Lot 256
Collection of Booklets and Haggadahs for the Day of Independence / Independence Haggadah by Aharon Megged
Fourteen items printed for the Independence Day of the State of Israel:
*Prayer and thanksgiving order for the Day of Independence 1950, composed by chief rabbis Halevi Herzog and Uziel. *Independence Haggadah. Published by IDF / Human Resources – Information branch, 1952. The Haggadah was written by the author Aharon Megged while in reserve-duty service for the chief education and culture officer, and initiated by the Minister of Education Ben-Zion Dinur. Ten thousand copies were printed and the soldiers were supposed to read the text on the eve of the Day of Independence. The religious units and the military rabbinate expressed their opposition and the Haggadahs were destroyed.
*Suggested menus for Day of Independence dinner issued by the department for nutrition of the Ministry of Education and Culture, [1950s]. *Seder of Day of Independence on Mount Zion Jerusalem, [1950]. *Day of Independence 1950. Folded leaflet. * Prayer order for Memorial Day for the War of Independence heroes, eve of Day of Independence, issued by the Ministry of Religions, Jerusalem, [1951]. *Reading passages for Day of Independence dinner, [1950s]. *Aggadat Ze HaYom in honor of Israel's Day of Independence. "Orot" publishing, Jerusalem, 1957. *Yom LeIsrael (In honor of the Day of Independence) by Moshe Zvi Neriya. Tel-Aviv, [1958]. *Haggadat HaAtzma'ut, convention of religious youth, [1958]. *Scroll for the Day of Independence, Givat Brenner, [1958]. Scroll for the Day of Independence, Givat Brenner, [1968]. *Commentary on "Atzma'ut". Or HaEmunah, [2008]. Writings against the Jewish State. *Kehilat Shalem, prayer order for the Day of Independence and the Jerusalem Day (provisional edition) [2000s]. Sizes vary, generally in good condition. From the collection of Doron Herzog.