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LOT 30:
Haggadah from India - First Haggadah with Mahratti Translation. Bombay, 1846.
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Haggadah from India - First Haggadah with Mahratti Translation. Bombay, 1846.
Passover Haggadah in Hebrew with translation into Mahratti (Indian dialect) edited by Rabbi Chaim Yosef Haligoua.
This is the first Passover Haggadah translated into Mahratti, the spoken Indian-Jewish dialect. The title page proclaims, “This is a brand-new translation never seen before.”
Hebrew and Mahratti translation appear on parallel leaves.
The first pages of this Haggadah feature 13 illustrations depicting the simanim of the seder. On Page [5], there is a drawing of a ke’arah and the foods placed on it.
Bombay, 1846. [5], 35 leaves. Page size: 23 cm. Ornate new leather binding.
Yaari Haggados, 656. Yaari. List of books printed in Bombay, p. 92
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