Haggadah Shel Pessach, Bet Ha-Shittah 1942 
הגדה של פסח - Haggadah - Non-Traditional - No copy NLI or major collections
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- Lot Number 50768
- Title (English) Haggadah Shel Pessach
- Title (Hebrew) הגדה של פסח
- Note Haggadah - Non-Traditional - No copy NLI or major collections
- City Bet Ha-Shittah
- Publisher (כתב ועיטר דויד אלף)
- Publication Date 1942
- Estimated Price - Low 300
- Estimated Price - High 600
- Item # 1806723
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Physical Description
[1], 36, [1] pp., octavo, 205:157 mm., usual light age staining wide margins. A very good copy bound in recent boards, original wrappers bound in.
No copy NLI or major collections
Detail Description
Non-traditional haggadah following the kibbutz movement's text.
BET(H)-SHITTAH (modern Bet ha-Shittah; Heb. בֵּית הַשִׁטָּה), biblical locality mentioned in the description of the Midianites' flight after their defeat by Gideon (Judg. 7:22). Some scholars locate it at the small village of Shataʾ (site of a prison), east of the hill of Moreh but most prefer to place it in the immediate vicinity of the Jordan. There is a kibbutz in the Valley of Jezreel named after the biblical locality of Beth-Shittah. The kibbutz is affiliated with Ha-Kibbutz ha-Me'uḥad. Bet ha-Shittah was founded in 1935 by sabras and pioneers from Germany, later joined by immigrants from other countries. In 1968 Bet ha-Shittah had 885 inhabitants, maintaining its size over the years (pop. 900 in 2002). Its economy was based on farming (field crops, particularly cotton, fodder, fishery, dairy cattle, and other farm products) and industrial enterprises such as farm machinery and preservatives, the latter plant subsequently sold to the Osem food company. The kibbutz also operated a small shopping center at the nearby road junction.
Hebrew Description
ליתוגרפיה מכתב יד. מעט מההגדה המסורתית, פסוקים מהתנ"ך, בעיקר מספר שמות, קטעי קריאה ושירה ומעט על השואה.
Reference
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