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Beginning at sundown on April 14, many Jews will be observing Passover at a Seder, the special meal that commemorates their ancestors\u2019 exodus from slavery in Egypt. The book that guides the ritual is the haggadah. The Sarajevo Haggadah, named for the Bosnian city where it is kept, is a rare, beautifully illustrated manuscript created more than 600 years ago in Spain, and many see its own story as a compelling symbol of the Exodus. “It went through so many different cultures,\u201d observes composer Merima Kljuco, \u201cand so many different people took care of the book and helped it survive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The haggadah is the book that guides Jews through the ritual of the Passover Seder, the meal commemorating their ancestors’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. The Sarajevo Haggadah is famous for its artistically illustrated manuscript pages. Created 600 years ago, “It went through so many different cultures,\u201d observes composer Merima Kljuco, \u201cand so many different people took the care of the book and helped it survive.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":22741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17753,1816,3364,17757,9737,17751,17754,17756,1827,17755,17752,6047,17758],"class_list":["post-22696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-bosnia","tag-egypt","tag-exodus","tag-geraldine-brooks","tag-haggadah","tag-marc-michael-epstein","tag-merima-kljuco","tag-music-of-the-book","tag-passover","tag-people-of-the-book","tag-sarajevo","tag-seder","tag-spain","topics-literature-and-the-arts","faith-jewish"],"yoast_head":"\nApril 11, 2014 ~ The Sarajevo Haggadah | April 11, 2014 | Religion & Ethics 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