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In this remarkable and engaging book, Chaim Raphael shows how the Haggadah lives on from generation to generation as a central symbol in Jewish experience. The Seder, which stages its reading, has become a uniquely moving expression of liberation and joy in every phase of Jewish history. 154 illustrations, many in full color.
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In this remarkable and engaging book, Chaim Raphael shows how the Haggadah lives on from generation to generation as a central symbol in Jewish experience. The Seder, which stages its reading, has become a uniquely moving expression of liberation and joy in every phase of Jewish history. 154 illustrations, many in full color.
Pp. 93-123 discuss the anti-Jewish riots in Spain in 1391 and their aftermath; the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492 and their resettlement; and the persecution of Jews in Portugal in the late 1490s, ending in their forced conversion. Pp. 210-216 narrate the fate of Sephardi Jews in Europe and North Africa during World War II.