Aside from the Bible, the Passover haggadah is probably the Jewish book most familiar to Jews. It is also, arguably, the single-most beloved Jewish text. As both script for the seder and its main subject, the haggadah has earned an unrivaled place in Jewish culture, both religious and secular. Of all the classic Jewish texts—the Talmud, the Jewish Bible, and the prayer book—the haggadah is the one most “alive” today. Jews continue to rewrite, revise, and add to its text, recasting it so
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