Machzor Moadei Hashem [the Ma’ariv prayer and the Pesach Haggadah] according to the custom of the Sephardim. Corfu, at the printing press of Yosef Nachmoli. 1877. Extremely rare.
Specifications: 52 leaves, 19 cm. Otzar HaHaggadot 1490. Ginzei Yisrael- Mehlman Collection 351.
Content: Contains the Ma’ariv prayer and the Pesach Haggadah. With piyutim at the end of the Haggadah according to the Ashkenazi custom.
Unique Features: Very few Hebrew books were printed on the island of Corfu by the printer Nachmoli, and some were printed in a limited number of copies. It seems that the Haggadah before us with the Ma’ariv prayer is part of a machzor for the entire year which was never printed. A similar Haggadah was printed in Corfu in the same year by the name Arvit V’Haggadah Shel Pesach . However, on the title page before us, “Machzor Moadei Hashem … Chag HaMatzot” is printed. “Arvit V’Haggadah” is printed on the second leaf, and on page [25]: “Haggadah.”
Background: For more information about the Hebrew printing press in Corfu, refer to: Haberman, Defusei Corfu (in: Perakim B’Toldot HaMadpisim Ha’Ivrim ). The rare Haggadah before us is no. 2.
Condition: Moderate-fine. Slight tears in the margins.