Prof. Joseph Chetrit

Joseph Chetrit is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Hebrew Language at the University of Haifa and the former director of the Center for the Study of the Jews of Spain and Islamic Lands: Past and Present. Photo: Samy Amsili

Why Did Moroccan Jews Bring Moses Into the Passover Haggadah?

Moroccan Jews (and the Jews of Western Algeria in the areas adjacent to Morocco) to this day begin the Passover Seder with a short text in Judeo-Arabic at the center of which is the figure of Moses…