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or less commonly Haggada
plural Haggadahs or Haggadot also Haggadas or Haggadoth
hə-ˈgä-ˌdōt 
hä-,
-ˈgȯ-,
-ˌdōth
1
: aggadah
2
: the book of readings for the seder service
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The service uses Haggadah prayer books and includes drinking four cups of wine.
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Apr. 2025
The Haggadah Collection is on display at Santa Ana’s Temple Beth Sholom daily for temple members until Sunday, April 27.
—Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
The seder will be self-led—guests are invited to bring their own Haggadah.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader recites it.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
The dinner also included each family member reading from the Haggadah, a text that explains the rituals of the seder.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Some of the items were traditional: a Passover Haggadah, two porcelain seder-plate sets, and four mizrach gouache paintings (a mizrach hangs on the eastern wall of an observant Jewish home in order to orient prayer).
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Seders involve moving through a book called a Haggadah, which contains stories, prayers, poetry and other teachings.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
According to the Haggadah, which describes the order of the Seder meal, at one point 10 drops of wine are dropped into the cup as the 10 plagues God sent down on Egypt are named.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
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Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Apr. 2025
The Haggadah Collection is on display at Santa Ana’s Temple Beth Sholom daily for temple members until Sunday, April 27.
—Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025
The seder will be self-led—guests are invited to bring their own Haggadah.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader recites it.
—Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025
The dinner also included each family member reading from the Haggadah, a text that explains the rituals of the seder.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024
Some of the items were traditional: a Passover Haggadah, two porcelain seder-plate sets, and four mizrach gouache paintings (a mizrach hangs on the eastern wall of an observant Jewish home in order to orient prayer).
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Seders involve moving through a book called a Haggadah, which contains stories, prayers, poetry and other teachings.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
According to the Haggadah, which describes the order of the Seder meal, at one point 10 drops of wine are dropped into the cup as the 10 plagues God sent down on Egypt are named.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Haggadah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Haggadah. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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