colector: [Karaite Korner Newsletter] #321: Biblical Passover Haggadah

Karaite Korner Newsletter #321

Karaite Passover Haggadha
by Meir Y. Rekhavi

We proudly present for the fifth consecutive Passover: The Biblical
Karaite Passover Haggadha.

This newly revised Karaite Haggadha bound in a full colour graphic
designed cover includes an original English translation by Hakham Meir
Rekhavi side-by-side with the Hebrew text, in addition to an
introduction to the Haggadha and the Passover Seder along with a short
description of the laws and customs of Passover.

The Tora teaches us that the night of the 15th of the First Month is
to be a "night of watching". In ancient times, the Passover sacrifice
was brought on this evening and the Children of Yisrael sat up all
night eating the meat of the sacrifice lest any be left until morning.

During this night time vigil they told their children the great
miracle of the Exodus from Egypt and the redemption of Israel.

Today we are unable to bring the Passover sacrifice. Daily our Temple
is trodden by heathens while the altar lies in ruins.

So without the Passover Sacrifice all we have left is the night of
watching on which we tell over the story of the Exodus. The Haggadha
is the narrative of the Exodus from Egypt that is read on Pesah
(Passover) Night at the Sedher, a word that means order. The name
Haggadha comes from the Hebrew word meaning to tell or to relate and
this is the very function of the Haggadha, to relate the events of the
Exodus, "And in order that you may tell in the ears of your son and of
your son's son, that I acted severely in Misrayim, and my signs that I
have placed upon them; that you may know that I am YHWH." (Ex. 10:2)
Therefore, it is the duty of the head of the family to recount the
story of the Exodus from Egypt and to explain its significance to the
children and adults alike.

The slavery in Egypt and the redemption from that bondage are told in
the early chapters of the Book of Exodus, which relate to YHWH's
promises and deeds in connection with our redemption, and it is from
those chapters that the majority of the material for the newly revised
Karaite Haggadha is drawn. This Haggadha is therefore a truly Biblical
Haggadha giving a full narrative of that miraculous event, from the
promise of nationhood by YHWH to Avraham, to the enslavement in Egypt
and Moshe's call at Mt. Sinai to be YHWH's prophet. Continuing through
to YHWH's great wonders and marvels that manifested in the plagues
that befell Egypt to the final act of that great redemption at the
shores of the Sea of Reeds. The last pages of this Haggadha reiterate
the promise of the future redemption, not unlike the first, by the
hand of YHWH as foretold by our great prophets.

Order your copy now to make sure that you will receive it before Passover!

The Biblical Passover Haggadha can be purchased from:
http://www.karaites.org.uk/haggadha.shtml