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Haggada

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Hag·ga·dah also Hag·ga·da  (hägä-dä, h-gäd, -gôd)
n. pl. Hag·ga·doth (-dôt, -dt, -ds, -dz) Judaism
1. Traditional Jewish literature, especially the nonlegal part of the Talmud.
2. The book containing the story of the Exodus and the ritual of the Seder, read at the Passover Seder.

[Hebrew hagg, narration, telling, from higgîd, to narrate, tell; see ngd in Semitic roots.]

Haggada, Haggadah, Aggada, Aggadah
1. the explanatory matter in rabbinic and Talmudic literature, interpreting or illustrating the Scriptures.
2. a book in which is printed the liturgy for the Seder service. — haggadic, haggadical, adj.
See also: Judaism
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Noun1.HaggadaHaggada - Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition
Talmudic literature - (Judaism) ancient rabbinical writings


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The Haggada, or ``telling,'' is read, teaching the Passover story through parables, songs, legends and psalms.
Goldstein enjoys the Seder because it involves children and adults, who take turns reading from the Haggada.
``You read from the Haggada and stop to eat a special food like the roasted egg or the charoset.
 
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