Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Federation of Young Jews in the Netherlands - "Pioneer Organization" - Amsterdam, 1947

Opening: $1,500
Sold for: $1,875
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Compilation for the Passover Seder. Published by Joodse Jeugdfederatie - Histadroeth Hachaloetsiem [Federation of Young Jews in the Netherlands, "Pioneer Organization"], [Amsterdam, ca. 1947]. Hebrew and Dutch.
Compilation of excerpts from the Passover haggadah, the Bible and Aggadic literature, alongside poems and literary texts: Shaul Tchernichovsky's "Kol Dichfin" ("All Who are Hungry"), "Od Lo Nutka HaSharsheret" ("The Chain has not yet been Severed"), Nathan Alterman's poem "MiKol Ha'Amim" ("From Among All Nations") and additional texts referring to the Holocaust, the dispersion of the Jewish people in the world, and the hope of reaching Palestine. Includes illustrations that reflect, among other things, the period of illegal immigration to Palestine.
[2] Title page-cover printed on both sides, [1] blank p, 34 pp, [1] blank p, [1] back cover. Pages 14, 18 and 26 are blank. 21 cm. Haggadah text-block in good condition, with small tears to margins of some pages and pencil markings. The cover is in fair condition - detached, open tears to margins (some restored with adhesive tape), bottom part of front cover missing.
See the book by Aviram Paz, "The Exodus from Egypt – Then and Now" (2015), no. 77 (in the Paz collection copy the above pages are blank as well).
One copy only appears in OCLC.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot