Non-traditional haggadah published by The General Federation of Hebrew Laborers in the Land of Israel, Council of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Workers, Cultural Committee. Tel Aviv 1940. Stencil print. Haggadah divided into "reading" passages for the various courses of the meal, with quotations from D. Frishman, Postolsky, Berl Katzelelson and more.

Aside various original texts, there is an interesting passage referring to the long-suffering of the Jewish people, and the harsh current events: "Year after year, jubilees have gone by and the end of the suffering of our people has not been awakened. Now as then, the waters have not reprieved, the ark of Israel blusters about on cruel waves, the hand is still outstretched, the hand of strangers upon us. In Germany, in Poland, and in Romania, in Yemen and in Persia, the whole world is robbed and broken. The terror of the shadow of death encompasses us exile after exile, from Egypt until now we have not shed the rod of exile. Go out and learn what Lavan the Arami desired, and what others have desired. To consume Yaakov, make his home desolate, to trample him and not have pity on the worm of Yaakov. And just as they torture him, he will break forth, because the spirit of Israel has not been beaten, then as now. The rebelliousness is not extinct. The urge for freedom lives on, the urge for freedom, this desire of Israel's, born of slavery. With its strength it will bubble up and wash away the filth from the world ..." and more. The year of the haggadah's print appears on its last page.

Rare haggadah, does not appear in Steiner's list.

[4] leaves. 27 cm. Stains, detached leaves. Fine condition.

Non-traditional Haggadah, copied by stencil, illustrations. Most of the texts and illustrations depict the dark days of war in Europe. The back jacket features the emblem of Hebrew Transport Unit 179.

One of the texts refers to the Holocaust: "Come Elijah, to our seder this evening. Few are those who partake ... they can't come, they who fell while searching for a cave or hiding place ... my chair is all smoldering smoke, splinters and cries, all together ... the wounds are still fresh from crying, the pain is to the heavens ...! My blood is permitted! Beat them and the blood of the murdered shall arise ... and return ... and shall never be erased ..."

Additional interesting paragraph, characteristic of the spirit of the soldiers in the Jewish brigade: Our blood has been abandoned and is cheap. There is no one to take revenge other than us. And our only revenge can be one: to create in the Land a power that will guarantee that Jewish blood will not be abandoned forever. Our entire strength and resilience we must invest in this revenge. We have merited to be the fulfillment of the hopes of generations. The fulfillment of the reason for the river of blood and tears that were spilled and are being spilled by our fathers for thousands of years is dependent on us ... and know, therefore - our enemies - you do not frighten us! This land was not given to us by your lovingkindness ... you will not overcome us. We will smash the metal bolts with our heads. The new mines that you concealed will not impede us ... wherever and whoever our enemies may be: whether they are the rioters that pillage and rape or the representatives of the dominant "culture," you will not subdue us ..." and more.

30 pages. 22 cm. Tears in the margins of the binding. Leaves attached with a lace. Fine condition.

Non-traditional haggadah with illustrations. Calligraphy, copied by stencil.

The traditional "Mah Nishtanah" has been replaced: "All other nights we sit in our scattered places and discuss mundane topics. This night we all sit together in our homes and discuss our freedom." Leaf 25 includes a difficult passage describing the suffering of the Jewish Nation over the generations: "The moans of tortured slaves, of robbed youth, of tens of thousands of slaughtered people, generations of starving children. The insult of depressed nations burnt for the freedom of thought and the conscience ... a complete nation, our nation that wallows in its blood, brought to slaughter, every country was its gallows ... Samson who grasped the columns of the temple in his last heroic stand, the death of the martyrs on the heights of Masada ... what is your bravery in face of the bravery of those who do not have anything, no shield, trampled to the dust and abandoned without hope ..."

Additionally includes some references to events of the Holocaust: "Towns and ghettos are drowning in their blood that flows, is there another remnant? Listen to the voice of the blood ... because one is the blood that was spilled and the blood that flows in our arteries - listen to the blood - it is alive, and it boils. The heart of Israel yet beats with its last bit of strength ..." Towards the end of the haggadah there is a passage that compares the liberation of the Jewish Nation to release from iron chains and more. 

33 pages. 20 cm. Fine condition. 

Non-traditional haggadah with illustrations and original texts which describe the Jews in the concentration camps, the fate of the Jewish partisans, the illegal immigrants in the ships and more.

Aside original spring texts, there is a passage describing the daily difficulties of the Jews in the concentration camps: The women are the majority of the survivors, among the men only the youngest and healthiest remain. One of the most terrible things is the feeling of isolation, characteristic of each - katzat - resident of the concentration camp ..." There is a passage relating to the fate of the partisans who escaped to the forests: "A tremendous courage of spirit was necessary to go to the forests ... they knew they would find an atmosphere of unlimited hatred from both the farmers and the foreign elements among the partisans themselves. Hundreds of Jews lost their lives as soon as they entered the forests. Jewish youth understood that staying in the ghetto would not save their relatives, only escaping to the forests would afford the opportunity to avenge the blood of their families. The youth that fled to the forests were tortured, wallowing in their blood, demeaned of human dignity, they lost their fathers, their mothers, their brothers and sisters ..." There is a harsh illustration of Jews being beaten with sword blows beside discarded religious objects, and more.

Later, there are passages describing the bitter fate of those who escaped the claws of the Nazis and attempted to immigrate by boat: "Among hundreds of thousands of Jews bursting into the country, there will also be a wave of brave pioneers who can be a decisive factor in our struggle and our enterprise. The sea had no mercy on the small illegal immigrant ship - a terrible storm shook it, raised it up to the top of the wave and threw in down to the abyss ... the immigration by shore started with no luck. A boat which was lowered from the ship overturned and burned, one illegal immigrant was barely saved ... many did not have the strength and fell into the sea, but quick hands, brothers' hands, rescued the fallen and transferred them from hand to hand until they reached the shore ..." and more.

[15] leaves. On one page of the haggadah the printed text on the right was cut by the press. Partially detached leaves. Stains. Fine condition.