Definitions for haggadahhəˈgɔ də, ˌhɑ gɑˈdɑ; -ˈdɔt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hag•ga•dahhəˈgɔ də, ˌhɑ gɑˈdɑ; -ˈdɔt(n.)(pl.)-dahs or -das, -doth, -dot
or hag•ga•da
a book containing the story of the Exodus, used at the Seder service on Passover.
Category: Judaism
(cap.)
Category: Judaism
Ref: Aggadah
Origin of haggadah:
1855–60; < Heb; see Aggadah
hag•gad•ichəˈgæd ɪk, -ˈgɑ dɪk(adj.)hag•gad′i•cal
Princeton's WordNet
Haggadah, Haggada, Hagada(noun)
Talmudic literature that does not deal with law but is still part of Jewish tradition
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Haggadah
a system of professedly traditional, mostly fanciful, amplifications of the historical and didactic, as distinct from the legal, portions of Jewish scripture; is a reconstructing and remodelling of both history and dogma; for the Jews seem to have thought, though they were bound to the letter of the Law, that any amount of licence was allowed them in the treatment of history and dogma.
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