By HAROLD EIDLIN
(Copyright, 1963,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
Best Wishes for a Happy
Passover to Our Friends
and Patrons
WASHINGTON—For the aca-
demic-minded, the collection of
Passover Haggadot reposing in
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• the Library of Congress here—
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one of the world's largest—is a
source of intellectual and his-
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toric joy.
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But if you've a mind to bor-
row one for your next seder,
forget it—unless you happen to
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be a member of Congress.
"They are strictly for research
Great Lakes
and posterity," says the keeper
of the collection, Dr. Lawrence
Iron & Metal Co. 111 Marwick,
director of the Li-
itt
270 Holtiner
brary's Hebraic Section. Borrow-
River Rouge
841-1818:H ers—and there have been sev-
•.. eral on occasion—are limited to
members of Congress for whom
the Library was originally es-
tablished as a service.
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the Library's Passover Hag-
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able, priceless volumes dating
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and scores of rare works that
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make the collection one of the
most valuable and interesting
within the venerable Library's
walls.
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of Congress are some which are
not included in any other col-
lection in the world. One such
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work is the so-called "Washing-
ton Haggadah" which was given
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its name following its presenta-
tion in 1912 by the late Jacob
Schiff.
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Printed on well-preserved
Friends and Customers
parchment, this beautifully illus-
trated literary treasure is the
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its country of origin has been
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a source of scholarly speculation.
Although characteristic of Hag-
gadot printed in Germany of
that period, its illustrations have
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led to the belief that it is actu-
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ally Italian in origin. Its text—
like most of the Haggadot print-
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ed—is in Hebrew.
One can find ready evidence
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here that the Haggadah has
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been translated into virtually
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every foreign language. This has
been, however, a relatively new
development. It was not until
the early 17th Century that Hag- I
gadot began appearing with
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translations accompanying the I
original Hebrew text. The first
such examples known were pub-
lished in 1609 in Venice with
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translations in Judaea-German,
Judaeo-Spanish and Judaeo-Ital-
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ian. Haggadot have since ap- I
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peared with original Hebrew
text and accompanying transla-
tions in some two dozen lan-
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guages.
Passover Haggadot retain
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the distinction of being the
one piece of Hebrew litera-
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than any other. Characteristic-
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ally, too, early illustrators set
a pattern of taking extensive
artistic liberties with their ren-
dition which . was—and still
is today—regarded as strictly
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in accordance with the sense
of freedom pervading the Pass-
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over holiday.
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Among the earliest editions,
Haggadot illustrators remained
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anonymous. It was not until the
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mid-19th Century that illustra-
tors began the custom of signing
their works of art.
The first known printed Hag-
gadah was publiShed in 1475 in ki PASSOVER GREETINGS
Spain, where the first illustrated
Haggadah also appeared. But the
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preserved in its entirety was
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In addition to Congressional
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borrowers, Dr. Marwick recalls
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that several years ago the Paris
headquarters office of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization re-
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quested the loan of a French-
translated Haggadah which was
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