The Valmadonna Collection is a treasure trove of rare Jewish manuscripts. We are proud to present a copy of the Prague Haggadah, one of the earliest published Haggadot in the world.


The Benghazi Haggadah: How the Jews of Libya Celebrated Victory Over the Nazis
This is how the Jewish Legion soldiers of the British army set up a Seder in Benghazi, Libya in 1943.

Rabbit Season! Matzoh Season! When Passover Meets Hare Hunting
The 16th century editor of the Prague Haggadah had a wicked sense of humor!

How Communist Jews Made the Haggadah as Red as the Blood in the Nile
According to this Soviet Russian Haggadah, the eternal revolution of Marx and Lenin was responsible for liberating the Jews from the bondage of the bourgeois…

Forget Google Maps! To Get Out of Egypt, These Are the Maps You Need!
The National Library is in possession of many antique, rare and illustrated maps tracing the epic journey of the People of Israel through the wilderness.

Celebrating the Exodus from Egypt Behind the Lines of World War I
Abraham Adolf Fraenkel, a doctor of mathematics, served in the German army during the Great War and organized a Passover Seder for his fellow Jewish soldiers.