Haggadot in Their Time with Rabbi David Sedley: Episode 3
The Maxwell House Haggadah is the most popular haggadah in history, with over 60 million printed, and another million copies every year. For Americans, it is the epitome of what a haggadah should be.
So how did a Tennessee coffee company come to produce the greatest haggadah of all time?
In this class I answer these questions and more:
How did Maxwell House coffee come to be associated with a Haggadah?
How has the Maxwell House Haggadah changed over the years?
How do different editions of the Maxwell House Haggadah reflect the changing dynamic in American Jewry?
The skinny
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