How to Use Haggadah in a Sentence

Haggadah

noun
  • Passover seders are steeped in rich, vibrant traditions that include reading aloud from the Haggadah and searching for the afikomen.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 2023-04-07
  • Seders involve moving through a book called a Haggadah, which contains stories, prayers, poetry and other teachings.
    — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 2023-04-04
  • The dinner also included each family member reading from the Haggadah, a text that explains the rituals of the seder.
    — Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 2024-12-23
  • As Jews read from the Haggadah about how evil in every generation has tried to destroy them, antisemitism is rising to record levels today.
    — Joe Biden, CNN, 2023-04-05
  • The Haggadah The Haggadah is the Passover book that everyone follows along with at dinner as the leader reclines.
    — Holly Rizzuto Palker, Parents, 2023-09-17
  • Noam Zion, the author of the new Haggadah, has donated 6,000 copies to families impacted by the war.
    — Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 2024-04-22
  • According to the Haggadah, which describes the order of the Seder meal, at one point 10 drops of wine are dropped into the cup as the 10 plagues God sent down on Egypt are named.
    — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 2024-04-22
  • Some of the items were traditional: a Passover Haggadah, two porcelain seder-plate sets, and four mizrach gouache paintings (a mizrach hangs on the eastern wall of an observant Jewish home in order to orient prayer).
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 2024-10-05
  • The museum responded by noting that Dodik had used its official name, an apparent dig at his own nationalist ambitions, and cheekily invited him to visit to see how the museum was caring for the Sarajevo Haggadah.
    — Philissa Cramer, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025

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