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The Venice Haggadah
Printers: Giovanni di Gara, Publisher and proofreader: Israel ben Daniel ha-Zifroni1609
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
This Haggadah was widely used in 17th-century Europe. It includes commentaries on the Hebrew text in three languages – Ladino, Yiddish, and Italian – as it was intended to serve diverse Jewish communities in Italy and across Europe.
Credit: Gift of Gitel Blasbalg, New York, in memory of her husband, Pinchas Dov Blasbalg
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- Title: The Venice Haggadah
- Creator: Printers: Giovanni di Gara, Publisher and proofreader: Israel ben Daniel ha-Zifroni
- Date Created: 1609
- Location: Venice, Italy
- Type: Haggadah
- Rights: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner
- External Link: Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Medium: Letterpress, woodcut, and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: H: 35; W: 23.5 cm
- Curator: Sarfati, Rachel
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