Mysteries of the Haggadah Video Series
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The Quest for the Baal Haggadah
Mysteries of
the Haggadah
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For over 1,000 years, the identity of the Haggadah's author has been a secret. Join us to discover Judaism's greatest untold story.
1. Avadim Hayinu
Secret Act
of Defiance
A tyrannical Egyptian king (but not the usual one), an invented biblical verse, and a time capsule holding the secret to a 2,000-year-old tradition.
2. Hidden Sacred Numbers: The
Seventy-two
Part Name
An ancient mystical tradition about verses at the very center of Maggid dictates one of the hidden organizing principles of the Haggadah.
3. Hidden Sacred Numbers: The Tetragrammaton
The Divine Four-letter Name is one of the keys to unlock the hidden structure of the Haggadah.
4. Moses at the Seder
Despite a favorite Seder table question, Moses has a central role in the Haggadah. To prove this, we demonstrate that every section of Maggid was devised with amazing precision.
5. From Seder
to Sinai
We count 49 days from Seder night until our receipt of the Torah on Shavuot. The Haggadah also alludes to this ascent in ways both obvious and concealed.
6. Hidden Sacred Numbers: Three, Four & Five
Symbolic numbers have shaped the Haggadah since its earliest origins.
7. The Quest for the Baal Haggadah
The identity of the Haggadah's forgotten master architect is revealed. En route, we take a rapid tour of his remarkable hidden system.
Next Episode:
The Divine Inspiration of the Baal Haggadah
Coming March 25th
Images of Cairo Geniza documents reproduced by kind permission of the Cambridge University Library.