One of the most famous Haggadahs in the word, is the Sarajevo Haggadah. It is believed to have been taken out of Spain by Jews who were expelled in 1492. It was sold to the National Museum in Sarajevo in 1894. During the Second World War, the Haggadah was hidden from the Nazis by the Museum's chief librarian, Derviš Korkut, who at risk to his own life, smuggled the Haggadah out of ...
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The first commandment that God gave to the Jewish people in Egypt before the Exodus was to establish the calendar. In order to understand the importance attached to this commandment, we must understand the type of society that the Jews lived in during their exile in Egypt. The Egyptians, along with the rest of the world at that time, worshipped many different gods, each believed to have its own sphere ...
Read MoreRabbi Mordechai Becher speaks about Pesach and social justice, and what the sermon on Shabbat Hagadol should be about. View this video directly on VIMEO You can sponsor Rabbi Becher's VLog this week or any week. Contact Gateways for details.
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