Auction 31 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
"HaBonim" New-Zealand, 1951.
Opening: $200
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Passover Haggadah. "HaBonim", Wellington "Nest", New-Zealand, 1951. Hebrew and English. Non-Traditional Haggadah, with several illustrations. Includes numerous Zionist passages. Most of it is in English, some of the Hebrew texts translated into English while others are transcribed in Latin letters. It seems that this Haggadah was printed for "Seder Shelishi", which also commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of JNF. The custom to celebrate a "Third Passover Seder" common amongst Ashkenazi Jews at the early 1950s. Within these Haggadot many secular and Zionist texts have been integrated (One of the "Four questions" is why a "Blue Box" is on the Seder table and not an egg, etc.). [1], 23, [1] pp, 20.5 cm. Good condition but damages to cover. Back cover partly detached.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot