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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 English Translation, Pages 51-75

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The explanation of three words ::
Rabban Gamaliel used to say: Anyone who has not said
these three things on Passover has not fulfilled
Rabban Gamaliel :: says here :: the explanation of three words ::
Gamaliel used to say: whoever did not say
these three things during the Passover did not fulfill
his obligation, and these are they: Passover, Matzah, and Maror ::
The Passover offering
that our ancestors used to eat at the time when the Holy
Temple stood—for what reason? Because
the Holy One, blessed be He, passed over the houses of our ancestors in Egypt,
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

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26
Likewise, may God Almighty gather us and strengthen the bonds of this community and revive us
to our land and our station and our places, and we say
Passover
Song. How long, O Ancient of Days, has been with us, Peace upon you, O Peace
From You, may the Eternal arise and bring us up here safely, seeking sustenance from You, O Lord
Fearful that You provide for us and accept us, Have mercy, O Merciful, ease it for those who serve, Peace, O Lord
The children of Israel were saved from Egypt, and I am Your servant and I am Your attendant, Peace, O Lord
Bow and Psalm:
Faithful ones
Sabbath evening, Your children shall not forget "And you shall observe the unleavened bread"
Lord

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⟦...⟧
33:
He split the worldly poverty and divided it into two large parts
for the base and the pillage for the house of concealment for the sect of the Passover
it is to him:
Raise a voice, whoever opens the door of kindness, say
to the palms and to the poor, open the house of the Lord
and for wonders and the time of concealment it is 33:
Karpas, dissolve the celery and crumble it in the water
the salt on it separates and for wonders of
and wash the hands and say to the sect of the Passover, the sect of the Passover:
it is to him:
Flagon

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Haggadah of Passover
28
First
First, we will debate, God says:
If your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be white as snow ::
First
If they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool :: If ye be willing and obedient,
ye shall eat the good of the land :: But if
ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured
with the sword; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken ::
My Miracles
Wonders
How precious and how many are the things You have made, O Lord,
in the sight of this lower world.
How great are Your works, O Lord; very
deep are Your thoughts, O Lord of Hosts.
First

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And You multiplied Your seed like the stars of the heaven
Like the stars
And You multiplied Your seed like the stars of heaven
And You returned their heart pure it is to You
Like the stars
And You returned their heart pure it is to You
And You brought near to him for the sake of You brought near to him pure it is to You
Bequeathed
Pure it is to You
And You bequeathed to him and for whom You bequeathed to him pure it is to You
Bequeathed
Acquired

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28
The bow of the worlds in the house of the slaughter of the Passover, the slaughter of the Passover for Him
Wonders they heard and feared, Your prince will give to all Your people
Blessed is our Merciful One in Him
Remember Your servants, hear and fear Your people in Him
The voice of the Prophet of the worlds in the house of the Passover
The servant said, in his hands we shall take
Matzah in the house of the Passover, by the mouth of the Prophet
Place upon it the multitude of the wings of the pious ones
The pious ones until the King of kings, the Holy One Blessed be
He, was revealed to them and redeemed them; a song we heard, and the priest Moses and all the children of
Israel said a song before Him, saying in the house of the Passover, by the mouth
of the Prophet

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And God, may He be exalted, made them independent, dwellers unto them ::
This bread that we are eating,
because the dough of our fathers did not have time
Unleavened bread
to leaven until the King of kings of kings revealed Himself to them,
the Holy One, blessed be He, and redeemed them immediately, as it is said: And they baked
the dough which they brought out of Egypt into unleavened cakes, for it was not leavened,
because they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves.
⟦line⟧ Rabban Gamliel said, etc.
This that we are eating, for what reason? On
account that the Egyptians embittered the lives of our fathers
Bitter herb
in Egypt, as it is said: And they embittered their lives with hard labor, with mortar and bricks
and with all

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29
In every generation, a person is obligated to show himself as if he went out:
Meaning, in every age and age, a person must see himself
as if he came out of Egypt, as the verse says:
And you shall tell your son on that day, saying: It is because of this that the Lord did for me
when I came out of Egypt:
Maror
this that we eat, for what reason?
Because the Egyptians embittered the lives of our fathers in Egypt,
as it is said: And they embittered their lives with hard labor, with mortar and bricks,
and with all manner of labor in the field; all their labor which they made them serve was with rigor:
In every
generation, a person is obligated to thank, to praise, to laud,
to glorify, to exalt, to honor, to bless, to extol, and to adore Him who performed
all these miracles for our fathers and for us; He brought us out from slavery
to freedom, from sorrow to joy, from mourning to a festival, from darkness to a great light,
and from subjugation to redemption; and let us say before Him, Hallelujah:
Generation

