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The Passover Seder is the most celebrated of Jewish festivals. Whether religious or virtually unobservant, the vast majority of Jews, gather around and dip into Matza territory. But the meaning of the Seder is viewed very differently outside of Israel and in Israel. In the diaspora, there is that sense of belonging and to the whole Jewish world, that great feeling that you are one of the tribe, and that you are in step with the tribe. All your Jewish brethren around the world are doing the …

The Journey of the Barcelona Hagadah: A Story of Survival and Continuity.Barcelona was a cultural magnet, the seat of a monarchy and a hub of Mediterranean trade. The large Jewish community of Barcelona, famed for its rabbinical school, was one of the epicenters of European Jewish culture in medieval times and was famed as the “city of sages” among the Jews. The city’s manuscript illuminations workshops actively produced many Haggadot as well as other illustrations.Passover is the fes …