1941 SAUL RASKIN illustrated HAGADAH FOR PASSOVER Jewish Art JUDAISM HEBREW ..

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Hagadah for Passover/ Haggadah shel Pessakh: \"Ha-tsiyurim ma`aseh yede Shaul Raskin\"Raskin, SaulPublished byAcademy Photo Offset, 1941.Larger than scan tall 13 1/2 inches x 10 1/2 cloth hardcover some toning to blank endpages else very good in dustjacket with edge tears and wear else present and intact ;Text in English and Hebrew; lavishly illustrated in color and b/w ; 92 pages.The Haggadah is a Jewish text that sets forth the order of the Passover Seder. Reading the Haggadah at the Seder table is a fulfillment of the Scriptural commandment to each Jew to \'tell your son\' of the Jewish liberation from slavery in Egypt as described in the Book of Exodus in the Torah. (\'And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.\' Ex. 13:8) Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews also apply the term Haggadah to the service itself, as it constitutes the act of \'telling your son.\'Keywords: RELIGION JUDAISM JEWISH Passover HAGADAH HAGGADAH HEBREW
\"Saul Raskin(1878 – 1966) was aRussian born Americanartist, writer, lecturer and teacher best known for his depiction of Jewish subjects...Illustrated books[edit]

Raskin provided illustrations for a number of Hebrew texts such asPirkei Avot: Sayings of the Fathers(1940), theHaggadahfor Passover(1941),Tehilim. The Book of Psalms(1942), theSiddur(1945),Five Megiloth: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther(1949), theKabbalahin Word and Image(1952), and other books such asAron Hakodesh: Jewish Life And Lore(1955) andBetween God and Man: Hebrew Rhapsody in 100 Drawings(1959).Aron Hakodesh(The Holy Ark) illustrates the life of a boy named Moishele from hisBar Mitzvahto marriage, to teaching his own children and in his old age, his grandchildren reflecting the idea of passing down traditional Jewish wisdom.[25][26]The last pages are about Israel and the Promised Land.[25]The book includes games, jokes, and folklore with about 150 illustrations with Yiddish and English descriptions.[25]Hebrew Rhapsodycontained sections on \"Moses the prophet supreme\", \"Samson the tragic hero\", \"Job the good man\", \"the Golem\", \"a wedding in town\", \"the Hasidim who serve God with joy\" together with a set of drawings on theLand of Israelto mark the tenth anniversary of theState of Israelwith the final pages describing his experience as an artist. Raskin described the book as a \"Rhapsody in the medium of graphic art\" and \"An ode to my people, my wonderful \'old and young again\' people.\" In 1960 Raskin published the bookThe New Face of Israel. In 1962, when Raskin was in his eighties, he publishedPersonal surrealism, an illustrated book that included his thoughts onsurrealism, dreams and his life in a mixture of Hebrew and English...\"wikipedia