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You shall fear the Lord your God and Him you shall serve ..
The sign of God your God you shall fear and Him you shall serve
In every
generation and generation a person is obligated to see themselves
And every generation and generation it is necessary for a human to look at themselves
as if they went out from Egypt, as it is said: And you shall tell your son on that day
Like the one who went out from Egypt as He said: and you shall tell your son on the day
saying: because of this the Lord did for me when I went out from Egypt
This is to say: because of this God acted for me in my going out from Egypt
Not our ancestors alone did the Holy One, blessed be He, redeem
Not our fathers alone did God Almighty save
but even us He redeemed with them, as it is said: And us He brought out from there
But even us He saved with them as He said: and us He brought out from there
to bring us in to give us the land which He swore to our ancestors
Therefore
we are obligated to thank, to praise,
to laud, to glorify, to exalt, to honor,
to bless, to extol, and to adulate Him who performed for our ancestors and for us all these miracles ..
Hallelujah

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enough that they shall eat and be satisfied and leave over, as it is written: the humble shall eat and be satisfied
those who seek the Lord shall praise Him, may your heart live forever and they shall live eternally and it is said
Why should the nations say, where now is their God
To the stranger
As it is said, evil shall not dwell with You; righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments; blessed are You
O Lord, King extolled with praises, God of thanks, Lord of wonders
Creator of all souls, Master of all deeds, who chooses songs of melody
Unique King, Life of the worlds
The Translation
Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord
Hallelujah
Blessed be the name of the Lord from now and forevermore
From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is praised; the Lord is high above all nations, above
the heavens

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Those who do the will of the Lord all our days; like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel, like the first fruit
on the fig tree in its beginning I saw your fathers; and they separated themselves unto that shame, and their abominations were according to their love.
Make fences, make fences around my Torah, and do not break the fence, and make a hedge for my words,
says the Lord ⟦line⟧
They said:
Eliezer and Rabbi Joshua and Rabbi Eleazar ben Azariah and Rabbi
Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon were reclining in Bnei Brak, and they were telling
of the Exodus from Egypt all that night until their students came and said
to them: O our teachers, the dawn has risen and it is time for the morning Recitation of the Shema. And they said to them:
We have heard, O our children, may God bless you; and they arose and prayed the
morning prayer with their students in joy and gladness and love, and they said the complete Hallel,
and they read from the Torah, and they brought a Torah scroll and read the portion 'Go unto Pharaoh.'
He said to them:

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34
We rejoiced above
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language ..
Judah became His sanctuary, Israel His dominion ..
The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back .. The mountains skipped like rams, the hills
like lambs .. What ails you, O sea, that you flee, O Jordan, that you turn back .. O mountains,
that you skip like rams, O hills, like lambs .. At the presence of the Lord, tremble, O earth, at the presence
of the God of Jacob .. Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of water ..
In the going out of Israel from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people
of strangers .. Judah was for His holiness, Israel
His wisdom .. The sea looked and fled, the Jordan returns backwards .. The mountains
danced like rams, the hills like the young of the sheep .. What ails you, O sea, that
you flee

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The debt caused the hands, and if not for the sin of possession, the terror would not have dominated
over the living of the body. From before the King of Kings, the Holy One Blessed be He
for everything causes the decree of sin upon a servant. And in the wall for the judgment of the living...
The Lord sealed our mouths for peace, He sealed peace
Blessed
You are the Wise One over all, and You are
the One, He is the Actor of all He desires, and You are the Actor in the heavens
of the heavens and upon the earth beneath the vessels, and You are the Knower of all that is hidden
from us. And You are the Blessed One and You are the One written, and upon the Passovers
He drew His hand, blood upon the wall of Your altar for favor, our iniquity for You a new song
for our redemption and for the ransom of our souls, Blessed are You, Lord, Redeemer of Israel:
The blood caused in the liver about the nature of the liver : : : : :
⟦upon⟧

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This is the book of the young Katsuri
This is the book of the young Katsuri
Katsuri
Katsuri son of Shaul Yaakov Yehuda Yaakov

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Know before whom you stand, before the King of Kings of Kings
In the name of the Lord we shall act and succeed Amen
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare Your praise
The young Katzuri Shaul
Year
5663
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; daughters

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You
redeemed our ancestors from the hand of kings and redeemed us
You saved our ancestors from the hand of the kings
and You redeemed us from the hand of the oppressors ::
When our ancestors were in Egypt
servants to servants, You redeemed us
they ascended to ⟦nations⟧ ::
And for all

