New Illuminated Haggadah
Reviewed by .
Dr. Hugo Mandelbaum
A rn a g n ifieently illuminated
Haggadah in gold, bItte, recl, pur-
ple, yellow, and green is "The
Pesach Haggadah" by K a f r a,
published by Feldheim, New
York. Written in the liquid style
of the medieval manuscripts,. it
reveals all the beauty that lies in
the individuality of each letter,•
sc characteristic to writing as
contrasted to print. The famous
"Prager" Haggadah found its
true replica in this script that
imitates even the peculiar me-
dieval -vocalization and the man-
•
ner of punctuation.
Large initials in gold and color
produce rhythm .andw splendor.
Accompanying the script and
supplementing it are rich orna-
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ments, framing the pages,, swing-
ing like .harmony into the text
and in-between the lines, caress-
ing the holy content with infinite
love, and, yet, not distracting in
their rich color froth the script
c.ontent s of the page.
Miniatures illustrate the text,
but they also, as true illumina-
tions, serve rather than dominate
the page (There is only one full
page illustration in the whole
book.)
One critical remark, however,
this reviewer wants to make. An
artist, strong as the creator of
this.. Haggadah, shoUld not have
Curbed her own, inborn Jewish
strength to such an extent as to
appear completely medieval.
The artist Kafra (Mrs. Kahan-
Frankel) lives in Budapest where
her husband holds a leading posi-
tion in Hungarian Jewry. Her
sons, who are -responsible for the
copy of the text, brought with
them the original to this country
where it found in Feldheim a
publisher who did its utmost to
create a book worthy of the
original.
In a separate appendix the
whole Haggadah is reproduced in
smaller scale in black and white
print and translated into digni-
fied English by Isaac E. Kiev.
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Remembrance," signifying the
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forts leading to the creation of
the Jewish State of Israel.
Dedicated to the biblical theme,
"If I Forget Thee, 0 Jerusalem,"
the "Book of Remembrance" will 24
be deposited for permanent safe-
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salem as a' testimonial to the
American Zionist share in the
recreation of the Jewish- State
and as a tribute to the valiant
struggle of the people of Israel
for indenependence.. It is planned
to present a facsimile copy to the
Library
Congress in Washing-
ton, D. C.
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