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The Kittsee Haggadah The library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad houses a remarkable manuscript crafted in 1760 by the talented scribe and artist Chaim ben Asher Anshel of Kittsee, near present-day Bratislava. We’ll trace the journey of this Haggadah from its creation to its acquisition by the Frierdiker Rebbe. Opening this manuscript, we’ll examine its layout, artwork, nusach, and style of nikud, seeking to uncover the influences that shaped Chaim ben Asher’s masterpiece through a comparative analysis with other Haggadahs of that period. To purchase a facsimile of the Kittzee Haggadah:https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HP-HAGG.KITZEETo view it online, visit the following link and insert card number “1950”:https://chabadlibrary.org/catalog/index.php?catalog=mscatalogAdditional Links:Kittzee Haggadah 1748, Gross Collectionhttps://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000632400205171-1,FL54685621 Kittzee Haggadah 1768, Hebrew Union Collegehttps://mss.huc.edu/phpviewer/index.php?path=MS_451 Kittzee Haggadah 1769, Jewish Museum Londonhttps://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001792760205171-1,FL28179029 Kittzee Haggadah 1771, Hungarian Academy of Scienceshttps://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001920270205171-1,FL59161404Kittzee Haggadah 1772, JTS Libraryhttps://digitalcollections.jtsa.edu/islandora/object/jts%3A62343#page/41/mode/1up Amsterdam 1695https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798840205171/NLI#modal-downloadModalPrague 1713https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798850205171/NLIOffenbach 1721https://www.hebrewbooks.org/4923Frankfurt 1724https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990010665310205171/NLI



