Explore Haggadah through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Haggadah meaning
- The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus.
- Alternative form of Aggadah; Talmudic parable
Synonyms of Haggadah
Using Haggadah
- The main meaning on this page is: The text which is recited at Seder during the first and second nights of Passover, focused on the freeing of Israel from Egyptian bondage as described in the Book of Exodus. | Alternative form of Aggadah; Talmudic parable
- Useful related words include: haggada, hagada, talmudic literature.
- In the example corpus, haggadah often appears in combinations such as: the haggadah, haggadah the, haggadah in.
Context around Haggadah
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Haggadah
- In this selection, "haggadah" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, passover, jewish, reordered, patterned, gives and drips stand out and add context to how "haggadah" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 14th century haggadah the afikoman and a passover haggadah that was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "haggadah" sits close to words such as abadi, abdelaziz and absolutist, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with haggadah
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That’s why the Haggadah gives sources and questions, but not answers. (12 words)
But almost every page in the new J Street Haggadah drips with denunciations of the Jewish State. (17 words)
There’s a statement in the ancient Jewish Haggadah—the Haggadah’s the Passover service, the Seder service. (18 words)
Because we weren't able to go into the facilities and have a Seder, we made sure that the facilities had what they needed to have a Seder, we provided them copies of the Haggadah, made sure they had the right food and answered any of their questions. (48 words)
Every year we note an event in our Haggadah and recount it at our Seder — some happy, as in the time a grandson sang the Mickey Mouse song, the only song he knew, when we all sang Dayenu. (38 words)
And in 2018 and 2019, Entwine, the JDC’s young adult engagement initiative, issued a “Reordered” Haggadah-patterned “toolkit” as a guide for young seder leaders and participants, complete with readings, explanations, recipes and stories. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
There’s a statement in the ancient Jewish Haggadah—the Haggadah’s the Passover service, the Seder service.
And in 2018 and 2019, Entwine, the JDC’s young adult engagement initiative, issued a “Reordered” Haggadah-patterned “toolkit” as a guide for young seder leaders and participants, complete with readings, explanations, recipes and stories.
For those seeking a song-filled Seder, go over to HebrewSongs.com. Aura Lipski’s free, printable song sheets are perfect for using at any seder, either along with your Haggadah or instead of.
In an attempt to change that, the scholarly liberal Rabbi Marcus Jastrow of Philadelphia produced the first stand-alone Reform Haggadah in America in 1878, entitled Family Service for the Eve of Passover.
One of the most well-known parables of the Haggadah is of the Four Children, each of whom has a different way of engaging with the story of Passover.
The Haggadah is read during the Passover Seder commemorating the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt some 3,500 years ago.
For centuries, Jews have been bothered by the shfokh hamatkha, so much so that an alternative wording (“pour out your love”) appears in some versions of the Haggadah.
It published a version of the Passover Haggadah this year, with proceeds going to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
That’s why the Haggadah gives sources and questions, but not answers.
Because we weren't able to go into the facilities and have a Seder, we made sure that the facilities had what they needed to have a Seder, we provided them copies of the Haggadah, made sure they had the right food and answered any of their questions.
But almost every page in the new J Street Haggadah drips with denunciations of the Jewish State.
Every year, Gordon takes time to tweak the content of the service, which is laid out in a text called the Haggadah.
Every year we note an event in our Haggadah and recount it at our Seder — some happy, as in the time a grandson sang the Mickey Mouse song, the only song he knew, when we all sang Dayenu.
In 2006, he seeded money for perfect reproductions of the famed Sarajevo Haggadah that would be sold in part to help sustain the tiny Bosnian Jewish community.
It’s strange to imagine turning the pages of a haggadah and seeing a picture of a pig being slaughtered.
Ungar, a former rabbi and antiquarian book dealer, first saw Szyk’s work in 1975 when he came upon one of the artist’s rare illustrated Haggadah, the book Jews read from on Passover.
Write a sketch, song or haggadah to reflect today’s anxieties and explain why this Passover is different from all other Pesachs.
The cover of a Passover Haggadah that was customized for a women's seder and created through the Haggadot.com platform.
The first proponent to annihilate us is not so well-known, Laban, who sought to kill Jacob and his camp, as we read each year in the Haggadah of Passover.
Afikoman 14th century Haggadah The afikoman an integral part of the Seder itself is used to engage the interest and excitement of the children at the table.
Common combinations with haggadah
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the haggadah 15×
- haggadah the 4×
- haggadah in 3×
- passover haggadah 3×
- haggadah for 3×
- haggadah is 2×
- haggadah and 2×
- sarajevo haggadah 2×
- haggadah that 2×
- or haggadah 2×