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JPS Commentary on the Haggadah: Historical Introduction, Translation, and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Passover haggadah enjoys an unrivaled place in Jewish culture, both religious and secular. And of all the classic Jewish books, the Haggadah is the one most “alive” today. Jews continue to rewrite, revise, and add to its text, recasting it so that it remains relevant to their lives. In this volume in the JPS Commentary collection, Joseph Tabory, one of the world’s leading authorities on the...

in which the kneading bowls had been wrapped at the time of the Exodus (Exod. 12:34). Based on this explanation, a custom developed of wrapping the afikoman in a napkin and walking around with it—to symbolize the Jews leaving Egypt with their bundles on their shoulders. The structure of the seder took on a tripartite nature with the meal in the center. If we take an overview of the modern seder, we find that it presents an integrative whole that is constructed of three parts:
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