Hagadot (Extra Credit)

Throughout the years, my extended family has collected many Haggadot, which is the plural version of Hagadah, the prayer book used for the Passover holiday.  Many of them are filled with commentary on the original text, and translations, however within the recent years we have found many more artistic versions.  One of the versions I used this past holiday had many drawings of the four sons (an aspect of the text) throughout the years.  The drawings reflected the artist's perception and interpretation of the text related to the four sons.  It was very interesting to see the depiction of the sons not only throughout the years, but through the eyes of many different artists.

Another interesting Hagadah was done by the artist Abecassis, an artist from Netanya, a city in Israel.  While the artist does paintings, he also makes a beautiful Hagadah that I bought when I visited his studio in Israel.  This one is beautifully done, and very colorful.

A third Hagadah, this is my personal favorite is the one designed by the Mouth or Foot Painting Artists of Israel.  This one was done by people who only have use of either their hands or feet, and they use them to paint.  This in an extraordinary Hagadah, and have beautiful drawings inside.  A website which talks about them is  http://www.ulpanet.com/inner.asp?id=103  Here are some pictures from the book: