1. Ephod Bad by Rabbi Benjamin
David Rabinowitz 2007 *
http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/Ephod
bad.pdf
| Ephod Bad published in
1872. Rabbi Benjamin David Rabinowitz was a well known rabbi in the
great city of Warsaw, and is described as "a famous preacher," and
"a basket full of sacred books." Other than the date of his death in
1885, little is known about him. It is not even clear from his
commentary whether he was a proponent of Hasidism or a member of the
mitnagdim, the opponents of the Hasidim. In describing
the wise child, he says that the hacham is "one
of the Hasidim who believe that everything comes from God."
This, however, does not mean that he identified himself as a Hasidic
Jew. The word, hasid, may have a more generic meaning here:
one who believes in divine providence. In addition to this, the fact
that he quotes the Vilna Gaon, a staunch opponent of the Hasidic
movement, suggests that he was not a Hasidic Jew. Unlike many
Hasidic commentaries, the Ephod Bad does not contain the
ideas and sources which are commonly found in other Hasidic works.
Rabbi Rabinowitz's interests appear to be much loftier and
philosophical. If there is a single idea around which his commentary
focuses, it is the idea of Hashgaha, divine providence. Rabbi
Louis Jacobs, of blessed memory, defines this term in the following
way: |
2. Naftali Seva Ratzon By Rabbi Naftali Hertz Ginzburg
2008 *
http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/Naftali
Seva Ratzon.pdf
| Naftali Seva Ratzon is the
learned commentary on the Haggadah by Rabbi Naftali Hertz
Ginzburg. The title of this commentary, is taken from a verse
(Deuteronomy 33:23) in which Moses blesses the tribe of Naftali:
"Oh, Naftali, sated with favor and full of God's blessings,
take possession on the west and south." Naftali Seva Ratzon
was originally the title of Rabbi Ginzburg's commentary on the Five
Books of Moses, the five Megillot, the Haggadah and
the Birkat HaMazon. It was published around the year 1708,
and republished about twenty years later. Apparently Rabbi Ginzburg
wrote other material on the Haggadah that was left out of his
commentary. This material was gathered by Rabbi Moshe Lipschitz of
Warsaw along with the material already published in the commentary;
it was then published as a separate Haggadah under the same
name. The work is unified by two things: by the type of learning
that it presents and by the structure of his argumentation.
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3. Eliyahu by Rabbi Eliyahu ben Harush 2009
**
http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/KOSFINALver2.pdf
| Kos Eliyahu, the Cup of Elijah is a
commentary on the Haggadah by a nineteenth century Moroccan scholar
by the name of Rabbi Eliyahu ben Harush. The author offers a closer
of the Haggadah text which produces some surprising results. The
author often points out slight variants in the text as well as
superfluous expressions from which he draws new meanings. The
material in this commentary was collected and edited by his grandson
in 1938. The grandson includes a biography of his grandfather in the
preface to the Haggadah. |
4. Around the Table - A User-Friendly Haggadah by Rabbi Mark
Greenspan 2006 *
http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/Around_the_Seder_TableFINAL2.pdf
| This is an original work by Rabbi Mark Greenspan.
It is an attempt to make the text of the Haggadah more
accessible for families and groups who have a limited knowledge of
Hebrew. It is written in the form of a script to encourage the
participation of all those who are present at the
Seder. |
5. The Ha-ha Haggadah, An original
commentary by Rabbi Mark Greenspan 2006 *
http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/HA_HA_HAGGADAH.pdf
| One doesn't have to be overly serious to be serious
about the Seder. Some of the past Passover humor often
reveals deep meanings in the text of the Passover Seder. This
commentary attempts to use some of the familiar and not so familiar
Passover humor in commenting on the Haggadah. It also
combines both the traditional text and the text of the "Around the
Table" Haggadah for those who wish to have both texts in
front of them. |
6. An alternative reading for part
of the Maggid *. - The central part of the Passover Seder is called
"Magid," the telling. Beginning with the words, "Avadim Hayyinu - We were
Slaves..." it extends to the meal.- http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/magid.pdf
7. A special reading for those who
wish to add a fifth cup of wine *. -THE FIFTH CUP - IN THANKFULNESS
FOR ISRAEL (To be recited after drinking the fourth cup of wine at the
conclusion of the Seder.) - http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/THE FIFTH
CUP.pdf
8. A reading for the
Holocuast to be read when we open the door for Elijah *. -
THE FIFTH CHILD -THE ONE WHO CANNOT
ASK(To be recited before
opening the door for Elijah) http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggadah/THE FIFTH
CHILD.pdf
9.
Maaseh
Nissim - By Rabbi Ya'akov Lorberbaum - 1760-1832
* - http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggada/maasemissim.pdf
10. Yismach Yisrael Haggadah - of Rabbi Jerachmiel Israel Isaac Danziger of
Alexandrow -
"One of the key ideas
in the Yismach Yisrael Haggadah is matzah as the food of faith and
healing. Matzah is the food of faith through which we learn to transform
ourselves and to recognize God’s transcendent power in the Universe. It is
called the bread of the needy because we are all in need of God’s help
whether we realize it or not. The redemption from slavery was a product
not of our inherent worthiness but of God’s grace. Had God waited even
another minute to take the Jewish people out of Egypt, Israel would have
sunk so deeply into the mire of impurity that she would have been unworthy
or incapable of being redeemed from Egypt at all. At the same time, taking
hold of the matzah is a paradigm for rejecting idolatry and heading out on
a new course in our lives. It has an almost sacramental, magical, power in
our lives. It is the bread of our affliction. Just as it brought
redemption and release to our ancestors, so too, it has the power to bring
redemption and release to us as well. What’s more, the consumption of
matzah will, in turn, bless all the permissible consumption during the
rest of the year." http://www.oceansidejewishcenter.org/Haggada/Yismach.pdf
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