The Kittsee Haggadah
The Kittsee Haggadah
The library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad houses a remarkable manuscript crafted in 1760 by the talented scribe and artist Chaim ben Asher Anshel of Kittsee, near present-day Bratislava. We’ll trace the journey of this Haggadah from its creation to its acquisition by the Frierdiker Rebbe. Opening this manuscript, we’ll examine its layout, artwork, nusach, and style of nikud, seeking to uncover the influences that shaped Chaim ben Asher’s masterpiece through a comparative analysis with other Haggadahs of that period.
To purchase a facsimile of the Kittzee Haggadah:
https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HP-HAGG.KITZEE
To view it online, visit the following link and insert card number “1950”:
https://chabadlibrary.org/catalog/index.php?catalog=mscatalog
Additional Links:
Kittzee Haggadah 1748, Gross Collection
https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990000632400205171-1,FL54685621
Kittzee Haggadah 1768, Hebrew Union College
https://mss.huc.edu/phpviewer/index.php?path=MS_451
Kittzee Haggadah 1769, Jewish Museum London
https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001792760205171-1,FL28179029
Kittzee Haggadah 1771, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/hebrew-manuscripts/viewerpage?vid=MANUSCRIPTS#d=[[PNX_MANUSCRIPTS990001920270205171-1,FL59161404
Kittzee Haggadah 1772, JTS Library
https://digitalcollections.jtsa.edu/islandora/object/jts%3A62343#page/41/mode/1up
Amsterdam 1695
https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798840205171/NLI#modal-downloadModal
Prague 1713
https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990013798850205171/NLI
Offenbach 1721
https://www.hebrewbooks.org/4923
Frankfurt 1724
https://www.nli.org.il/en/books/NNL_ALEPH990010665310205171/NLI
