to Pharaoh in Egypt :: We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and the Lord our God brought us out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and if the Holy One, blessed be He, had not brought our ancestors out from Egypt, we and our children and our children's children would still be enslaved to Pharaoh in Egypt, and even if we are all wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, it is a commandment upon us to tell of the Exodus from Egypt, and whoever tells more of the Exodus from Egypt
We were slaves, this is the explanation :- We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and He brought us out, the Lord our God, from there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and if the Holy One, Blessed be He, had not brought out our ancestors from Egypt, then we and our children and our children's children would be enslaved serving Pharaoh in Egypt. And even if we were all wise, all of us discerning, and all of us knowing the Torah, it would be a duty upon us to tell of the exodus from Egypt, and everyone who increases in telling :- An incident involving Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah and Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon who were reclining in Bnei Brak and were telling of the exodus from Egypt An incident and
D all that night until their students came and said to them: Our Masters, the time has arrived for the reading of the Shema of the morning: The story: It happened with Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah and Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon, who were reclining in Bnei Brak and were telling of the Exodus from Egypt all that night until their students came and said to them: O our Masters, the time has come for the reading of the Shema of the morning: Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah said: Behold, I am like a man of seventy years, yet I did not merit that the Exodus from Egypt be mentioned at nights until Ben Zoma expounded it, as it is said: So that you may remember the day of your departure from the land of Egypt all the days of your life. "The days of your life"
A man is obligated etc. and see Chayei Adam rule 130 and from there you shall copy... Obligated this good etc. and see Chayei Adam rule 130 and the end of the knowledge: Completed, blessed is He who gives strength to the weary and to him who has no might He increases strength End Bring near the song and the cry . to God the awesome and terrifying Fill the requests of Your servant for good . to the day blessed is He who dwells on high Hasten my return to You quickly . strengthen the weak hands Turn back Your anger against the enemy . and Your holy arms are bared Strengthen our master the King . turn back Your anger against the enemy For the sake of His name in love Blessed The Omnipresent, blessed is He, blessed is He who gave Accepted
The Torah was commanded to us by Moses "Blessed be He" corresponding to four sons the Torah spoke "one wise" and "one wicked" and "one simple" and "one who does not know how to ask" A here He is blessed "Blessed is He who blessed gave the Torah to His people Israel blessed is He, corresponding to four sons the Torah spoke, one wise and one wicked and one complete and one who does not know how to ask :: Wise what does he say what are the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments which the Lord our God has commanded you? And you also say to him according to the laws of the Passover, one does not conclude after the Passover with a dessert :: Passover
Wise What does he say? What are these testimonies, statutes, and judgments which the Lord our God commanded you? And you shall answer him according to the laws of the Passover sacrifice, that nothing may be eaten after it as a dessert. Wicked What does he say? What is this service to you? To you and not to him. And because he excluded himself from the collective, he denied the essence. You also blunt his teeth and say to him: It is because of this that the Lord did for me when I went out of Egypt. For me and not for him; had he been there, he would not have been redeemed. Simple What does he say? What is this? Tell him, with a strong hand ⟦the Lord⟧ brought us out from ⟦there⟧
And His children saw His might, they praised and gave thanks to His name, and also His kingship and with desire they accepted upon themselves; Moses and the children of Israel answered You in song with great joy and all of them said: Who is like You among the gods, O Lord, who is like You awesome in praises, doing wonders Completed Mighty heights: Have pity O God, have pity, shine, shine and we shall curse ⟦illegible⟧ with the strength of a hand established ⟦illegible⟧ perfectly with God the mighty: Knower of mysteries as it is said, and it shall be for you like the day and that which is not holiday
Passover Haggadah It says, "Because of this did the Lord do for me when I came out of Egypt." One might think [this starts] from the New Moon; the teaching says, "On that day." If [it says] "On that day," one might think while it is still day; the teaching says, "Because of this." I only said "Because of this" at the time when Matzah and Maror are placed before you. And [in Judeo-Arabic dialect] When this answer to the wicked one begins it is necessary to answer the wicked one on Yom Kippur For from the new month he went out in our exodus from Egypt; it is possible from the head of the month; the teaching says "On that day." If "On that day," it is possible from before the day; the teaching says "Because of this." I only said "Because of this" at the time when Matzah and Maror are placed before you. In the beginning our ancestors were idol worshipers, and now He has brought us near
H ⟦...⟧ Brought us before Mount Sinai and gave us the Torah And did not bring us into the Land of Israel, it would have been enough for us How much more so is the double and multiplied goodness that the Omnipresent has bestowed upon us That He brought us out of Egypt and executed judgments upon them And executed judgments upon their gods and killed their firstborn And gave us their wealth and split the sea for us From The words of Rabban Gamliel Rabban Gamliel used to say: Anyone who has not said these three things on Passover Has not fulfilled his obligation, and these are they: Passover offering, Matzah, and Maror The Passover offering that our ancestors used to eat when the Holy Temple was standing For what reason? Because the Holy One, blessed be He, passed over the houses of our ancestors in Egypt And I took I am the partner whom we took, O group As it is said: And you shall say, It is a Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel In Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and saved our houses; and the people bowed and prostrated themselves Jacob
