Haggadah of the Sages
ISBN(s): 9789652207067
Artikelnummer: 999800016625
Sprache: EN/HE
Verlag: Carta
Gebundene Ausgabe
280 Seiten
The Passover Haggadah is a concise expression of the entire world of Judaism, containing all its principal elements. It reflects the faith, hopes and longing for redemption of the Jewish people, and it identifies with the historical experience: "In every generation, each person must regard himself as if he himself had come out of Egypt."
This Haggadah is presented in the spirit that the Sages wrote it. It is divided into two parts: the authors (father and son) begin with a long commentary, divided into sections. This is followed by a short commentary that accompanies the Haggadah itself. The reader of the short commentary who wants to learn about the origin and early history of the text will find them in the long commentary on the same passage.
Shmuel Safrai (1919–2003) was ordained as a rabbi at the age of 20 and later received his M.A. and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the fields of Jewish History, Talmud and Bible. Safrai was recipient of the Jerusalem Prize (1986) and the Israel Prize (2002), Israel's most prestigious honor. He wrote over 80 articles and 12 books including Rabbi Akiva ben Yosef: His Life and Teachings.
Ze'ev Safrai, an alumni of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor of Land of Israel Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He has written and edited more than ten books and dozens of articles on the Land of Israel and Jewish history and culture in the time of the Second Temple, Mishnah and Talmud.
