Haggadah

noun

Hag·​ga·​dah hə-ˈgä-də How to pronounce Haggadah (audio)
hä-,
-ˈgȯ-
variants or less commonly Haggada
plural Haggadahs or Haggadot also Haggadas or Haggadoth hə-ˈgä-ˌdōt How to pronounce Haggadah (audio)
hä-,
-ˈgȯ-,
-ˌdōth
1
: aggadah
2
: the book of readings for the seder service
haggadic
hə-ˈgä-dik How to pronounce Haggadah (audio)
hä-
-ˈgȯ-
adjective often capitalized

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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

Word History

Etymology

Hebrew haggādhāh

First Known Use

circa 1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Haggadah was circa 1590

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