nounplural noun Haggadoth, plural noun Haggadot/-ˈdôt/

• 1Judaism
  The text recited at the Seder on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, including a narrative of the Exodus.

  More example sentences

  • ‘about six weeks before Passover we began to study the Haggadah’
• 2Judaism
  A legend, parable, or anecdote used to illustrate a point of the Law in the Talmud.

  ‘Some of the most wonderful Hebrew calligraphy can be found in old - and new - Haggadot.’

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  • ‘The narrative picture cycles of the Haggadot tell quite a different story.’
  • ‘We now know of fifteen manuscripts written by him (all but one of which he illustrated), produced between 1731 and 1740; fourteen of these are Passover Haggadot.’
  • ‘The Haggadot show no traces of food or wine and hardly any signs of use.’
  • ‘We need a Seder for progressive social change and a Haggadah that tells the story - and perhaps we should be holding this event on July 4th annually as an alternative way to celebrate America's Independence Day.’

  Synonyms

  allegory, moral story, moral tale, fable, lesson, exemplum

  1. 2.1The nonlegal, narrative element of the Talmud.
     Compare with Halacha