The Haggadah is the most widely read Jewish book in the world, and yet it was never supposed to be a book at all. Yael takes Schwab through its surprising history: how an oral commandment became rabbinic debate, evolved into illuminated medieval manuscripts, and ended up as 60 million free copies tucked inside a can of Maxwell House coffee.
Pictures of the Sarajevo Haggadah:
https://anumuseum.org.il/blog/sarajevo-haggadah/
The Maxwell House Haggadah:
https://www.josephjacobsadvertising.com/maxwell-house-haggadah
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