 | This 2007 image of illustrations by Eliyahu Sidi is among the items on view in the Sterling Memorial Library's exhibit "Passover Haggadah." |
The timeless Passover Haggadah text will be celebrated in a new exhibition
opening on Tuesday, April 1, at Sterling Memorial Library.
T H I S
Exhibition features Haggadah
illustrations by modern artists
The Haggadah is a composite liturgical text made up of biblical and rabbinic
passages with ancient folk songs at the end. It was likely assembled sometime
during the late Second Temple Period in Palestine and was meant to be read
on Passover eve during the seder, a ceremony commemorating the Israelite delivery
from Egyptian bondage.
The Haggadah has been embellished and enhanced over the centuries with illustrations
that serve aesthetic and instructional purposes and fill details that the original
text does not emphasize, but that are considered important in Jewish tradition
and belief. The Haggadah’s message of redemption and freedom has also
inspired and captivated modern artists. Whereas artists of the past were generally
anonymous and saw themselves as representatives of their various communities,
Haggadahs illustrated by modern artists are personal statements as well as
communal ones, according to exhibition organizers. Current artists, for example,
have addressed the lack of women in the original text, as well as the devastation
of European Jewry during World War II.
The exhibition runs through June 26 at the library,
121 High St. It is free and open to the public during regular library hours:
spring hours (through May 12) are 8:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8:30
a.m.-4:45 p.m. Friday;
10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Saturday; and noon-11:45 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours (beginning
May 14) are 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 8:30 a.m.-9:45 p.m. Thursday;
and 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Saturday; and closed on Sunday. On Tuesday, May 13, the
library will be open 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
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