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The Tablet Haggadah

Writers, artists, and a boxer meditate on the meaning of Passover

By Tablet Magazine|March 25, 2010 7:00 AM|18comments
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The haggadah is a collection of texts cobbled together over centuries, compiled by rabbis to create a mosaic of stories, songs, and ceremonies. And while its core remains more or less unchanged, Jews of every persuasion continue to augment the haggadah with new content. In that spirit, we’ve asked an eclectic collection of modern-day sages—the writers André Aciman, Michael Greenberg, and Benjamin Errett; the artists Andrea Dezsö, Ofri Cnaani, and Sarah Lazarovic; and champion boxer Dmitriy Salita—to write their own contributions to the haggadah, a meditation, reflection, or rejection of the traditional text. You can view the result as an online gallery or print it out [PDF] and use it at your own seder.

'Before The Seder' by Andre Aciman, design by Len Small

Andre Aciman is a professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the author, most recently, of Eight White Nights.

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  • Estela

    Every year we add something new for our Seder, and this year this will be our Hagada. I hope many questions will be posted, or be answered, or toughts wiil be shared. Thank you for the insight.
    We live in Mexico and do our Seder in Spanish , but the Jewish values and traditions are shared we all the Jews of the world.

  • Rivka

    It was almost touching – but, it could have been written with a clarity and a little more flavor.

  • http://www.voice-express.com Geoffrey

    Is the seder plate by Ofri Cnaani available for purchase?

  • Megan

    Yes, the Ofri Cnaani plate is beautiful! Is available to buy anywhere?

  • Ofri

    check: http://ofricnaani.com/ for more info and contact

  • AA

    This is beautiful. André Aciman’s piece is just perfect, and we’ll be reading it at the beginning of our seder this year.

  • A.J.

    The artwork of the 10 plagues was beautiful. I have been looking for contemporary inspiration for my seder. Now I just have to cook and invite people.

  • Daniel

    Cut each paragraph of Aciman’s piece onto a separate slip and gave to ten of our Seder’s participants. A terrific intro piece with which to start the Seder. Many thanks for this offering.

  • David Dror

    Andre’ Acmiman’s “Before the Seder” will be part of our seder this year. Thanks.

  • David Levine

    Toda rabah to all the writers and artists!
    All the pieces are wonderful. I used Andre Acmiman’s “Before the Seder” at both seders. Some people did not get it while others did. I liked the repetition of the words. The entire piece was very meaningful to my wife and me. The work fit in nicely as I incorporate remembering everyone’s relatives and how we all came to the USA. We also used Dmitry Salita’s piece when discussing “the Egypts” within all of us.
    Chag Sameach

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The Tablet Haggadah

Writers, artists, and a boxer meditate on the meaning of Passover