The Passover Haggadah: A Biography

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The life and times of a treasured book read by generations of Jewish families at the seder table Every year at Passover, Jews around the world gather for the seder, a festive meal where family and friends come together to sing, pray, and enjoy traditional food while retelling the biblical story of the Exodus. The Passover Haggadah provides the s

Vanessa L. Ochs is professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia and an ordained rabbi. Her books include Inventing Jewish Ritual, which won a National Jewish Book Award; Sarah Laughed: Modern Lessons from the Wisdom and Stories of Biblical Women; and Words on Fire: One Woman's Journey into the Sacred. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"[A] fascinating, short history of the Haggadah."---Simon Rocker, Jewish Chronicle "For any one inter est ed in the emer gence and com plex evo lu tion of the Hag gadah, this biog ra phy offers a trove of infor ma tion in engag ing and invit ing language." * Jewish Book Council *