Friday, April 6, 2012

The Amsterdam Haggadah of 1695

This Haggadah was printed by the Amsterdam Jewish community. Haggadot are used for celebrating the Passover Seder and this illustrated edition has been highly influential over the centuries.  It dates from 1695, or about 240 years after the first Gutenberg Bible.



                 

   

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