Three non-traditional Haggadot. Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov, 1947, 1949, 1951.
The Haggadot are densely handwritten and illustrated; mimeographed. All three Haggadot begin with quotes from Song of Songs, prose, and poetry passages dealing with spring, blossom and crops. Then there are passages from the traditional Haggadah alongside reading and poetry passages dealing with socialism, the Holocaust, illegal immigration, the 1948 War and the establishment of the State of Israel.
In the Haggadah from 1947, the destruction of the Jewish Nation is referred to by the words of Y.H. Brenner: "A day with no precedent in evil… as the day we see eye-to-eye the descendants of Abraham in all the ghettoes to which they have been exiled…". On page 23, a reading passage is dedicated to illegal immigration. In the 1949 and 1951 Haggadot, illustrations of tanks and planes, echoes of the 1948 War, alongside the blessing of "Shehecheyanu" for the establishment of the State, a poem by Yehuda Karni, and the poem "Magash HaKesef" (The Silver Platter) by Nathan Alterman. In addition, the two Haggadot refer to immigration and the gathering of the exiles.
1947 Haggadah: 29 pp., 21 cm. Good condition. Stains on the margins. A stain on half of the back cover. Small tears to spine.
1949 Haggadah: 34 pp. (slight mispagination), 23.5 cm. Good condition. Several stains. Satins and creases to cover.
1951 Haggadah: 34 pp., 22 cm. Good condition. Minor stains on cover. Tears to spine.