Jacob went down to Egypt and sojourned there with a few people, and there he became a nation, great, mighty and numerous: And he went down to Egypt :: And it was taken to the assembly to the creation from Jacob and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there in a small group and became there a great nation, strong and numerous: And he went down to Egypt to the assembly that went down to Egypt: And he sojourned there and lived there: With a few people: In a small group as it is said With seventy souls your forefathers went down to Egypt, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of the heaven for multitude :: Blessed be the one who keeps His promise to Israel, blessed be He for the Holy One, blessed be He, calculates the end to do as He said to Abraham our father at the Covenant between the Pieces, as it is said And He said to Abram, you shall surely know that your seed will be a stranger in a land not theirs and they shall serve them
3 And spread a shelter of peace over us and over all His people Israel May these faces help, and afterwards he shall take his cup in his hand: And he shall say pleasantly and with a loud voice He shall bring you near and choose you, He is with you Its explanation: You are our Lord, O Lord our God and our King, You are the one who has increased upon us favors, goodness, and blessings more than we desire, we shall truly belong to You and we do not fulfill our duties to You, O Lord of lords, O King of kings, O Holy One, O Worshipped One, O Merciful One, O Kind One, I am a humble servant desiring Your service, O God. The congregation answers and says to him, O our master, Listen to your mouth and fill your hand She Said
And it is this that has stood for our ancestors and for us, for not only one stood against us against us to destroy us, but the Holy One, Blessed be He, saves us from their hand :. And it stood for our ancestors and for us, not only it is every single one against us to nullify us, but in every generation and generation they stand against us to nullify us, and the Holy One, Blessed be He, rescues us from their hand :. Go out and learn what Laban the Aramean sought to do to our father Jacob, for Pharaoh only decreed Go out only against the males, but Laban sought to uproot everything, as it is said: An Aramean destroyed my father, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with a few people, and he became there a great nation and learn
14 Order and Wash: He brought us out, and God our Master brought us out from Egypt, not by the hand of an angel, nor by the hand of a seraph, nor by the hand of a messenger, but God—blessed be His name and exalted be His majesty— He Himself in His own glory brought us out from Egypt, as it is said in Your Torah: "And I will pass through the land of Egypt on this night." And He went down, and in Your Torah it is written: Say, O Lord, we went down, he went down with our ancestors to Egypt, and he resided there, and he settled down there; he settled to be made [a nation], not like Pharaoh, for the sake of a great multitude in the land in a time of wandering, and he lived there to inform you of the magnitude of the hardship, as it is said: "And he became there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous." And we cried out
And let us return to the first matter, the praise of the Holy One, blessed be He, our Redeemer And it is fitting for Him to praise those for His name, they are in a time of strength and hardened the repayment And its time has not come for the sake of the armory, they are his cradle for every high place to my merit Behold, more ancestors in the mouth and heart of trust, and He ⟦erases⟧ they will finish the grace Captivity in mouth and heart of sayings: In my contempt at the time of burning, for they divined among servants A serpent descended to Hebron, righteousness and understanding Draw in your God among the plunderers of the nations in abundance: In the trough I shall call at the time of strength in looking wearied Their wisdom was hidden for help and rages Strengthen us in your God among the plunderers from his time in the trough And he lived
20 And he ⟦also⟧ ⟦he⟧ ⟦shall be⟧ a great ⟦and mighty⟧ nation ⟦that⟧ Israel were distinct there as a great and mighty nation as it is said: And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them: And he became a great and powerful nation regarding the state of Israel who were distinguished there as a great people and powerful as He said: And the children of Israel grew and multiplied and increased and became strong very much and the land was filled with them: Multitude as it is said: I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. And as
And after I made you a myriad like the plant of the field I gave you, and you increased and grew, you reached the finest of ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair grew, yet you were naked and bare And the translation.. like the plant .. And I passed by you and saw you wallowing in your blood and I said to you: In your blood, live! And I said to you: In your blood, live! And I passed over you and saw you rolling in your blood and I said to you: In your blood, live! And I said to you: In your blood, live! And the Egyptians treated us badly and afflicted us, and they laid upon us labor hard
To difficult :: The Egyptians entered upon us and they mistreated us and placed upon us And they did hard labor :: And they dealt ill with us, the Egyptians, as it is said Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that when there befalleth us any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land :: The Egyptians entered upon us as we say come And they did let us deal wisely with them lest they multiply and it shall be if a war happens to us and they also join our enemies and fight against us and go up from the land :: And they afflicted us
And they afflicted us as it is said: And they set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built store cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses. And we cried out as it is said: And we cried out to the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. And He heard as it is said: And God heard their moaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And He saw as it is said: And God saw the children of Israel, and God knew. And our toil these are