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Exodus
Haggadah
Festival
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  The Haggadah has a long and interesting history. Did you know...
  • The oral tradition of narrating the Exodus began with the Exodus itself?
  • Dayenu is one of the oldest pieces, dating back to 300 BCE?
  • There were Four Questions 1,800 years ago -- but not the same four?

300 BCE

First written version.

200 CE

Basic structure is set.
12th C.

Appears in separate volume (outside prayer book).
1482

First printed edition.
16th C.

Translated from Hebrew to vernacular.
Today

3,000 versions, and more being published all the time.