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
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 holiday is celebrated with a Seder, a ritual feast including symbolic foods and the reading of the Haggadah. Chris Sims, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 The holiday is celebrated with Seders, ritual meals including symbolic foods and readings from the Haggadah. Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 Several days later using this Haggadah, the father was able to raise people’s spirits by conducting a Seder for many inmates. Marc Sack, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 This was an allusion to a famous 14th-century Haggadah, the Birds’ Head Haggadah, which sidestepped the medieval Jewish aversion to representing the human face by replacing Jews’ heads with those of birds. Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024 The service uses Haggadah prayer books and includes drinking four cups of wine. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 11 Apr. 2025 The Haggadah Collection is on display at Santa Ana’s Temple Beth Sholom daily for temple members until Sunday, April 27. Allyson Vergara, Oc Register, 20 Apr. 2025 The seder will be self-led—guests are invited to bring their own Haggadah. Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025 The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader recites it. Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 27 Mar. 2025

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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“Haggadah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Haggadah. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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