Passover haggadahs have long included pictures of rabbit hunts. This year shows us why. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Why do Jews have pictures of rabbit hunts in their Passover haggadahs?

The images, which are varied in style and can be found in editions dating back to medieval and early-modern Germany, often present hunters and dogs chasing rabbits.

Passover haggadahs have long included pictures of rabbit hunts. This year shows us why. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Passover Haggadah is one of the few sacred Jewish texts that has a long history of including illustrations, and among the most remarkable are detailed images of rabbit hunts that often appear in the opening pages, even before the text of the Seder really begins. The images, which are varied in style and can be found in editions dating back to medieval and early-modern Germany, often present hunters and dogs chasing rabbits, the latter of whi…

Rare Haggadahs up for auction in Bnei Brak

A remarkable Haggadah created by Jewish Brigade fighters for Passover, just weeks before Israel's declaration of independence, has recently come to light and will be auctioned today (Thursday) at the Brand auction house in Bnei Brak, alongside several other historically significant Haggadahs. The Haggadah, printed in Germany, features powerful messages about the Holocaust and revival, uniquely combining comfort prophecies typically recited after…

This morning (Thursday), police officers and inspectors from the Bnei Brak Police Unit carried out an administrative demolition order issued by the local building committee in the municipality, on Hadassim Street in Bnei Brak. As part of the order, police forces secured the compound whose occupants had invaded public land, with the aim of evacuating the compound. The land, which was illegally held, served as a focal point for gatherings that ca…

Rare Haggadot up for auction in Bnei Brak

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