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[huh-gah-duh; Seph. Heb. hah-gah-dah; Ashk. Heb. hah-gaw-duh] 
–noun, plural Sephardic Hebrew. -doth, -dot [-dawt] , Ashkenazic Hebrew. -dos [-dohs] , English. -das.
[-dawt] , Ashkenazic Hebrew. -dos [-dohs] , English. -das. | 1. | a book containing the liturgy for the Seder service on the Jewish festival of Passover. |
| 2. | Aggadah. |
Origin:
< Heb; see aggadah
< Heb; see aggadah
Related forms:
hag⋅gad⋅ic [huh-gad-ik, -gah-dik] , hag⋅gad⋅i⋅cal, adjective
[huh-gad-ik, -gah-dik] , hag⋅gad⋅i⋅cal, adjective Ag⋅ga⋅dah
[Seph. Heb. ah-gah-dah; Ashk. Heb. uh-gah-duh] –noun
| the nonlegal or narrative material, as parables, maxims, or anecdotes, in the Talmud and other rabbinical literature, serving either to illustrate the meaning or purpose of the law, custom, or Biblical passage being discussed or to introduce a different, unrelated topic. |
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| Hag·ga·dah also Hag·ga·da (hä'gä-dä', hə-gä'də, -gô'də) n. pl. Hag·ga·doth (-dôt', -dōt', -dōs, -dəz) Judaism
[Hebrew haggādâ, narration, telling, from higgîd, to narrate, tell; see ngd in Semitic roots.] |
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