Kibbutz Givat Brener (Israel). Illustrations by A. Hazor

HAGADAH SHEL PESACH. [KIBBUTZ HAGADA. PESAH PESSACH PESAKH PASSOVER HAGGADAH] הגדה של פסח

Givat Brener: Defus Ari'eli, 1955. Item #42660

Original color illustrated paper wrappers, 8vo, [32] + [1] pages. Includes laid in sheet to be read after “Remember this day.” In Hebrew. All pages include original illustrations; half the pages include red initial or other dramatic lettering.
“Givat Brenner is a kibbutz in the Central District of Israel. Located around two kilometres (one mile) south of Rehovot, it [was]....Founded in 1928…named after writer Yosef Haim Brenner, who was killed in the Jaffa riots of 1921. In 2021 it had a population of 2,694. It is the largest kibbutz in Israel.
Givat Brenner was founded in 1928 by Enzo Sereni and a group of immigrants from Lithuania, Poland and Germany. That same year, pioneers had settled on some 200 dunams (49.4 acres) of land that had been purchased by Moshe Smilansky from the Arab landholders of Aqir and Zarnuqa. During World War II, Givat Brenner supplied products such as jam to the British Army, which laid the foundation for its export business” (Wikipedia).
View the University of Toronto’s Copy in full at https://archive.org/details/druck00144/page/n35/mode/2up .
"No group… has taken the reinterpretation of the traditional Haggadah more seriously than the kibbutz movement, which over the years has produced an estimated 1,000 different versions. Taken together, these Haggadot offer a fascinating perspective on the still evolving social movement. Of all Jewish texts, the Haggadah had special significance for the early kibbutz pioneers because it dealt with concepts important to their ideology: national freedom and socialist ideals… The staggering number of kibbutz Haggadot can be attributed to the fact that few were actually printed; most were simply stenciled in small numbers to be used in a particular year by a particular kibbutz. It was only later that official kibbutz federations published [a] standard version" (Carol Novis, in The Forward).
SUBJECT(S): Kibbutz haggadot. Haggadot -- Texts. Passover -- Liturgy -- Texts. Haggadah (Non-traditional) Secular haggadot. Pa^que -- Liturgie -- Textes. OCLC: 249371999. OCLC lists 7 copies worldwide (LOC, Brandeis, Harvard, HUC, Utoronto, Penn, Ben Gurion), though none mention the single page insert present in our copy. OCLC also lists Kibbutz Brenner Hagadahs with other dates at several other institutions, though it is unclear how similar or different they are. Touch of edgewear, colors bright, beautiful copy! (HAG-26-3K-BVVPFFIINNQQ-+).

Price: $200.00