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Palm
⟦If⟧ we were afflicted by ⟦...⟧
So is our punishment relieved until ⟦...⟧
Pharaoh and the family with him
Also
With tyranny they threw dinars outside Effendi
The one named Nahas, the remainder
Also
He is a neighbor and dragged people's dinars and their neighbor
O our Lord, compensate them in the hereafter
Thing
Speak tears, do not trust even with him
And the Almighty truly relieves the distress of all
Spoke
Pharaoh did not let it come upon your honorable minds
To the troop for all that they sinned
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He
And they erred in this to say that the level of
living soul was diminished:
He
And they called the meaning of wealth and gave their strength and were obligated
meaning world publicity and publicity ⟦...⟧
And they embittered
even bitterness in their hearts and in great repentance before
their death ⟦...⟧
And they embittered
even their lives in strength and in their souls
they do repentance their contribution ⟦...⟧
Seed
of Israel and seed for all meaning life straight
their soul:
Fell
Do not give stones and his blood lacks his salvation
⟦illegible⟧

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I shall praise in the assembly ::
And uphold His holy Sabbath, King of the world, their Creator
The Holy One, blessed be He, is the groom for them ::
Living and existing, guardian of His holy Sabbath, their Creator and King
Over worlds, Holy God, He is the groom
to them ::
Hey
And David awoke before dawn, contending like a groom entering
the canopy ::
Good
Observing this holy Sabbath, one who guards the Sabbath from desecration
is like one who denies the entire Torah ::
Nayad
Feel for the morning song, and now in the evening we shall complete it
together
Paz

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Sons of Tam : Y:
Exalt Him, the living, living is Your power and Your might
In pride you shall be uplifted like a son of a nation : Y: Y:
When You visit the evil of my people and wipe it away like a cloud
Zardu Gidud : Y:
Everyone
When You visit the walking of a king in their embroidery
Night and day : Y: Y: Y:
A pleasant and beautiful inheritance, blessed be the life of Tuvia
Palm and palm branch worked Your tradition : Y:
And cut short the dancing of the oppressor with clanging cymbals
Now you shall sing, break forth with lips of joy : Y:
All
Everyone
To catch
But

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Laboratories
For ⟦illegible⟧ natives " a worker's spirit ⟦illegible⟧
From a building:
From
A Philistine ⟦illegible⟧ and they feared a fear ⟦illegible⟧ Tutshan"
And for them a wave of wisdom's flock:
Leading them
Inside it a deep pit and he shall make an opening for it
With great mercies:
Sakahum
In great size ⟦illegible⟧ we plant and for them a crown
A holy ones our joy an opening: :
Closed
The sea upon them by my soul's will supporting my feet
In the language of Til
Galaq
A daughter of so-and-so in the belly of the speaker's action to advance

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On the salvation of the Egyptian : :
Their eyes: - Their eyes to the heavens . . crying always
For the salvation of Jacob : :
Their eyes: - They lifted to the heavens what they possess always
For the salvation of Jacob : :
Their mouth: - Their mouth spoke to the Lord and praised always
For the goodness of the Merciful : :
Their mouths their mouth spoke to the Lord and praised the Merciful
On the salvation of the Egyptian : :
Rejoice: - ⁂ Sing in the ears of my people . . to all listeners
Amen and Amen : : : : : :
The End

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Our wood became red <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> establish for us always
God bless your people : :
Baldness : : : : 30 signature eye left Moses and established care for them
Until they spoke with honor : :
S. P. the high upon the many sins and turned to
the right to the back of the quantity : :
See children in my heart their enemies turned upon them
Dew of students : :
They guarded the columns in the resting place with prayer to the Lord
Chalice standing on the sign of the multitude : :
Song of the Lord is guarded and for the children of the generation He did grace and good
of

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A song of ascents before his Creator:
Glorification, praise, and the virtues of the Creator, Exalted be He
⟦Our helper⟧ ⟦Our festival⟧ who He sanctified on earth : :
Praise : : and reflection and mention of the greatness of His goodness to people
⟦For those who⟧ ⟦looked upon him⟧ and happiness : : : :
Glorification, sanctification, and peace in the presence of His holiness
⟦Our world⟧ which He sanctified in heaven and on earth : :
Washing " " They shall wash their hands and bless
Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us
with His commandments and commanded us regarding the washing of hands : :
Motzi Matzah " " " He shall eat from the matzah in three times
Blessed

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Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us
regarding washing.
And he shall say the blessing over the washing of hands and say:
Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the earth
with His commandments and commanded us concerning the eating of Matzah.
And he shall take from the Karpas and from the lettuce and from the coriander and dip them in the vinegar
and break them and bless in his soul ⟦line⟧
and bless ⟦line⟧ he shall eat of them less than the size of an olive and wash all three ⟦line⟧
and say and break:
Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us
with His commandments and commanded us concerning the eating of Maror.
And he shall eat it without dipping ⟦line⟧
Korech