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haggadah

/həˈɡʌdə/

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What does haggadah mean?

proper noun

  1. The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus.
  2. Alternative form of Aggadah; Talmudic parable

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/həˈɡʌdə/

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The only essential difference is that the Midrashic form prevails in the Haggadah, and the parenetic or apocalyptic form in the pseudepigrapha.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493