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Why on This Night?: A Passover Haggadah for Family Celebration

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The Passover Haggadah, Why on This Night, written by Rahel Musleah and illustrated by Louise August is truly delightful. After searching for an appropriate Haggadah for my family over the past few years, I finally feel the search is over. The Haggadah is beautifully written and illustrated and the text is engaging for all ages. Throughout the Haggadah the Hebrew transliteration is available as are the melodies of the songs. We can't wait to use the Haggadah this year and for many, many years to come.

This is an outstanding haggadah. I will use many of the ideas at my seder this year. Adults and children can learn a great deal about Passover by reading the detailed, yet very clear and simple explanations about the traditions, seder items, etc. The author also includes many interesting perspectives on the different parts of the seder.

Rahel Musleah's Why On This Night? will reach a wide range of ages, with parents reading aloud to the younger set, as it celebrates the rich traditions of Passover through stories, poems, and activities. There's a lot of text here but the entire family can participate in the book's revelations.

Lousie August is a renown Artist. Her works illustrations for history and stories of the many Jewish holidays are beautiful. Her Art in itself is amazing. Take time to look at her up and more of her works and realize how time consuming each block is and intricate. I am lucky to have several of her books for my children and grandchildren and great grandchild to learn about their Jewish heritage. I treeasure them all...

Does it seem to anyone else like the other three reviewers are all the same person? I think they must be, because I can't imagine more than one person finding this Haggadah a good one for children. There's nothing fun about it and much is such a literal translation of the Hebrew text that one might as well use an adult Haggadah.