A brief look at the life and work of Abraham bar Ya'akov, a former Protestant Minister who moved to Amsterdam, converted to Judaism, and created one of the most influential Passover Haggadahs of the modern era. Some might even remember the illustrations from early Maxwell House Haggadahs!

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For further reading:
Stern, David. "Mapping the Redemption: Messianic Cartography in the 1695 Amsterdam Haggadah." Studia Rosenthaliana 42/43 (2010): 43-63. Accessed January 27, 2021. [ Ссылка ].

Wischnitzer, Rahel. "Von Der Holbeinbibel Zur Amsterdamer Haggadah." Monatsschrift Für Geschichte Und Wissenschaft Des Judentums 75 (N. F. 39), no. 7/8 (1931): 269-86. Accessed January 27, 2021. [ Ссылка ].

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