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Sefer ve-Higadeta Le-Vinkha (And You Will Tell Your Son) [TUNISIAN HAGGADAH]

Hadad, Yitzhak ben Shalom (Isaac Hadad, ed.)

Djerba (Tunisia): Bouaz Haddad/ Aydan, Cohen Ve-Sabban, [1946]. Softcover. Octavo. [4] 32 double-sided leaves. Thick orange coated paper wrappers, with black lettering on the front cover. Wrapper reinforced along the spine and interior covers. This extremely scarce Passover Haggadah was printed on the Tunisian island of Djerba, for the Jewish community there. This version of the Haggadah was created in the custom of the community and was originally compiled and edited by Rabbi Isaac Hadad (d. 1755). It is titled "And you shall tell your son", referring to the famous phrase in the Seder which obliges a man to teach his son about the Passover story. The verso of the title page contains the approval and contact information of the publisher's, Rabbis David Aydan (1873-1954) and Raphaël Kadir Sabban. Text throughout in Hebrew with additional instructions in Judeo-Arabic (in a distict Hebrew script), as well as text in Rashi script. Additional rabbinic commentary in Judeo-Arabic at the bottom of some pages.

Wrappers with some light rubbing and/or creasing to extremities. Small printed paper label of a previous owner, pasted on the top of the title page. A few pencil markings on the title page, and some minor foxing at the top. Book block tight, with interior clean. Wrappers in very good, interior in very good+ condition overall. vg to vg+. Item #49953

Hebrew Title: ספר והגדת לבנך
Alternate title: הגדה שלימה, והגדת לבנך
Publication: בועז הדאד/ עידאן, כהן וצבאן, ג׳רבה
Alternate transliterations: Boaz Hadad
Bibliographic Reference: Yaari No. 2323, Yudlov 3997.

Price: $600.00