Passover Haggadah With Marathi Translation – Poona 1874.

Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with translation ...

Passover Haggadah With Marathi Translation – Poona 1874.

Illustrated Passover Haggadah, with translation and laws in Marathi, edited by Moshe Yaakov and Aharon Daniel Telker.

Poona (Pune, India): Vitthal Sakharam Agnihotri, 1874. Lithograph.

Text of the Haggadah and translation on facing pages, with corresponding pagination.

The Haggadah was edited and brought to print in Poona, 1874 by the brothers Moshe Yaakov and Aharon Daniel Ilker, and is the only Haggadah published in Puna.

On pages 1-5 there are 9 original illustrations depicting Pesach and matzah preparations and the actual seder according to Indian custom. These authentic illustrations give us a glimpse into the world of Eastern Jewry and show us firsthand their external appearance and attire during this era.

2, [9] leaves, [1], 5-50, 5-44, 5 pages. 21.4 Cm.

Yaari 1077, Haggados 1437, Yaari Poona List of Published Sefarim num. 4

Good condition, wine & age stains, tear to last page affecting a few characters. Sumptuous reddish leather binding, with matching slipcase.

The unique Poona Haggadah:

After Bombay, the second largest urban community of the Bene Israel of India was in the City of Poona.

The Haggadah was edited by Moshe Yaakov Telker and Aharon Daniel Telker and Published by Rabbi Hayyem Joseph Haleguva and Hayem Isaac Galsulkar.

This is the second Haggadah published with Marathi, the first Bombay 1846. In the Bombay Haggadah the entire sequence of the Seder is shown in two sets of small illustrations.

The illustrations in the Bombay are closely linked to the standard Amsterdam prototypes.

The Illustrations in the Poona Haggdah have managed to drift into a sphere of their own. Even as they retain the basic pattern, they are now Indian in tone and detail.